40 Pictures That Are More Satisfying Than Naps, Cleaning, And Sex All At Once. 30 Compelling Photographs Taken By Google Street View. We've previously featured some of the resourceful and imaginative ways people are using Google Street View, but today we wanted to bring things back to basics.
When you think about just how many millions of miles the Google bus has traveled documenting the world, it's not only mind-boggling but also inevitable that you're going to come across some serious WTF moments along your travels. That's why we're featuring 30 random scenarios captured by the Google View Street camera as it chugged along city streets, countryside roads and everywhere in between.
They range from being utterly perplexing and even quietly terrifying through to the hilarious and utterly bizarre - yet they are all merely a reflection of the world we live in. Disney steampunk: Pinocchio by *MecaniqueFairy on deviantART. Joshwmc's deviantART gallery. Political Drag 6. Graffiti Ren. Holt Renfrew TIFF 2012: A Peek Into The Celeb-Filled Variety Studio (PHOTOS) One of the hidden gems of the Toronto International Film Festival is The Variety Studio at Holt Renfrew's Bloor Street location.
The pop-up shop and lounge -- which was open from September 8th to 11th -- welcomed dozens of celebrities, directors and producers into its space, inviting them to be interviewed by Variety's editorial team. They were also asked to make funny faces and strike a pose or two for the Variety cameras. Lucky for you, we've been granted access to the pics. Take a peek inside the TIFF 2012 Variety Studio at Holt Renfrew. Looks like good New Artworks by Mike Harrison.
Classic Beauties Get A Shocking Photoshop Treatment. “What would have happened if the aesthetic standard of our society had belonged to the collective unconscious of the great artists of the past?”
So asks Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano in her Venus project, which re-imagines classic artistic depictions of Venus with a modern and extreme Photoshop makeover. What begin as mostly Rubenesque beauties are transformed into busty, slim-waisted figures more closely matching the ideals we are bombarded with today. Giordano’s reworking of the classics raises a number of questions about the aesthetic standards of our current society and its obsession with near impossibly adolescent figures. Is our current ideal healthy or even possible for most women? Is todays preference even as attractive as the more “natural” figure depicted in the original versions of these paintings?
In our current era, we are marketed standards of beauty like never before. Above: J.A.D. Angelo Bronzino – Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time. StumbleUpon. Best Pinterest Boards: 27 Gorgeous Pinboards You Need To Follow. If you haven't heard of Pinterest already (we'd be surprised if that were the case), it'd be good to get acquainted.
The social image-sharing network is one of the fastest growing sites on the web. According to recent data released by Experian Hitwise, the site's total page views increased by 21 percent in the U.S., placing it among the 30 most-viewed sites in the U.S. The New York Times reported on new Nielsen data that Pinterest attracted 16.1 million U.S. unique visitors this past January, double the amount it had just two months earlier in November 2011. With its next development already in the works (SPOILER ALERT: It's an iPad app!) , it's really only a matter of time before you encounter Pinterest (or one of its many clones) through Facebook, Twitter, or somewhere else around the web. Switcheroo: Couples Exchange Their Entire Outfits. In our relationships it’s not too uncommon to borrow a t-shirt, some socks or a warm hat from a lover… but what about entirely switching outfits?
This entertaining and thought provoking series by Canadian photographer Hana Pesut does just that, encouraging couples to completely exchange their clothing with each other. The resulting diptychs are sometimes funny, while also having the effect of making one re-analyze both their views on fashion and on sexual identity. How interesting is it, for example, that many of the women look completely at home in their male counterparts clothing, while the men often look ridiculous by societies standards? One could conclude that while we have come a long way in accepting many forms of stylistic expression from woman, men often have much stricter social norms to follow when it comes to fashion.
Hana is a self-taught photographer raised in Whistler and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada. Food Sculptures That Look Like Everyday Objects by Dan Cretu. Hollywood Peeps: 15 Oscar-winning Films in Marshmallow. Photo Compilation WIN. Accidental Chinese Hipsters. Tessa Chong sent me the above image with the explanation that she had seen and drawn the man from memory on a trip to Toronto. We got to talking, and the following interview and her interpretations of some other noted Accidental Chinese Hipsters ensued. You can see more of her work here.
ACH: How old are you and where are you living now? TESSA CHONG: I am 27 and living in Amsterdam. Nerd Boyfriend. Promdemonium 2012 « Ming Wu Photos. Finally here are the last set of photos from Promdemonium 2012 that took place at the Panorama Room in the National Arts Centre.
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