Note: Contains nudity. Esthaem is a photographer based in Linz, Austria, who focuses on the body to uncover human identities and sexualities. While he has recently started incorporating color, much of his portfolio (including most of the images shown here) consists of monochromatic images shot on black and white film. The camera focuses on nude […]
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Photography Inspired by the Great Surrealist Rene Magritte
The Surrealist works of the Belgian artist Rene Magritte have become some of the most familiar and copied images in the world. Posing existential questions and challenging ideas of personal identity, Magritte’s stark, almost spare paintings have lent themselves over and over to replication, reinterpretation, and reenvisioning. Whether constructed from Lego pieces or made from […]
Miniature Tattoo Scenes by Eva Krbdk
Turkish artist Eva Krbdk wants to hold the world in her hands, literally. She loves to paint big ideas with the tiniest brushstrokes. Loyal Illusionists may remember her work from last year’s “10 Tattooers to Look Out For in 2015.” Since then, she’s grown by shrinking things down. “Tiny tattoos heal the same way as […]
Bigger Than Us: The Lone Cosmonaut by David Schermann
David Schermann is a conceptual photographer based in Vienna. In a recent project titled “Bigger Than Us,” Schermann brought a Russian spacesuit deep into the mountains of Vorarlberg, Austria. Digitally painted red, the sweeping mountains and valleys take on an otherworldly quality, like a deserted mirror of Earth. Both familiar and alien, the setting provides […]
Pastel Dreams in Brooke DiDonato’s Surreal Photography
Note: Contains slight nudity. The works of photographer Brooke DiDonato are minimalistic and surreal, exploring the human psyche through subtly mind-bending images. Her new series “Roses” depicts colorful flowers melting down bare skin, emanating a sense of heartbreak and alienation. Using careful selections of lighting, color, and symbolic props, DiDonato transforms passive nude bodies into […]
Fine Art Nude Photography and Painting on Ello
Note: Contains nudity. Social media sharing opens up endless opportunities for modern artists to get their work seen, to feel and give support, and to be part of a community of likewise creative souls. It’s nothing new—artists have been forming leagues for centuries, sharing and criticizing, supporting and learning from one another. What’s different now […]
Passion, Fragmentation, and Nachos: Interview with Artist Witchoria
Victoria Siemer—known online and through her personal artwork as Witchoria— is a New York-based graphic designer who in her spare time makes otherwordly digital art. While studying design at SUNY Buffalo, Siemer immersed herself in the ideas of emotional fragmentation and “fragmentation of the self.” Since then, her work has evolved into surreal photo manipulations […]
Announcing the Winners of the 2016 A’ Design Awards
We’re always impressed by the caliber of submissions to the A’ Design Award and Competition. Each year, creatives from around the world up the ante with their thoughtful display of products, projects, services, and more. The 2015 – 2016 contest was evaluated by a international jury of scholars, press, and design professionals who selected 1,277 […]
Children of the Winter Forest: Dara Scully’s Poetic Photography
Note: Contains nudity. Dara Scully is a self-professed “forest-creature, winter child” who instills poetry into her haunting photography. Scully’s works are like gothic fairytales, exploring the human psyche through complex metaphors and esoteric symbols: nude figures lie in strange constellations on the grass, ghost-eyed children peer at the viewer, and dark forests encroach on the […]
Motelscape: A Surreal Full-Room Critique of Fantasy and Commodified Desires
As part of last year’s Art Basel Miami Beach, multimedia artists Marina Fini, Signe Pierce, Sierra Grace, and Sydney Krause created “Motelscape,” an otherworldly full-room installation located in a love suite of the Miami Princess Hotel. Every object was specifically designed to convey a sense of replicated and illusory reality, such as the translucent plexiglass […]