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8 Mind-Boggling Pieces Of Illusionary Makeup Body Art


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8 Mind-Boggling Pieces Of Illusionary Makeup Body Art

Using just acrylic paint, Japanese artist Choo-San blows your mind. None of these images are digitally altered.










Source: chooosan.blog.shinobi.jp  /  via: laughingsquid.com











Source: chooosan.blog.shinobi.jp  /  via: laughingsquid.com











Source: chooosan.blog.shinobi.jp  /  via: laughingsquid.com











Source: chooosan.blog.shinobi.jp  /  via: laughingsquid.com



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Einstein with puppet-Einstein


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Einstein with puppet-Einstein




If you think Einstein-with-his-tongue-out is the last word in whimsical physicist photography, have a look at this 1931 shot of the Mighty Hip Einie with an Einstein marionette.


Here's the runner up: Einstein in fuzzy slippers.



Attributed to Harry Burnett while Yale Puppeteers were working in their theater, Teatro Torito, on Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California, circa 1931. The photo was taken by Harry Burnett at Cal Tech in Pasadena where Albert Einstein was teaching. Einstein saw the puppet perform at the Teato Torito and was quite amused. He reached into his jacket's breast pocket, pulled out a letter and crumpled it up. Speaking in German, he said, "The puppet wasn't fat enough!" He laughed and stuffed the crumpled letter up under the smock to give the puppet a fatter belly. This is a wonderful photograph that Harry treasured. Harry Burnett also kept the letter in a frame and loved to retell the story and at the end give his pixish laugh.




Einstein with Einstein Puppet














Backwards Heels: High Fashion Or Pure Torture?


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Backwards Heels: High Fashion Or Pure Torture?

These scary shoes are by Leanie van der Vyver.










Via: styleite.com











Via: styleite.com











Via: styleite.com











Via: styleite.com



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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Curt Jensen shared an Instagram photo with you

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"Best part of going away on a weekend is driving back into the city. I ❤ SF!"

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The Instagram Team

Curt Jensen shared an Instagram photo with you

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"What will it become?"

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Panoramic Aerial Tour of the Pyramids of Giza


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Panoramic Aerial Tour of the Pyramids of Giza


A team of Russian photo enthusiasts from aerial panorama site AirPano created this incredible panoramic aerial tour of the Pyramids of Giza with the help of a radio-controlled helicopter (video).


Panoramic Aerial Tour of Pyramids of Giza by AirPano


Panoramic Aerial Tour of Pyramids of Giza by AirPano


via The Daily Grail & Boing Boing


photos and video via AirPano



Saturday, September 22, 2012

Release, Stunning Monumental Sculpture to Nelson Mandela


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Release, Stunning Monumental Sculpture to Nelson Mandela

Release monument to Nelson Mandela by Marco Cianfanelli


photo via Marco Cianfanelli


"Release" is a monumental sculpture to Nelson Mandela situated at the site in South Africa where he was arrested in 1962 (he remained in custody for 27 years). The sculpture is made of 50 steel columns between 21 and 31 feet high whose arrangement appears random from most angles. However, about 115 feet in front of the sculpture, the columns align to form an image of Mandela's face. The sculpture was created by South African artist Marco Cianfanelli.


Release monument to Nelson Mandela by Marco Cianfanelli


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Release monument to Nelson Mandela by Marco Cianfanelli


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Release monument to Nelson Mandela by Marco Cianfanelli


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Teenage Morrissey's Scathing Review Of The Ramones


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Teenage Morrissey's Scathing Review Of The Ramones

In 1976, a then-17 year old Steve Morrissey wrote a review to Melody Maker of the Ramones. Spoiler alert: he hated them.






The July 1976 issue of Melody Maker magazine includes a review of The Ramones from one Steve Morrissey of Stretford, Manchester.

Apparently he loved The New York Dolls and Patti Smith but thought the Ramones were "a bumptious band of degenerate no-talents".

The issue of Melody Maker is on sale from eBay right now.













Source: dangerousminds.net







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Stunning Taxidermy Installations by Claire Morgan


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Stunning Taxidermy Installations by Claire Morgan

Stunning Taxidermy Installations by Claire Morgan


photo via Claire Morgan


British artist Claire Morgan creates stunning installations out of organic materials including animal taxidermy, seeds, and insects. Morgan often uses taxidermied birds in her works, suspending the birds among intricate arrangements of thistle seeds, bees, or other small objects. Her exhibition "Quietus" is on display at Galerie Karsten Greve in Paris through November 3.


Animals, birds and insects have been present in my recent sculptures, and I use suspense to create something akin to freeze frames. In some works, animals might appear to rest, fly or fall through other seemingly solid suspended forms. In other works, insects appear to fly in static formations. The evidence of gravity – or lack of it – inherent in these scenarios is what brings them to life, or death.


Stunning Taxidermy Installations by Claire Morgan


photo via Galerie Karsten Greve


Stunning Taxidermy Installations by Claire Morgan


photo via Galerie Karsten Greve


Stunning Taxidermy Installations by Claire Morgan


photo by Claire Morgan


Stunning Taxidermy Installations by Claire Morgan


photo by Claire Morga...

Good Night, Sweet Prince


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Good Night, Sweet Prince

Behold the Endeavour. Never again will a Space Shuttle be airborne.



Shots above and below taken from Treasure Island.Anthony Brown, penguinologist, captured this flyby atop Bernal.



Endeavour about to fly behind Sutro (via @jetdillo):



And the reverse angle, via David McSpadden:



Via the Marin Headlands by Murphlabs aka @obeyken (bonus: Golden Gate Bridge!)



I tried to get a Sutro-Endeavour shot pn the second pass with the real camera, but autofocus lag and the Transamerica Pyramid betrayed me. But thankfully,

Instant Streets, 24 San Francisco Streets Depicted in Double Exposure Photos


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Instant Streets, 24 San Francisco Streets Depicted in Double Exposure Photos

Instant Streets by Polaroid SF


"Instant Streets" by Polaroid SF is a poster of 24 San Francisco streets and neighborhoods depicted in double exposure photos. The photos were taken on 1960s Polaroid Land Cameras. The poster is available for purchase at the Polaroid SF Etsy store.


Instant Streets by Polaroid SF


Submitted by William Westley


photos by Polaroid SF