Category: Architecture
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A Collection of Before/After Photo Comparisons Reveals How the World Has Changed
A collective of photographers has created Re.Photos, a website that showcases more than 750 before/after comparisons, to document how the world has changed. Some comparisons show a difference of more than 160 years making the after photo comparison almost unrecognisable to the before photo. You can also browse photos directly on a map, apply many search…
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The Miniature Models That Made Blade Runner 2049
One of the most anticipated movies of the year, Blade Runner 2049, was recently released to great applause. But what might be even more impressive is how a lot of the film was made – using miniature sets. With a series of photos and a video, Weta Workshop reveals the secrets behind these ultra-detailed models… Wow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIyUWdqLnGc
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90 Year Old Grandma Turns Small Village Into Art Gallery With Hand Painted Flowers
Anežka (Agnes) Kašpárková, a 90-year-old resident of Louka, Czech Republic, spends every spring and summer adorning window and door frames with majestic designs. A former agricultural worker, Agnes picked up the hobby from other local woman who had been doing the same for years. Using vibrant blue paint and a small brush, she creates intricate floral…
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Photo Series That Explores Equality Through Aliens, Bears and Snakes (oh my)
When we last saw artist Sarah Bahbah, she showed us what it looked like to have sex and takeout (see HERE). Her latest series, titled ‘Accept It‘, focuses on social equality in a weird and wacky way. The photos are left open to the viewers interpretation and explores issues of equality through aliens, bears, snakes, crocodiles,…
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An Enchanted Forrest of Light Created by an Amazing Chandelier
Imagine an enchanted forest, with swaying branches and the howls of the animals around you on a moonlit night. That’s the effect of the incredible Forms of Nature chandelier, created by Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz. When you turn it on, a tangled roots and branches casts 360 degree shadows transforming your entire room to look like an enchanted forest.…
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Classic Painting Subjects Inserted Into Modern Day Life
In a different take on the ‘classic paintings remade’ series we’ve featured a couple of times recently, Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov unites the past and present by giving characters from classic paintings the chance to explore our modern world. Alexey uses Photoshop to insert vintage muses in stores, on buses, on stairwells, and in the midst of urban alleyways for his ongoing…
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Hypnotizing Geometric Shapes & Lines by Thai Photographer
Every now and then, we stumble across a little bit of magic when looking through our @artFido instagram feed. Thailand artist Dhavebaj Anupabsthian‘s instagram feed is one such account, with its visuals of geometric shapes and lines. Using his phone’s camera, a couple of graphic editing apps on his tablet and Instagram’s tools, his hypnotizing photos are…
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Double Exposure Portraits Combine Human Faces with Nature and Architecture
Photography in double exposure seems to be all the rage at the moment, however Spanish artist Antonio Mora‘s has done something altogether different, merging human faces with landscapes and distinct architectural forms. Each work and every expressive piece looks like a snapshot from a dream, allowing viewers to easily connect with Mora’s ethereal creations on an inexplicably surreal level. No…
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Cliff House Has an Amazingly Terrifying View
Greece’s economy may be going through some issues at the moment, but that hasn’t dulled the creativity of Greek architects Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou and Pantelis Kampouropoulos from Opa Works who have up with an amazingly terrifying cliff house. The concept design is called “Casa Brutale”, and it is designed to mesh well with nature. The building is completely…
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The Amazing Gravity-Defying Worlds of Cinta Vidal
In her latest series of paintings, Barcelona-based artist and illustrator Cinta Vidal Agulló defies gravity and architectural conventions to create encapsulated scenes of intersecting perspectives. Painted with acrylic on wood panels, Vidal refers to the paintings as “un-gravity constructions” and says that each piece examines how a person’s internal perspective of life may not match up with…