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April 2, 2011

Pioneer of Surreal Photography

Jerry Uelsmann is a pioneer of surreal photography. He began assembling photographs from multiple negatives decades before digital tools like Photoshop were available. Back in the day, he was even friends with legendary nature photographer Ansel Adams and taught workshops with him in Yosemite for years. Uelsmann stated assembling images from multiple negatives back in the early 1950's.

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Art
March 31, 2011

Light Art Created Using Microsoft Kinect

While most people see Microsoft Kinect as a way to get their “dance” on, artist and photographer Audrey Penven saw it as way to create something surreal and otherworldly. After learning that Kinect could project a pattern of infrared dots known as “structured light,” she enlisted the help of some friends. First, her roommate Mike modified his camera with an infrared filter. Then, artist and animator Aaron Muszalski helped Penven with concepts.

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Photography
March 27, 2011

Hilarious Yoga Dogs! (9 photos)

If you love yoga and you can't get enough of dogs, then you'll probably love Yoga Dogs, a book dedicated to some flexible furry creatures. Inspired by a friend's mastiff that would imitate its master's morning yoga routine, photographer Daniel Borris made a collection of 45 different dogs and puppies doing human yoga poses.

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Art
March 24, 2011

Photorealistic Falling Horses (3 drawings)

Feel the fragility of life through Larassa Kabel's fantastic drawings. While all of these works are comprised of black colored pencil only, the application process is different than you might think. “Colored pencil can be dissolved in rubbing alcohol, so I use the stick form of Prismacolor's black to paint on the first couple of layers of tone,” she tells us.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.