Modern pin-up girls Photography Pretty interesting collection of modern pin-ups featuring various celebs. Miniature racetrack sculpture, inspired by cult film Metropolis, takes artist 4 years to make By Louise Boyle Updated: 14:04 GMT, 10 January 2012 The 1927 science-fiction film Metropolis is an expressionistic portrayal of a dystopian, capitalist society which has become a cult classic among movie lovers. Artist Chris Burden used the film by German director Fritz Lang as the inspiration for his racetrack sculpture and spent four years building Metropolis II. The model city features 1,100 toy cars zipping around a track through miniature skyscrapers, at speeds of up to 230mph. The grid is made up of steel beams and has 18 roads, including one six-lane freeway and train tracks. Scroll down for video Dystopian vision: Metropolis II took sculptor Chris Burden four years to build at his studio in California and is on show to the public at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from January 14 Sculptor Chris Burden told ABC: 'They can crash, they can fly off the track, they can bump into each other.' He added: 'I love hearing that the cars are going 230mph.
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Metropol Parasol // The World’s Largest Wooden Structure Project: Metropol ParasolRedevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnacion, Seville, SpainFunction: archeological site, farmers market, elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurantsSite area: 18,000 square metersBuilding area: 5,000 square metersTotal floor Area: 12,670 square metersNumber of floors: 4Height of the building: 28.50 metersStructure: concrete, timber and steelPrincipal Exterior: timber and granitePrincipal interior material: concrete, granite and steelDesigning period: 2004-2005Construction period: 2005-2011Building/Cost: 90 Million Euro What is there not to like about Metropol Parasol? The waffle-like crown structure in Seville, Spain has been finally completed in April 2011 after a competition held by the city of Seville in 2004. Located at Plaza de la Encarnacion, the stunning sequence of undulating parasols comprises the world's largest wooden structure. The Metropol Parasol project was part of the redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon, designed by J. MAYER H.
25 Incredibly Detailed Black And White Portraits of the Homeless by Lee Jeffries Lee Jeffries career began as a sports photographer, capturing the beautiful game of football in Manchester. Then a chance meeting with a homeless woman living in the streets of London changed his life forever. He has since dedicated himself to capturing gripping portraits of the disenfranchised. Shooting exclusively in black and white, Lee Jeffries’ 135+ pictures can be viewed in his Flickr Photostream. Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Lee Jeffries recalls that, initially, he had stolen a photo from this young homeless girl huddled in a sleeping bag. The models in his photographs are homeless people that he has met in Europe and in the United States: «Situations arose, and I made an effort to learn to get to know each of the subjects before asking their permission to do their portrait.»
20 awesome examples of street art If you still need a proof that art can be found anywhere, those awesome examples of great street art should convince you. A World Without People - In Focus For a number of reasons, natural and human, people have recently evacuated or otherwise abandoned a number of places around the world -- large and small, old and new. Gathering images of deserted areas into a single photo essay, one can get a sense of what the world might look like if humans were to vanish from the planet altogether. Collected here are recent scenes from nuclear-exclusion zones, blighted urban neighborhoods, towns where residents left to escape violence, unsold developments built during the real estate boom, ghost towns, and more. [41 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: A tree grows from the top of a chimney in an abandoned factory yard in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay, on October 2 , 2011. A bust of Confucius rests at an abandoned workshop in the town of Dangcheng in Quyang county, 240 km (150 miles) southwest of Beijing, on December 7, 2011. Ivy grows over a street in Tomioka town, Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on August 19, 2011.
Landscape Photography That Define Brilliance To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. Earlier, we shared a collection of some of the most amazing landscape shots and it was loved and liked by everyone. Presenting part two of that series (landscape/nature photography), hopefully you’ll like these as well. Silent Morning by Andre Arment Cherry Trees by Matjaz Cater Fresh Start by Dough Roane Rising Shadow by Karsten Wrobel Season Change by John Parminter Two Autumns by Mikhail Trakhtenberg Loch Linnhe by John Parminter The beauty of Spring by Lazy Vlad Path to Wonder by Dan Ballard Photography Sunrise by Matjaz Cater Los Cuernos del Paine by Ian Plant Mid Summer by Raymó Curtains In The Fog by Miles Morgan On The Field's Appeal by Pawel Kucharski Painting Of Nature by Hardibudi With Ash From The Volcano by Raymó Autumn Sunrise by Gary McParland Atomic Cloud by Hendrik Tio Warm Morning by Marius Grozea 6AM by Artur Magdziarz Hot Air Balloons by Martin Sojka Shocking Bondi by Timothy Poulton
Corbis - XX Century in Black and White Photos BBC Men in Hats Watching the Sky Coco Chanel Robert Kennedy Conversing WithEdward Kennedy Buddhist Monk Committing RitualSuicide Famous Guests at the "Crescendo" Bomb Drill Cups and Saucers on Rope Walker Lee Harvey Oswald in Custody Street Covered With Ticker Tape Dance Scene From West Side Story Cancer Victim Terry Fox on His Cross Canada Run Rocky Marciano Defeats Jersey Joe Walcott Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider Woman Hides in Fear of Sniper Vanessa Redgrave and Daughters The Rolling Stones Kennedy Family with John Jr. James Dean Cab Calloway Leads Orchestra at New Year's Ball Mick Jagger and Divine The Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall Ann-Margret and Elvis Bobby Hull Smiling with Puck Marilyn Monroe on Subway Grate Elvis Presley is Sworn In Siblings Sharing Birthday Party Segregated Bus in Texas Policemen Inspecting a Crime Scene Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange Coroners with Sharon Tate's Body Mick Jagger Singing Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson in Chinatown Groom Writing Love Note in Sand
Pictures of Moments Speak More than Thousand Words...... Picture can speak thousands of words. Random pictures of insignificant moments always been the most important and most valuable. Photographers and painters beautifully imprint huge number of events, objects and types. Some do it by accident on the momentary desire. Others do it in order to fix the time for the future. 1. Photographer – Zilvinas Valeika 2. 3. One of the best photos on the version of Red Bull Illume 2010. 4. Little boy is going to ask Santa for his father returns from Iraq. 5. Photographer – Roman Balaev. 6. 7. 8. This picture consists 365 photographs that were made by each day from the same place. via 9. 10. 11. Photographer – Julia Kurbatova. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Photos of children’s choir from North Korea. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. The celebration of March 8 in Belgrade. 32. 33. “My 3-year-old son Charlie, – said by the author of the photo Blake Zickefoose, Kid love his friend caterpillar. 34. 35. 36.
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