It’s a lovely Friday afternoon at Visual News and we have had the amazing opportunity today to explore the many faces of the magnificently creative users of Instagram. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford once said the famous quote we all know and can appreciate, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, well today the beauty and the endless individuality of human beings was in our hands to spread around to our wonderful viewers. Visual News thanks you all so much for participating in We Love Fridays! – Self-Portraits. [Read more...]
We Love Fridays! – Self-Portraits
2012 London Olympics: The Buildings from the Air
Are you ready to get your Olympic spirit on? It is less than 90 days until the Summer Olympic games begin in London, England. While the torch bearers get ready to run the flame across the UK and construction crews continue to finalize the building of the many stadiums and sporting complexes, recent aerial photos of the Olympic area have been posted. [Read more...]
The Solar System: Beautifully Visualized in Scale
If you could get all the planets in the galaxy together for a photo shoot in the studio, it would probably look a lot like these insanely well done illustrations of the planetary crew. That’s right too… these aren’t Photoshopped satellite images, but actually 3D digital illustrations of our most local cosmic neighbors.
Created by freelance designer David Fuhrer, each of the planets is rendered against a white background, much like one would photograph a new car in the studio. The stark background brings out the bright hues of the colorful orbs, unlike the starry black background we are used to seeing. [Read more...]
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Galactic Time Travel With Alec Huxley
Have your dreams ever been influenced by a movie you were watching, or a book you were reading before you went to bed? Maybe you were watching Mad Men or Leave It To Beaver and flipped to the Sci-fi channel until your eyes became so heavy you never realized you dozed off… until you awoke with the most vivid dreams still intact in your memory. Perhaps you unintentionally combined the two stories creating something like a wild west alien invasion or a trip to the moon with June and Ward Cleaver. This example might be a little off the wall to some but that isn’t the case with San Franciscan artist Alec Huxley. [Read more...]
Movie Mimic: Reenacting Scenes from Famous Films
If you’re like most people, you’ve wanted to be in the movies at one time or another. From playing a hero like Indiana Jones or Wonder Woman to dating some hot star like Ryan Gosling or Megan Fox, we’ve all had the thought cross our mind. Then it comes to the incredible places those films take place: Paris, Tokyo, San Francisco… many of the iconic locations are burned into our memories, with moving plot and dialogue to match. Well, here’s a guy that’s putting himself in famous films, or at least one frame from a memorable scene. [Read more...]
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Lost in Art: Liu Bolin Paints Himself Invisible
Have you ever wanted to get “Lost in Art?” Liu Bolin, a performance artist based out of Beijing, China wanted to, and he did it in a most unusual way. Throughout the past couple of years, Liu has been making amazing “invisible man” art all over the world, painting his clothes and body until he almost seamlessly merges with the world around him. [Read more...]
Ancient Icons Step Into Modern Art
In his fascinating collection of paintings, Visual Artist Bryan Keith Lanier puts a modern twist on ancient art. He often features iconic figures from art history, portraying them in a new, ambiguous light that is open to interpretation. Taking a humanist approach, Lanier invites his audience to form a personal connection with the situations he presents, challenging them to think in a new way. Lanier’s paintings and the titles he selects for them seem to create a meaningful account of the human experience. [Read more...]
Child’s Caves: Re-Imagining The Fantasies of Childhood
What was it like building forts in your house as a kid? Did you create space ships, fairytale castles, jungle forts or tipis? Did you use sheets, cardboard boxes, umbrellas and broomsticks? I remember sharing a room with my brother, twin beds on each wall and creating some pretty plush forts between using old comforters, loads of pillows from the house (sorry Mom) and anything possible to make their ceilings stand tall. Sometimes they’d be castles, sometimes we thought we were building roller coasters… one thing was for sure though: when the lights went out and we were supposed to be sleeping, we’d crawl back inside and imagine fantastic adventures late into the night. [Read more...]
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Want to Join a Band of Sailing Sea Gypsies?
Have you ever wanted to build a sailboat and voyage on it with a bunch of people from around the world? Welcome to the Sea Gypsies! Since the summer of 2009, people from all over the world have assisted in the construction of a ship that will sail the seas upon completion. There have been volunteers coming from all parts of the world — Asia to America, Europe to Southern Africa — all converging on a collective located just north of Oslo, Norway. [Read more...]
