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From Mad Men to Henri Cartier-Bresson :: What can composition do?

Composition is arguably the most important tool in telling a story. Everything in a photo is important to that message. The placement of objects and proximity is important. Relationships of shapes have meaning. This is the most important skill you … Continue reading

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Artist Highlights Intricate Leaf Cut-Out Art by Holding To the Sky

Can you be-leaf the detail? Talented paper artists from around the world use fine blades to cut out detailed designs from blank sheets. Kazakhstan-based artist Kanat Nurtazin creates his amazing artwork this way, albeit on a more unconventional material. Instead, … Continue reading

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A Flurry of New Notebooks from Field Notes Features 99,999 Unique Snowflake Designs

U.K.-based artist Brendan Dawes channels the infinite crystalline shapes of snowflakes in a new collaboration with Field Notes. For its 49th limited-edition series, the Chicago-based notebook manufacturer tasked Dawes with designing an algorithm that mimics the atmospheric process that forms … Continue reading

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SMILE

A collection of smiling loops. Artwork & Music by Lucas Zanotto © 2020 More on my instagram: instagram.com/lucas_zanotto

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Why Gongs Are So Expensive | So Expensive

The unmistakable sound of the gong has held spiritual significance in Southeast Asia for centuries. Hand-beaten from sheet materials, the labor-intensive shaping and delicate paintwork result in beautiful percussive instruments. Souvenir gongs can be bought for just a few dollars, … Continue reading

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Spiderine

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Stop-Motion Animation Made With Nature by Benoît Leva 

Artist Benoît Leva turns rocks, leaves, fruits, and even water into incredible stop-motion animations! 🍁🍓🍃🍒💧 Permission granted by Benoît Leva. → FOLLOW Benoît Leva Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benoit.leva/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/benoitleva

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400 years ago, visitors to this painted cave took hallucinogens

Research team member Jon Picciuolo documents quids (wads of chewed-up plant matter) that were stuffed centuries ago into crevasses in the walls of Pinwheel Cave in southern California. The painted pinwheel that gives the cave its name can be seen … Continue reading

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More Photos Have Emerged from the Massive Rock Art Discovery in the Amazon, and They’re Amazing—See Them Here

A Colombian-English team of archaeologists recently came upon a huge cache of rock art in the Amazon that shows humans and mastodons. Archaeologists recently discovered eight miles of painted rock face in the Colombian Amazon, sited along the Guayabero River. … Continue reading

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SAOIRSE

Dublin is a city in the midst of a property development boom and with the gentrification of the inner city, working-class horse culture is being marginalised. It’s something quite unique to the city and likely won’t exist in fifteen years. … Continue reading

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