Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Sad Sports Face of the Day: Wayne Rooney is Not For Sale
Deep Free Diving
Produced & Directed by Kitty Bolhoefer and Fridolin Schoepper of theavantgardediaries.com, William Trubridge freedives deep.
See also Beautiful Underwater Shots of Freediving in the Cenotes of Tulum
Poesia para la Gente - LA Metro Gold Line September 7
Our next Poesia Para La Gente is coming early September and we are getting excited for even more great poets.
Animal Sculptures made from found objects by Geoffrey Gorman
These animal sculptures made from found objects by Geoffrey Gorman have a lot of the steampunk ghoulish charm of Tim Burton and Edward Gorey.
Mega Ultra Action Epic - Eterna - A Supercut Trailer of Action Epics
00:01:07 The Amazing Spider-Man
00:10:19 Green Lantern
00:14:02 The Dark Knight
00:17:18 Underworld: Awakening
00:19:19 Thor
00:20:04 The Avengers
00:20:17 300
00:22:00 Man of Steel
00:26:06 Clash of the Titans
00:27:05 The Avengers
00:31:11 Thor
00:33:14 The Last Airbender
00:34:02 Clash of the Titans
00:38:02 Wrath of the Titans
00:42:13 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
00:46:02 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
00:47:23 Batman Begins
00:49:17 Terminator Salvation
00:50:17 Captain America: The First Avenger
00:52:03 The Avengers
00:52:17 The Dark Knight Rises
00:56:02 Dredd
00:57:03 Wrath of the Titans
00:59:09 Thor: The Dark World
01:01:00 John Carter
01:01:21 Transformers
01:02:22 The Incredible Hulk
01:04:04 300
01:05:20 The Incredible Hulk
01:08:11 Takers
01:08:20 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
01:09:11 Hitman
01:10:11 Solomon Kane
01:10:18 Dragonball Evolution
01:11:05 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
01:11:18 The Last Airbender
01:12:16 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
01:13:03 10,000 BC
01:13:10 Avatar
01:14:02 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
01:15:03 Sunshine
01:16:17 Eragon
01:17:13 Inkheart
01:18:05 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
01:18:16 The Lord of the Rings
01:19:02 Resident Evil: Extinction
01:20:00 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
01:22:10 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
01:23:20 Solomone Kane
01:24:11 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
01:25:01 Real Steel
01:25:11 10,000 BC
01:25:18 The Golden Compass
01:27:06 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
01:27:19 Clash of the Titans
01:28:12 The Last Airbender
01:29:05 John Carter
01:30:02 The Forbidden Kingdom
01:30:15 The Fountain
01:31:08 TRON: Legacy
01:31:15 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
01:32:08 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
01:33:04 Resident Evil: Afterlife
01:33:22 Ghost Rider
01:34:04 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
01:34:19 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
01:36:11 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
01:37:20 Thor
01:38:05 The Last Airbender
01:38:23 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
01:39:17 I Am Number Four
01:40:09 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
01:40:19 Knowing
01:41:13 300
01:42:05 Knowing
01:43:00 The Incredible Hulk
01:43:15 Knowing
01:46:06 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
01:48:14 Oblivion
01:49:11 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
01:52:13 Bunraku
01:55:06 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
01:56:20 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
01:57:20 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
01:58:05 Super 8
01:59:06 Broken Hill
01:59:17 300: Rise of an Empire
02:00:13 Sucker Punch
02:01:00 300: Rise of an Empire
02:01:08 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
02:01:23 Green Zone
02:03:08 Legion
02:03:21 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
02:04:15 Getaway
02:05:02 Next
02:05:22 Live Free or Die Hard
02:06:19 300
02:07:18 Star Trek
02:08:20 TRON: Legacy
02:09:19 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
02:11:05 Next
02:12:02 Fast & Furious
02:12:16 Transformers
02:13:17 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
02:14:01 Star Trek
02:14:08 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
02:15:02 The Last Airbender
02:15:13 300: Rise of an Empire
02:16:03 Jack the Giant Slayer
02:16:13 Super 8
02:17:00 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
02:17:11 TRON: Legacy
02:18:19 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
02:19:18 The Nutcracker
02:21:20 Thor
02:23:11 Sucker Punch
02:24:11 Watchmen
02:24:19 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
02:25:06 Eragon
02:25:20 Priest
