What is it about photography that you enjoy? It just happens a lot, that I see things or create certain set-ups that I would like to be eternal. For me, taking a picture of it is the most simple and immediate approach to that issue. What I also enjoy about photography is that it includes so many things at once. […]
Professional photographer and digital artist Lasse Behnke, knows how to impress us with his almost unbelievable skills. Passionate about self-improvement, he willingly shares knowledge on how to put magic into ordinary scenes of everyday life. A master of photo editing, he crosses the line of what’s real and creates fantasies that we can easily lose ourselves in. We recently caught […]
A beautiful collection of images from Seoul-born, New York City-based photographer KangHee Kim (previously featured here). Drawing from her ongoing project, “Street Errands,” Kim’s new book features a series of collaged photographs that merge street scenes from New York with places she’s traveled throughout the United States. Due to restrictions on her VISA status, Kim is not able to leave […]
This isn’t just CosPlay. This is the origins of the Universe, the concept of duality, the personification of diety, the reverence for the dead, the mourning of loss, and the paralyzing fear of the devil. These weighty themes and others have regularly been addressed through masks, costumes, and dance in ritual dances dating back to 3000 B.C. in Mexico. During […]
Certain sectors of Mexican society have a women problem. More accurately, they have a lack-of-reverence-and-respect-for-women problem. Ongoing violence against women has pushed many in civil society to fight back in an organized fashion across classes, ages, trades, professions, religious and academic spheres. With marches, protests, street art, and speeches millions of Mexican women from all sectors of life and demographics […]
A selection of recent work by Brooklyn, New York-based artist Rachael Tarravechia. Acknowledged for detailed and meticulously adorned large-scale interior paintings that highlight and focus on narrative, Tarravechia’s work showcases dreamy interiors that feel familiar through the use of tchotchkes and iconic design elements. She invites viewers to look beneath the surface of the pink paint and embellishments, questioning when […]
A selection of recent paintings by Leipzig, Germany-based artist Mona Broschár. Drawing from the flashy aesthetics of consumer and pop cultures, Broschár creates what she describes as “shiny and voluptuous image worlds.” “My paintings are meant to invite virtual consumption,” she explains, “but leave the viewers alone with their desires, because they can only look, not touch.” Through plastic painting, […]
A powerful project by writer Pendarvis Harshaw and photographer/filmmaker Brandon Tauszik (previously featured here). Funded by the Pulitzer Center, Facing Life profiles 8 people who were serving life sentences in California prisons but were released due to changing laws in the state. In 2006, California’s prison system housed more than 170,000 people. That’s 199% of the capacity it was designed […]
Intergenerational conflict ebbs and flows through history – and right now, along with so many other points of societal contention, it appears to be flowing. In a matter of a decade, for example, the term “Baby Boomer” has transformed from something to be admired to the shortened term “Ok Boomer” by their own progeny – a dismissive, even contemptuous outlook […]
Shhh! Please, keep it down! We’re all very excited to examine this stunning Dragon Cave up close, but we need to be careful – these ancient beasts seem distrustful of humans. Thankfully, we have with us its original designer, Stefan Koidl, as well as our own Design Studio who collaborated with him on the idea and on bringing this Limited […]