Art and media director and photographer Luciana Urtiga from Brazil leads us through the looking glass in her bewitching black and white photography. In her portrait shots, the faces dissolve into mirrors and powerful illusions are created by simple in-camera tricks. Escape reality for a second with this spellbinding visual artist. Images © Luciana Urtiga […]
Category: Art
Tattooers to Look Out For in 2014
With fine art tattoos trending worldwide, great artists are booked solid for months. So here’s a pro-tip, for anyone frustrated and stuck on a wait list: keep an eye out for newcomers! At every great shop around the world, you can strike gold with a rising tattoo apprentice or new resident artist. It’s the perfect time […]
Surrealism in the Forests
Deep in the dark dark forests, German photographer Ronny Engelmann sets up his camera and creates surreal wonders for us. Through his eyes we see pale faces engulfed in green leaves, mysterious arms popping out of trees like branches and models surrounded by floating cameras. Anything and everything can happen under his enchanting lens. Images […]
The Watercolor Dance
Vietnamese artist Minh Dam has been living in Poland since 1991, and currently works as an architect and drawing teacher at Studio Lineare. His watercolor paintings are highly praised and awarded in events in Italy and beyond, and what I like about his work is how he adds blobs of water over paint for rain […]
Motion Photography by Various Artists
The feeling of motion can be difficult to capture in a photograph. While a still figure gives us the opportunity to study a subject, an image that tries to recreate movement gives us the ability to examine the frenetic nature of the world and wonder what will happen next? The following four photographers examine the […]
Underwater Magic
Maltese marine photographer Kurt Arriago has had a diverse career that has seen him shoot everything from hammerhead sharks to A-list Hollywood stars and elite sporting events. The spectacular shots featured here illustrate his talents—when it comes to photographing under the sea as models swim amongst a shoal of fish and black stallions cross the […]
Gorgeous Illustrative Tattoos
Currently working at Ironclad Tattoo Company, American artist Matt Lambdin has a beautiful illustrative style that is like graphic novels meshed with Asian art. He gracefully shades and combines colors on paper, and his traditional art skills and sensibility are transferred into the aesthetic of his tattoo work. Lambdin is also more concerned with the Art of […]
Painterly Landscapes
Romanian photographer and photo mechanic Caras Ionut is immensely skilled behind the camera shooting landscape imagery. He is also a bit of a wiz with photo editing software and runs his own tutorials. Looking upon his work you can see an artist who knows how to utilise the full power of Photoshop without over doing […]
Submerged in Elegance
Michael Magin’s photographs generally have minimal backdrop and beautiful composition lines of the model’s face or body placement. His work is sophisticated with a European art influence—an example is the “Otherside” shown below, which is reminiscent of 17th century portrait paintings. Photos © Michael Magin
Phenomenal Night Skies: Photography by Lincoln Harrison
Capturing star trails in all their glory is a difficult, but an artistically fulfilling way to shoot landscapes. The photographer Lincoln Harrison is an expert at capturing this style of imagery. And while they may look like the result of extensive computer editing, they are in fact the work of patient night shooting with long […]