Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
REBOUND DISSECTIONS AND EXCAVATIONS IN BOOK ART
Doug Beube, Long-Bin Chen, Brian Dettmer, Guy Laramée, and Francesca Pastine transform various types of literature and/or printed books through sculptural intervention.
Photographer's POV Capturing the Brazilian Protests
Rio de Janiero-based photographer Michel de Souza was on the scene shooting photos the people protesting the lack of public services. He also captured this point-of-view footage using two GoPro cameras mounted to his DSLRs.
Riot police were sent to fire tear gas and rubber bullets in order to break up the gathering.
De Souza: “I confess that, towards the end, it moved me to tears."
SYLVIA PLATH, 30
Born: October 27, 1932
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Died: February 11, 1963
(London, England)
Born: October 27, 1932
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Died: February 11, 1963
(London, England)
Cause of death: carbon-monoxide poisoning
Last Words: Suicides of Women Authors
The stories of the untimely deaths, the suicides of famous women authors are fascinating and heartbreaking. Here, Vice brings us this macabre series in a photo set.
VIRGINIA WOOLF, 59
Born: January 25, 1882
(London, England)
Died: March 28, 1941
(Lewes, England)
Cause Of Death: drowning
Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos
Set Design: Grace Kelsey
Models in order of appearance: Grace Kelsey, Amelia Fleetwood, Erica Cho, Virginia Talbot, Kumara Sawyer, Thao Dang, Paige Morgan
Special thanks to the Kelsey Family
IRIS CHANG, 36
Born: March 28, 1968
(Princeton, New Jersey)
Died: November 9, 2004
(Los Gatos, California)
Cause of death: gunshot to the head
The Row shirt, jacket, and pants, vintage necklace
DOROTHY PARKER, 73
Born: August 22, 1893
(Long Branch, New Jersey)
Died: June 7, 1967
(New York, New York)
Cause of death: natural causes, despite several unsuccessful suicide attempts, the first in January 1923, at age 23, by slitting her wrists
Ruffian jacket, vintage Christian Dior skirt, vintage rings
CHARLOTTE PERKINS, 75
Born: July 3, 1860
(Hartford, Connecticut)
Died: August 17, 1935
(Pasadena, California)
Cause of death: suicide by chloroform
SANMAO, 47
Born: March 26, 1943
(Chongqing, China)
Died: January 4, 1991
(Taipei, Taiwan)
Cause of death: hanged herself with a pair of tights
ELISE COWEN, 28
Born: July 31, 1933
(New York, New York)
Died: February 1, 1962
(New York, New York)
Cause of death: self-defenestration
One Year-Old Photoshopped into Amazing Situations
One-year-old Singlhild demonstrates capacities that are way beyond her years in the creative pictures, photoshopped by her dad, Swedish photographer Emil Nystrom.
Beautiful Moths Close Up
Canadian photographer Jim des Riviéres has created this amazing collection of high-resolution, large-format photos of different varieties of moths.
See also Macro Insects by Photographer Nicolas Resuen
Everest Timelapse
Wait, what? A timelapse of Everest? Yup. In love with this.
Description:
"Experience the beauty of Mt. Everest at night in time-lapse. While most climbers slept, I attempted to capture some of the magic that the Himalayan skies have to offer while climbing to the top of the world. This time lapse video is comprised of thousands of photographs, processed and assembled on Mt. Everest."
Books as Canvas for Childhood Memories
A press release on the work of Rome-based Russian artist Ekaterina Panikanova reads:
"[T]he proposition of the artist is based on the metaphor of the oyster and the pearl: the entrance of the sand represents a stress element for the shell and starts the expulsion and the production of the pearl. This metaphor indicates that since childhood, everyone holds a storage of images, traumas and experiences that they carry for all their lives."
Light Sculptures in the Marble Mines of Verona
With a handheld light and the long exposures Stefano Bellamoli created these ‘light sculptures’ in the dark of Verona, Italy's marble mines.
See also these Sun Light Sculptures
Old Black & White Photos of Los Angeles Neon
Found Objects Find A Voice in this Urban Art by R1
Johannesburg-based street artist R1 creates beauty using found materials: tape, cans, plastic.
R1 says:
"My installations subtly changes the city streets to create a dialogue and interactions between the environment and our experience of it. The artworks take ownership and manipulate city spaces, opening new relationships with daily familiarity. The end result carries conversations, becoming a fragment of the ever changing city’s history."
A Supercell Caught inTexas by Mike Olbinski
Arizona photographer Mike Olbinski got this amazing video of the formation of a gigantic rotating supercell near Booker, Texas on June 3.
Mashing Up Old and New Famous Faces
Toronto-based graphic designer Marc Ghali combines the faces of two similar figures from separate decades. Can you identify them all?
Also check out a similar project we covered in 5 things TV 5-1
This is Africa: Video Travels in Uganda and Tanzania
Australian Benjamin Dowie has created this great video of his travels in Uganda and Tanzania in March of 2013.
Virtual Motion Sculptures of Street Fighter 2 Movements
From the video page:
"I did it in order to teach myself Cinema 4D and Vray in my spare time, the renders aren't perfect but the best I could get out of my machine. While I setup up most of the geometry using tracers, Xpresso and Thinking Particles, I had some help along the way from the following great resources..."
The Sugar Cube Mission
Georgios Papaioannou took a cup of coffee and made it an occasion for a miniature cinematic adventure.
Wondrous Photo Series to Celebrate a Wonderful Life
What began as a retreat behind the lens of her camera as a small summer project, grew into a fantasy land inspired by her late mother's imaginative stories and plays.
Kirsty Mitchell's mother Maureen was an English teacher who spent her life inspiring generations of children. When Maureen died from a brain tumour in 2008, Kirsty channelled her grief into her passion for photography. And this Wonderland series is its full expression.
See also Imaginative Photography Lets Boy with Muscular Dystrophy Act Out His Dreams
Baby Blackboard Adventures
Anna Eftimie explains:
"We used everything around [them] for inspiration," including their daughter's skateboard, or the "Alcatraz costumes you can buy from San Francisco's Pier 39." Soon, they had a "whole story wrapped around" their sleeping baby boy.Eftimie's boy is five days old in the stork picture and three months of age in the underwater wedding portrait.
See also The Flying Baby
City Series: Seattle
Synopsis:
"Inspired by the avant-garde city symphony films of the early 20th century, such as Paul Strand's "Manhatta" and Dziga Vertov's "The Man With the Movie Camera," CITY SERIES: SEATTLE paints a masterful portrait of the beautiful city of Seattle, Washington. Utilizing experimental editing techniques, time-lapse, and beautiful cinematography, the film explores the poetic mode of documentary film to convey the experience of this iconic, Pacific Northwestern metropolis.
Get the Music: Alone in Kyoto by Air.
Subtle Surrealism from Kyle Thompson
This 20-year-old photographer from Chicago, Kyle Thompson has a subtle surrealistic vision that pushes its way into these stylish and crisp photos.
