Photography
June 23, 2011

Pets Impersonate Famous Celebrities

Say what you will about these masquerading animals, just don't tell me they didn't make you laugh! teNeues publishing group recently released two books that will have you giggling with glee. Called Famous Faces, the bigger hardcover version and smaller pop-culture book are based on a successful line of greeting cards. (If you can't get enough of these, check out the cards.) “Through the magic of make-believe a cute puppy morphs into the ultimate diva.

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Art
June 21, 2011

Abstract Art Made of Everyday Objects

Twenty Dollars As a commercial photographer, William Castellana's challenge is to make an object stand out for its texture, its reflective quality or its overall design. Having created some stellar work for New York Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine, you could say that he's not only achieved his goals, he's also at the top of his game.

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Animals
June 17, 2011

Fantastic Portraits of Farm Animals

“I take the conventions from the fashion world and apply them to the underclass barnyard animal,” Rob MacInnis told The New York Times. I saw that line and a few pictures and I was hooked. A photographer who wanted to give barnyard animals some love? How could you not get behind a project like that.

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Art
June 13, 2011

Complex Paper Stencils

Ask anyone and they'll agree, paper stencils are an art in and of themselves. Belgium native Kris Trappeniers accurately describes himself as more than just a paper stencil artist, he's a paper sculptor. His delicately cut stencils are extremely complicated and almost magical, to say the least. The detail to each is astounding. The finished result is spray painted, but the art lies more in the process he takes in reaching his desired result.

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My Modern Met

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