When Marblehead, Massachusetts-based photographer Rick Ashley visited Disney World with his wife and her then-12-year-old brother Michael, who has Down Syndrome, he observed the way people stared at Michael, and the way the boy retreated inwards during such moments of alienation. Ashley promptly purchased for Michael a pipe, a baseball cap, and sunglasses, telling him that he resembled the General Douglas MacArthur and suggesting that he salute to anyone who gazed openly at him. Soon, says Ashley, Michael was greeting everyone in this manner, and they returned his salutation with a smile.
including CNN, Daily Mirror, Glamour Magazine, the Guardian, and others, examined this collection of people-animal photographs.
In the early 1980’s, James R. Murphy began teaching math using string figures to engage kids who didn’t like math. Then Robin Moore, a student of Murphy’s and a budding photograph…
The fables were gathered from people in the Congo Basin and illustrated with a touch of magical realism in the new book Congo Tales: Told By The People Of Mbomo.
Finnish woman Iiu Susiraja calls herself an artist. She captures herself in very… very… unorthodox scenarios… We are kinda confused, is this art or not? Please leave your opinion in comments.
Me, taken by @guccikisses Shot for cool UK magazine
including CNN, Daily Mirror, Glamour Magazine, the Guardian, and others, examined this collection of people-animal photographs.
À travers cette série d'auto-portraits conceptuels illustrant sa dépression, l'artiste Janelia Mould-Cheeky Ingelosi nous fait entrevoir son quotidien.
Oswaldo Cepeda mira a trasmettere sentimenti che non possono essere espressi a parole e comunica le sue emozioni nude e crude, specchio della natura umana.
In her latest series, German photographer Alma Haser combines the portraits of several pairs of twins by literally puzzling their images together. Haser first photographs each twin separately, then prints their corresponding photograph onto a 500 or 1000-piece puzzle. Finally, Haser painstakingly switches every other piece to create two works that are an equal combination of each sibling. In earlier works in the series Haser only switched the twins’ faces, rather than melding their entire portraits. More
A Gillian Wearing exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery puts her work in dialogue with her largely forgotten Surrealist inspiration.
“A photo from the past carries more emotions than a contemporary one” the Berlin-based artist tells us. From collage to art installation, he handles it all
Discover the hidden powers of introverts in this post, which explores exactly why the world needs them so much.
“A photo from the past carries more emotions than a contemporary one” the Berlin-based artist tells us. From collage to art installation, he handles it all
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