02:26:15 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
02:27:12 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
02:27:23 Man of Steel
02:28:11 The Amazing Spider-Man
02:28:18 The Incredible Hulk
02:29:05 Pacific Rim
02:29:22 The Incredible Hulk
02:30:23 Pacific Rim
02:33:02 Watchmen
02:37:07 Trance
02:39:09 2012
02:45:18 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
02:47:03 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
02:47:12 Battleship
02:51:11 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
02:57:02 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
03:01:23 Thor
03:02:03 Man of Steel
03:02:21 Sucker Punch
03:03:21 Thor: The Dark World
03:05:07 Underworld: Awakening
03:03:06 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
03:07:02 Man of Steel
03:09:10 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
03:10:04 Man of Steel
03:11:16 John Carter
03:12:13 The Dark Knight Rises
03:13:14 Elysium
03:15:06 300: Rise of an Empire
03:17:07 300
03:19:02 Underworld: Awakening
03:19:18 Thor
03:20:16 Resident Evil: Retribution
03:21:09 TRON: Legacy
03:22:08 Man of Steel
03:23:06 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
03:23:20 The Lone Ranger
03:24:18 Man of Steel
03:26:06 Terminator Salvation
03:27:16 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
03:28:02 The Avengers
03:28:21 Cloud Atlas
03:29:23 Pacific Rim
03:30:23 Wrath of the Titans
03:32:22 Pacific Rim
03:34:19 Battleship
03:35:10 Pacific Rim
03:46:05 Trance
03:49:02 Ender's Game
03:50:17 Transformers
03:51:23 Elysium
03:53:07 Gravity
03:54:12 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
03:55:23 Armageddon
03:57:04 Oblivion
03:58:13 Knowing
03:59:06 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
04:00:01 Battleship
04:02:01 Man of Steel
04:02:11 2012
04:03:22 Man of Steel
04:04:14 Skyline
04:05:08 Man of Steel
04:06:01 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
04:06:18 Man of Steel
04:07:20 Star Trek Into Darkness
04:09:08 A Good Day to Die Hard
04:10:16 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
04:11:09 Battleship
04:11:23 Man of Steel
04:13:07 Skyline
04:13:21 Man of Steel
04:14:07 Angels & Demons
04:15:03 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
04:15:22 Resident Evil: Afterlife
04:16:12 Man of Steel
04:17:19 Thor: The Dark World
04:18:16 Pacific Rim
04:19:07 Man of Steel
04:20:05 Pacific Rim
04:20:18 TRON: Legacy
04:21:07 Man of Steel
04:23:03 Knowing
04:37:04 Man of Steel
04:40:15 World War Z
04:41:19 Knowing
04:46:05 The Divide
04:51:15 Knowing
04:53:22 I Am Legend
04:56:04 Upside Down
04:59:21 Man of Steel
05:00:23 Upside Down
05:05:03 Pacific Rim
05:07:11 John Carter
05:08:17 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
05:09:10 The New World
05:09:21 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
05:12:03 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
05:13:01 Avatar
05:16:05 The Lovely Bones
05:21:12 Avatar
05:24:00 After Earth
05:24:20 Avatar
05:26:05 To the Wonder
05:27:03 The Tree of Life
05:28:10 Knowing
05:31:08 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
05:34:06 Sunshine
Sad Sports Face of the Day - A-Rod Mopes Around Florida
In the purgatory of suspension/rehabilitation/Tampa, A-Rod poses with fans outside one of the Ciccio & Tony's restaurants in Tampa.
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Daaaaamn that's some Dominoes action right there - Tuna Melt by A-Trak & Tommy Trash
This music video for Tuna Melt by A-Trak & Tommy Trash is an amazing and imaginative display of creative dominoes and Rube Goldberg machinery.
The dominoes were set by the Kinetic King (aka Tim Fort), the video produced by Pier Pictures and Pomp&Clout. The whole thing was directed by Trunk Animation's Ryan Staake.
Airborne: Jose the Amazing photos by Chris Arnade
On his first encounter with Jose, Chris Arnade:
"Last year I was in a desolate part of Hunts Point, talking to a friend. A group of about ten teenagers came down the street, loud, filled with energy, and seemingly marauding (kicking over cones, jumping on and over stationary cars, etc). I have never had a problem in my twenty years in New York City, but that does not mean I don’t stay aware. As they passed, out of the corner of my eye I spotted Jose do a back flip over a hydrant. Amazed, I yelled out to him. He and his friends, who were also warily eyeing me, thinking I was a cop, were planning to run away but his friend Henry had a sprained ankle, so they stood their ground.
Since then I have come to grow very fond of Jose and his friends, and have done many photo shoots together. Big fans of Parkour, Hip-hop, and Anime, they are fighting against an area where the pressures of poverty, drugs, and limited opportunity weigh heavily.
