Category: People
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White House Photographer Reveals His Favourite Photos Of Barack Obama
The election has been run and won, and like it or love it, America has a new president in Donald Trump. Barack Obama will serve his last day in office on January 20, 2017, after taking the reins from George W. Bush in 2009. During his eight years of presidency, The White House’s photographer Pete…
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Photographic Series Shows What Happens When You Stop Drinking
We’re constantly told that everything should be done in moderation, and this is especially true when it comes to the consumption of alcohol. It’s a well known fact that too much alcohol can cause high blood pressure (which increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke), lethargy, can contribute to you becoming overweight, as well…
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The Most Awesome Entries From The 2016 Beard And Moustache Competition
The 2016 Beard and Moustache Competition has been run and won, with the world’s best beards, staches and characters all flocking to Nashville, TN, for a whole lot of hairy goodness. Greg Anderson was the official photographer for the competition, and here are our fav shots that he took from the show. What are your favorites? And don’t forget,…
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Artists From Around the World Respond to the Attack On Nice
On July 14, a truck drove into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, leaving at least 84 people dead and 50 others in critical condition. “Horror has again struck France,” French President Francois Hollande said in an address following the attack. As we struggle to make sense of the world we…
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One-Armed Tattoo Artist Gets World First Tattoo Machine Prosthesis
We often hear about people overcoming extreme circumstances to fulfil their dreams, but this is one exceptional example. Tattoo artist JC Sheitan Tenet, who lost his arm 22 years ago, has spent most of his working life tattooing with his left hand. That was until recently, when Tenet received a prosthetic arm which is so precise that it…
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National Geographic Releases Spectacular Unpublished Pictures From Their Archives
The National Geographic developed the “Found” archive in 2013 to celebrate its 125th year. This archive contains rare and unpublished photos that for one reason or another never originally made it to print. When you look through our favorites from the Found archive below, you’ll be glad that NatGeo kept them somewhere and didn’t just dispose…
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Animation Perfectly Comments On Our Warped Standards of the Female Body
It takes great lengths for a woman to meet today’s unattainable beauty standards. You need to work. Shave it, brush it, lift it, tuck it. Some things need to be smaller, the others — bigger. And all for that glorious moment when somebody says you are beautiful, feminine, divine. But is it worth it? French…
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The Top Photos in the 2016 Birth Photography Competition (NSFW)
Childbirth: it’s one of life’s great miracles. For the last five years, the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) has held a photography contest which celebrates “the beauty of birth and the skill of birth photographers”. The contest is split into three categories: labor, delivery, and postpartum. The IAPBP just announced the finalists and winners for the 2016 competition,…
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Artist Who Was Born Without Arms Creates Amazingly Realistic Drawings
Next time things get a bit tough and you want to throw in the towel, spare a thought for artist Mariusz Kedzierski. Despite the fact that Mariusz was born without arms, he has fulfilled his dream of becoming an artist. And his realistic drawings are some of the best we’ve seen! According to Mariusz: “But for me disability doesn’t…
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Teacher Uses LEGO to Teach His Students Mathematics!
If you were like us when you were at school, numbers didn’t come easy. Times tables? Gah. Algebra? Eek. Calculus? Forget about it. However teacher Alycia Zimmerman has come up with an ingenious method of engaging her students while at the same time teaching them mathematics. Using LEGO, Alycia is able to explain fractions, adding and subtracting,…