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Designed by Cadaval & Solà-Morales, the Sunflower House is located by the Mediterranean Sea in Girona, Spain. The designers write, "The house wants to identify each of the particularities of this magnificent landscape; with its geometry, the house frames a multiplicity of different and specific views, and builds up content spaces that inhabit great big framed views."
via iGNANT
All images © Sandra Pereznieto
Designed by Cadaval & Solà-Morales, the Sunflower House is located by the Mediterranean Sea in Girona, Spain. The designers write, "The house wants to identify each of the particularities of this magnificent landscape; with its geometry, the house frames a multiplicity of different and specific views, and builds up content spaces that inhabit great big framed views."
via iGNANT
All images © Sandra Pereznieto
"Las Vegas expands upon these myths by serving as the symbol of conquered Nature, a city where casinos rise like mountains, each borrowing from the fabled Venice, Paris, New York, ancient Egypt and Rome. Along with Nature, time and place have been overcome; this is a total victory where anything is possible—a template for cities like Dubai or Abu Dhabi. In ‘A Corrupt Nature’ our traditional viewpoint of Las Vegas is flipped. Our focus is sets of lonely, forgotten trees and strange piles of detritus resembling pyramids, the casinos far in the background. Immediately, we’re reminded of the barren landscape that preceded our arrival. Through the use of color, these elements transcend their ordinary appearance and become symbols of Nature’s inherent power and endurance, patiently outlasting eras and species."
"Las Vegas expands upon these myths by serving as the symbol of conquered Nature, a city where casinos rise like mountains, each borrowing from the fabled Venice, Paris, New York, ancient Egypt and Rome. Along with Nature, time and place have been overcome; this is a total victory where anything is possible—a template for cities like Dubai or Abu Dhabi. In ‘A Corrupt Nature’ our traditional viewpoint of Las Vegas is flipped. Our focus is sets of lonely, forgotten trees and strange piles of detritus resembling pyramids, the casinos far in the background. Immediately, we’re reminded of the barren landscape that preceded our arrival. Through the use of color, these elements transcend their ordinary appearance and become symbols of Nature’s inherent power and endurance, patiently outlasting eras and species."
Sean Mundy (born 1991, Montréal, Canada) creates conceptual imagery through photography and digital manipulation. Working through self-doubt and questions of identity, Sean constructs austere, yet neutral and distant scenes of palpable tension and uncertainty. With a subtle, minimal approach he aims to disrupt, select from, and delete classical narrative formula to form scenarios that are reliant on subjective associations.
"21-year-old photographer Evan James Atwood (Instagram) created the series 'Rain Water', portraying men seemingly floating and drowning in water. Atwood says about himself that he's fascinated with expressing the darker range of human emotions while his work also often contains a strong element of hope. His photographs depict simple moments with a somewhat cinematic quality." via iGNANT
London Sleeps is a series of quietly stunning images by photographer Matthew Joseph that show what our city would be like if none of us were around. All the sound and fury we insist on creating is absent, leaving London’s landmarks to bask in a stillness that is almost eerie.
Getty Images celebrating their 20th Anniversary by tracing the photos of celebrities through two last decades (campaign done by AlmapBBDO), well you can do the same if you have face recognition in your photo library on machine.
"Lola Dupre manipulates photographs sans photoshop, cutting and pasting them into new images entirely by hand. Last time we covered her on the blog, she had taken a break from her figurative works to concentrate on monochromatic, Op Art-inspired abstract designs. But with her latest body of work, Dupre has returned to portraiture, this time unveiling a new body of work in full color. Apart from her personal projects, she recently created a fashion editorial for the Spanish fashion magazine Vein using her signature style". via Hi-Fructose
Young Russian director and photographer Andrey Nikolaev has an addiction to raw travelling. Last year he made a unique car tour together with his friends and crossed 38th Parallel through North to South Korea. That was a first attempt since 1957 and required a lot of paper work and agreements.
"Equipped with a surfboard, a tent & a sleeping bag, we traveled Peru in the summer of 2015.Hiking the Peruvian andes, going back to school at SKIP in Trujillo & surfing points in northern Peru are just a few things we got to experience on this incredible journey. Have a look." says David Bertshinger Karg
http://vimeo.com/126945693
When in Vietnam.Set off on a 1650Km north to south journey: capturing the best wonders of Vietnam: Hanoi ancient quarter, the breathtaking Halong Bay, the claustrophobic caves in Trang An, the glamorous fabric merchants in Hoi An, the secret temples inside the marble mountain in Da Nang, the historical old capital Hue, the wet and tropical mekong delta and the white sandy beaches at Phu Quoc.
Directed by Oliver Astrologo (Instagram)
http://vimeo.com/126747807
Cinemagraphs or animated photographs are still images that have a living moment inside of them. Subtle looping motion turns such photos into ever magnetizing, thus giving them strong marketing potential. All cinemagraphs are .gif files which differ from the average animated pictures due to their more refined and aesthetically pleasing look. Below you can see a set of 11 cinemagraphs that are created specifically for bloggers. These pictures were created to fit the most diverse range of themes. So if you’re a blogger you can blend your writing with some really smooth animation. Here they come. At the bottom you can find the link the archive with a full set.
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Last year, Elena Shumilova took photos of her sons as they played by the Russian countryside. She uploaded the photos online, then they started getting shared, and shared again… until they became a viral sensation, with over 60 million views (including few thousands on DCN).
These photos hit something magical all across the Internet — a sense of nostalgia for a childhood past. She even started getting letters from people in their nineties, saying the photos moved them to tears.
Read more on How to Photograph Your Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiQkU8eUC4
Andreas Lie (Instagram) makes animal art via the effect that scared anyone who has ever had a film camera – double exposure. His work combines pictures of animals with their natural surroundings, resulting in fox, wolf or bear shaped windows into the forests that they inhabit. It’s an interesting idea, getting you to consider not just the animals themselves, but also their surroundings. It could be considered as a take on “forest for the trees”, illustrating that we usually don’t think about the animals when we see landscape shots of forests. You can buy some of his art on Society6 store
