The back is a bit sore after trying to lift a 65kg book…

PaulArt, Packaging, Photography

Kylie received her new Art Edition Annie Leibovitz book yesterday. This one in a thousand signed collection of Annie Leibovitz best photography is not only large and visually stunning…  it’s also a back breaker at 65kg. The power and the glory by Annie Leibovitz is limited to a total of 10,000 signed and numbered copies, this book is available as Collector’s Edition …

What is real?

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Body Evolution – Model before and after A Global Democracy idea – Idea 9 – Disclaimers for airbrushing models We all now know that seeing thousands of “perfect” body types in the mass media is having negative affects on young girls and more. Airbrushing as a practice should be discouraged when it transforms otherwise permanent features on models. A “mandatory …

Interventions of the Antikytherian Aea Sculptors

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70–60 BC Greek life-size marble statues, raised from the Antikythera Ship-wreck found by a team of sponge divers in 1900.The parts buried by the sand are exceptionally preserved while the rest of the Parian marble was disfigured by stone-eating organisms. The first diver to lay eyes on the shipwreck described the scene as a heap of rotting corpses and horses …

How Would You Look If Your Face Was Perfectly Symmetrical?

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Julian Wolkenstein has created a photographic portrait series that explores the myth that people who have more symmetrical faces are more attractive. Symmetrical faces have long been seen as the benchmark for true beauty, but is this a fact or merely a myth? Julian says that “Part of my project has been to de-bunk the myth that symmetrical people are therefore better looking. …

Creative Costumes of Still-Practiced Pagan Rituals

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Now these are not your average Halloween costumes. For two years, French photographer Charles Fréger has been traveling throughout 19 European countries and trying to capture the spirit of what he calls “tribal Europe” in his “Wilder Mann” series. What he found was a huge array of pagan rituals, mainly related to the winter solstice and spring renewal, focusing on …

Here’s What You’ll Find Living In The Deepest Spot On Earth

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At 36,000 feet below sea level, it’s perpetually dark, freezing cold, and there’s enough pressure to liquefy human bones. Welcome to the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot on Earth.Even in one of the most inhospitable places on our planet, certain life thrives.Researchers announced on Sunday that bacteria live in booming communities, feeding on the remains of dead animals, algae, and other …

Unique Photographs from Our Past

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These next 30 photographs go beyond the norm – they encapsulate the mood, tone and values of yesteryear, a compelling account of the evolution of our values if you will. Check out the photo of Annette Kellerman who was arrested for indecency while promoting women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit. 1907 Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty delivered June …

Portraits of People Seeing Their Younger Self in a Mirror

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Tom Hussey is an award-winning lifestyle advertising photographer based in Dallas, Texas. In a series entitled Reflections, Hussey shows a series of elderly people looking in a mirror at their younger self. According to an interview with PetaPixel, the idea first struck when Hussey was talking to a WWII veteran named Gardner. On the cusp of his 80th birthday, Gardner …