Note: Contains nudity. Wouldn’t it be nice to take time off to travel the US to make an art project? That’s what Brian Cattelle is currently doing as he travels from state-to-state looking for abandoned buildings to setup photo shoots. “BARE USA” is the name of his urbex photography venture that includes nude models posing […]
Category: Black & White
The Vintage Animated GIFs of Bill Domonkos
Imagine one of those 20th century hunting paintings, but instead of the hunter aiming at a duck, he is pointing his rifle at a UPS box floating in the air. That’s a surreal and strange scenario, but perfectly in line with the mind-set of Bill Domonkos who manipulates archive film footage and photos and adds […]
The Dark Side of Humanity by Photographer Chris Devour
Bucharest-based photographer and graphic designer Chris Devour has a real passion for black and white art. In his latest series “BLK_Glitch” he presents a stylish and futuristic vision of masculinity, one where his models float through the photographs garbed in minimalist black and grey clothing. Devour messes around with the final finish, adding a digital touch to manipulate […]
5 Amazing Op Artists
Known throughout the world by its shorthand form, Op Art, Optical Art is an art movement which has its roots in older art periods during the 20th century, including Cubism and Dada. It flourished in the 1960s with wonderful artists like Bridget Riley and Jesús Rafael Soto who put their own unique stamp on the practise. They […]
The Alluring Drawings of Samantha Wall
Note: Contains nudity. Samantha Wall is a visual artist originally from South Korea, but who emigrated to the United States and obtained a MFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art. She is now based in Portland, Oregon. Her creative process is interesting, she first meets her subjects face-to-face and takes portraits of them with a digital camera. Then […]
Motion Photography by Jean-Yves Lemoigne
The movement and deadly precision of professional athletes is an impressive feat and photographer Jean Yves Lemoigne has found the perfect way to shoot them. Captured in black and white, the tennis players in his series are photographed in a beautiful blur, as they serve, reach for that drop shot and hit that forehand winner. Images […]
Interview with Hyperrealist Artist Antonio Finelli
We are all getting older whether we accept it or not. There will be wrinkles, grey hairs, curved spines and many other changes to our bodies. It is life, the harsh reality, and one that Italian artist Antonio Finelli portrays in his series of drawings from the last four years. Men with flat caps, women […]
Stunning Interior Illusions by Peter Kogler
Visual artist Peter Kogler has covered the walls and floors of some of the most prestigious galleries and museums around the world in his spellbinding illusions. The eyes are sucked into his creations like a vortex, drawn further and further in to find the beating heart of the art piece. Images © Peter Kogler Via […]
10 Incredible Pencil Hyperrealist Artists
The goal of the hyperrealist artist is to achieve a photographic level of realism in their subjects, one that makes viewers gasp at the fact that they are looking at a drawing, not in fact a photograph. Artists working with this medium will use different materials, some go in for coloured pencils, others for graphite […]
The Fascinating (and Bizarre) Photography of Asger Carlsen
Note: Contains nudity. Asger Carlsen is a photographer who approaches his art from a unique and groundbreaking angle. One only has to look at the way he composes his subjects to get a feeling for his way of thinking: surreal portraits of models arranged with duplicate faces and makeshift wooden bodies. He takes apart the human […]