For me it’s another lesson in expectations. All of my accumulated baggage from popular culture signaled for me to get away from these kids and their bad intentions, all theirs told them to get away from the cop who would treat them unfairly. Neither of us did that, and because of that I certainly have learned a bit more about the Bronx."
See also Daredevil Poses
Vibrant Colors in Macro - Pacific Light
Russian artist, Ruslan Khasanov’s Pacific Light takes a macro view of the vibrant liquids, paints and inks.
Sculptures of Staples into Organic Forms
Artist Jerry Bleem uses found materials and thousands and thousands of staples which give them organic looking forms structure and hold them together.
"Ordinary, non-precious, discarded materials are what I most often use in my work. Botanic forms and the human body have strongly influenced my work. I also draw upon humanity's long history of making containers for both practical and symbolic purposes."
See also Hand-crafted Chaotically Organic Ceramics
Star Wars Parkour - Jedi Free Running
Who needs F/X?
Fun and stylish Star Wars themed parkour video.
Witty Wild Animal Photo Manipulations
French photographer Thomas Subtil has this witty and charming photo manipulation series "Hakuna Matata" with wild animals from Kenya as its stars.
See also Zoo Fashion Photos
My Pick - 5 Novels of Noteworthy Novelty
I have a short list of novels that I hold close to my heart, for their sheer imaginative bravery, for their expansive curiosity and confident communion with the reader.
I would love to hear your list of novels you love.
Sure it is a National Book Award winner, but Johnson's fierce, unrelenting imagination dashes any danger of it being broad or boring.
Tree of Smoke
Transporting the creator of the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, inexplicably into our day, Millet begins a narrative, that like a rip tide, nearly invisible pulls you into deep water without your even being aware of it.
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart
Taking a simple premise, that with instructions embedded in an alien communication, the Jesuit build and set out to meet them on their own planet. Sci-fi and fantasy with a tinge of high lit.
The Sparrow
The first of Mishima's final novel cycle (read about his ending here), it follows a pair of characters through generations as the symbolism of Buddhism becomes quite literal.
Spring Snow
Runaway Horses
The Temple of Dawn
The Decay of Angels
Ben Marcus' work is daringly conceptual that trust the intelligence of its reader with a type of storytelling unique amongst his peers.
Notable American Women
Paintings of Van Gogh Animated
An Italian designer and animator, Luca Agnani has created a short film, Van Gogh’s Shadow, with more that a dozen Van Gogh paintings with a touch of animation and movement.
Bodyscapes: Photos by Carl Warner
Using human parts to create stunning landscapes, photographer Carl Warner's project titled "Otherscapes."
See also The Form of the Body
Beer Labels Brought to Life
Trevor Carmick, a Boston-based video editor/graphic artist, has an amazing side project: Beer Labels in Motion, If only we could get these for real on the the labels. Only a matter of time, I am sure.
See also Hypnotic Animated GIFs
The Beauty of Sea Slugs from Alexander Semenov
We've seen some amazingly vibrant shots of jellyfish from Alexander Semenov, and here he brings us equally gorgeous sea slugs.
See also Gorgeous Underwater Photos of Vibrant Jellyfish
Top 5 things for July 2013
NSFW - Gorgeous 'Calligraphy on Girls' from Molotow Markers
A collaboration between Molotow Markers and Fierce Frog Films, brings us the calligraphy of Russian Pokras Lampas. Using script size and lettering density in response to the curves and contours of the models leads to some gorgeous patterns and gorgeous images.
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Cut Food Photos that Show You the Inside of the Food That We Never See
Showing cross-sections of popular food, Beth Galton's Cut Food uses gelatin in place of liquid to get this great, surprising and interesting point of view.
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Flowers X-Ray Photos - Two Ways
These two project ( by British photographer Nick Veasey; and Singapore-based Brendan Fitzpatrick) each have a stunning beauty. I love them each.
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Anxiety-Ridden Images from John William Keedy
John William Keedy‘s artist statement:
“It’s Hardly Noticeable explores the world of a character who navigates living with an unspecified anxiety-based mental illness. He negotiates situations constructed to highlight the impacts and implications of his differences on his thoughts and behaviors, and by doing so raises question of normalcy. Through constructed tableaus and metaphorical still lifes, the series reveals the relationship between reality and perception, and highlights issues of pathology while questioning stereotypes of normalcy.
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POTD - Viking Ships in Los Angeles by Brandon Brown
"Each time I cup your face in my hand, I know that I’ll be with you
as my hair grows longer and my clothes become old."
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The Sky Behind: Photo Project from Manuel Cosentino
Italian photographer Manuel Cosentino returned to photograph the small building from the exact same location for nearly two years for his Behind a Little House Project.
