What’s cooler than getting a vase of flowers? Shooting the vase with a steel ball and using an expensive camera to capture it right at the moment of impact. German Photographer Martin Klimas does just that and the result is a gorgeous contrast between the motionless serenity of the flowers and the total chaos of the exploding vase. [Read more...]
Hold still! If you’ve ever tried to sit still for a long period of time, you will notice that it’s nearly impossible, which has made the latest project by Nerhol a fascinating one. The duo, consisting of graphic designer Yoshihisa Tanaka and fine artist Ryuta Iida, asked 27 people to sit still for three minutes while they took high speed shutter pictures of them. Then they stacked all of each subject’s pictures into a pile, then sliced through the layers to show the movements that each made during the three minute span. The result being a blurred portrait; an homage to the life force that is constantly running through one’s veins. [Read more...]
When you were a kid in elementary school and it was time for art hour, often popsicle sticks and toothpicks were the medium. Later on, many of us spend less time in the realm of arts and more time being practical – like making it to the cubicle on time each morning. Whether able to find the time for a little right brain stimulation or not, adults often skip over Elmer’s glue and little pieces of wood to release their creative spirits. Danish artist Mark Nors Arnesen not only chose the time honored tradition of glue and little pieces of wood, he found time to turn 8,000 of those little sticks into a cover for a publication. [Read more...]
Did you ever wonder how a good guitar is made? This amazing film brings “how it’s made” to a whole new level of beauty and art. In just 3 minutes the film covers a process that takes 299 hours by master guitar maker Vassilis Lazarides, who claims that “the act of instrument crafting is a great way to deal with the reality.” Motion graphics show the process, the measurements, the thought process and the sheer dedication to detail needed to complete the construction of a hand made Flamenco. Accompanied by the fantastic flamenco music of Dutch guitar virtuoso and composer Edsart udo De Haes, this film keeps the spirit of process alive with an excellent sound track. [Read more...]
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I’m going to get this out of the way right here in the beginning: none of these flashy, surreal photographs where Photoshopped. UK based light artist Ian Hobson, who humorously and humbly calls his work “Waving Torches at Things,” creates some of the best images we’ve ever seen in light painting. His newest works exude a flowing, painterly, yet digital aura, coloring the abandoned buildings he often uses as his art space with vibrant dashes and swooshes of light. [Read more...]
A Tilt-Shift Timelapse by James Cole from July 2011 in Riga Latvia. Music by Content – contentisproductatgmail
We see a lot of time-lapse videos here at Visual News, but this one takes it to new heights all together: an altitude of over 200 miles to be exact. Filmed by astronaut/photographer Ron Garan from the windows of the orbiting International Space Station, this astoundingly beautiful video captures a view of brightly lit cities, continents, cloud layers and the magnificent aurora borealis as the ISS gracefully speeds around the earth. [Read more...]
Burning Man, the huge annual festival held in the middle of the Nevada Desert, encourages an atmosphere of radical self expression and acceptance. Some say it is impossible to capture the experience on the flat playa, but this 19 minute time lapse video has come close to the feeling you get while you explore. We don’t have much information about who made this film but the description states it was created by James Cole, Jason Phipps and Byron Mason. We highly recommend playing it in 1080p HD and full screen. Captivating [Read more...]
We like that designer and artist Shyama Golden points out that her first name rhymes with Llama and that the y is silent. Even more, we enjoy her excellent paintings of human life happening inside prehistoric animals… yes it has a distinct Pee-Wee Herman meets dinosaur feel to it, and that doesn’t hurt. Residing in Austin, TX, Golden works independently and has clients that include such varied examples as Mattel, Gibson Guitars, Southwest Airline’s Spirit Magazine and NASA. [Read more...]
