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A Taste of Central Spain

Saturday 04.09.2011 , Posted by

Central Spain is a stark and desolate landscape of wheat farms and wind. It was in this land that the mythical Don Quixote and his trusty sidekick Sancho Pans fought windmills and here that the Romans, the Moors and the Goths each left their mark.

Over a 5 day stay, Vimeo user Ben created this excellent time lapse film of the landscape and the remains of it’s multicultural history. He used a home built dolly to create pan shots and added an HDR effect in post production. The results are beautiful.

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The Beauty of Maps: A Documentary

Thursday 04.07.2011 , Posted by

Here we bring you the 4 part BBC series, The Beauty of Maps. Released almost a year ago the documentary takes us through the staggering four million map collection of the British Library in London.

Through the ages the story of the worlds landscape and population has been told through the creative and colorful use of maps. Often that tale has been destorted or idealized by the map maker, adding layers of history and revealing the society behind the maps making. Some examples are simply informational, the layout of streets and their names… others are highly beautiful, displaying a careful hand and creative mind. This is a story that will take you through time and around the world.

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Double Exposure Portraits: Retro Beautiful

Thursday 03.31.2011 , Posted by

Dan Mountford shoots double exposure photographs, adds a few dabs of Photoshop and comes up with some really outstanding results. His work, which has a distinctly retro feel, often mixes strong architectural features with portraiture and nature in crisp black and white. See more of his work at flickr, on Behance or buy prints at danmountford.bigcartel.com.

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The Up Close World of Pollen

Tuesday 03.29.2011 , Posted by

Who knew that pollen, that perpetrator of the allergy season, could be so beautiful when looked at close up. Some of these recolored scanning microscope images look like tiny hedgehogs, others alike pieces of delicious fruit and still others could be pieces of coral. Next time you sneeze, remember something beautiful did it…

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A Fashionable, Retro-Futuristic World

Friday 03.18.2011 , Posted by

In an ambiguous universe stuck between the present, the future and the 50′s, beautiful people lead a fashionable yet melancholic existence. Current and yet to be invented technology mingle with mid-century modern furniture and design. Photographer Ben Sandler captures the mood perfectly in his new series “Tomorrowland,” a world that seems cut perfectly for a movie scipt the likes of Gattaca. For more of Sandlers subtly surreal work, see his website bensandler.com

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Visual Bits #18 > A Tiny Splash of Color

Tuesday 03.08.2011 , Posted by


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Clouds Look Better Going Fast

Thursday 03.03.2011 , Posted by

You know how everything seems to look better in slow motion? Well, it turns out that clouds look amazingly good going really, really fast. These giant floating masses of water often appear to stand still, but give them a little kick of speed and all their undulating movements and diverging layers become apparent.

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Intimate Time Lapse Journal Paintings

Tuesday 01.25.2011 , Posted by

Bryce Wymer, a visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York, creates visual journals that pop from the page with bold color and composition. Making both detailed drawings and layered paintings in his small Molskine sketchbooks, he has recently started documenting the process in time laps video. He says his personal works “address human social progression and the driving relation between the powerful and the powerless.” He currently works as a freelance creative director, a title which he says includes live action, graphic design, illustration, fine art, 2D animation and post production work. To see more of his intimate works, see his website brycewymer.com.
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Humanistic Flowers Bloom Brightly

Wednesday 01.05.2011 , Posted by


A colorful array of beautiful flowers spring off the canvas of artist Cecelia Webber’s creative digital series. From a distance, the flowers look highly realistic, but as one steps closer the truth behind these images is revealed. Each element of the image is created using photographs of nude models in yoga like poses, then they are digitally multiplied and arranged to form a whole. According to her website, she creates the images as a celebration of the human body and nature.
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