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Artist Collects Photos Of Preachers Wearing Expensive Designer Items To Show The Other Side Of Church
About 37% of Americans attend the church at least once per week, a recent study has shown. However, would this number decrease if they knew their pastors wore sneakers that are worth thousands of dollars? A 29-year-old artist named Tyler has set out to find an answer to this question. Tyler has created an Instagram account called PreachersNSneakers,…
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Travel Captures Two Stray Cats Cuddling And It’s Hard To Believe The Photo Wasn’t Staged
I’m your average Californian world traveler. I’ve always loved cats, and dream of someday having my own (or doggo), but I cross many international borders, and fear it will be too difficult. The road is often lonely and I always want to play with stray animals to alleviate this feeling, but they’re usually too afraid…
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The Most Interesting And Unusual Things People Found On The Beach
The oceans are vast and mysterious, covering 71% of our planet and containing all kinds of things that we have yet to discover, despite our best efforts to explore the deepest depths. Because not many of us will ever get the opportunity to hitch a ride in a Submersible, the best place to discover some…
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Elegant Ceramic Vessels Use Famous Optical Illusion to Animate the Space Between Them
To really appreciate Greg Payce’s artwork, you’ve got to read between the lines—or in this case, look between the vases. In 2008, the Canadian ceramicist created an alluring sculptural arrangement called Alumina, in which seven ornate vases stand in a line on a concrete platform. They are assembled in a graceful, alternating pattern of slender…
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Mesmerizing Translucent Waves from 19th Century Paintings
The late 19th century Armenian-Russian painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky created some truly spectacular paintings of seascapes that capture the beautiful, shimmering essence of the tumultuous waters. The marine artist gained recognition for his impeccable ability to recreate the expressive quality of oceans with over half of his 6,000+ paintings from his lifetime being devoted to…
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Photos Of Dogs Before & After Their Adoption That Will Melt Your Heart
For most of us, rescuing a pet is a huge responsibility, but it's the best thing that can happen to the animal shelter residents. To prove the power of a loving home, proud owners from all over the world are sharing photos of their family dogs before and after they were rescued. Bored Panda has…
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The Most Adorable Baby Beavers To Celebrate International Beaver Day
Did you know that yesterday, April 7th, was International Beaver Day? Although not endangered, this shy creature plays an important role in maintaining local ecosystems. Sometimes referred to as nature's engineers, the benefits of having local beavers are many: their ponds "increase stream flows in seasonally dry streams by storing run-off in the rainy season",…
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Photographer Captures The Intense Beauty of Ethiopia’s Suri Tribe Women
It's hard to believe that photography is "just a hobby" for the Sydney-based Macedonian-Australian mum Biljana Jurukovski, as her striking images of remote communities around the world have already attracted accolades from several international photography publications. For the past five years, she has focused her craft on taking moving portraits of different cultures around the…
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Chinese Artist Sculpts Life-Sized Female Sculptures Inspired by the Graceful Beauty of Renaissance Art
From the surreal to the sublime and every where in between, Chinese artist Luo Li Rong produces realistic sculptures that convey the beauty and grace of the human figure. Working primarily in bronze, her life-size creations feature women in motion. They strike elegant poses that elongate their bodies with a seemingly windswept appearance; their hair…
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Photographer Spends 10 Years Travelling The World To Photograph The Most Beautiful Libraries On The Planet
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At first thought, you might not regard a library as a place to go to see amazing design and architecture. German architectural photographer Reinhard Görner has made it his life's work to change these perceptions, photographing both historical and contemporary architecture. Attending photography classes during university, he was intrigued by architectural photography after attending a…