Photography
January 29, 2019

11-Foot Wave Made from 168,000 Straws Highlights World’s Plastic Waste Problem

Photographer Benjamin Von Wong has dedicated his career to creating over the top images with a social message. Pushing his creative boundaries, he's able to spotlight environmental issues and raise awareness about the waste we produce and how we can make a difference. For his latest piece of art, he was inspired by the phrase, “It's just one straw, said 8 billion people.

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Art
January 28, 2019

Artist Crochets Life-Size Anatomically Correct Skeleton with Removable Organs

Canadian artist Shanell Papp works in many mediums, but it's her eye-catching crochet art and fascination with anatomy that led her to create Bawdy, a life-size model of the human body's inner workings. This research project was started in 2005, when she crocheted the anatomically correct figure with removable organs during her time as an art student at the University of Lethbridge.

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Photography
January 26, 2019

Stunning Photos Tell the Stories of the Congo’s Fables and Legends

In the heart of central Africa, the Mbomo district sits within the vast Congo Basin. As the world's second-largest tropical rainforest, the Basin sprawls across 500 million acres, leaving an indelible mark on the people who live within its wondrous beauty. Though the multitude of cultures that reside in the Congo Basin are intertwined in the environment, the area receives little attention.

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Art
January 25, 2019

Brilliant Artist Pairs Totally Different Objects to Create Unexpectedly Perfect Matches

Have you ever looked at a light bulb and thought it looked like an egg? Or compared a scoop of ice cream to a ski slope? No? Well art director Stephen McMennamy has. For years he’s been artfully combining photos of unrelated items to create a collection of playfully surreal scenes. His ongoing digital collage series, titled ComboPhotos, is just as joyful as it is thought-provoking.

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