Martin Parr is the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize at the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
Tate Liverpool's exhibition Leonora Carrington 6 March – 31 May 2015
Artist and psychotherapist Johan Deckmann transforms antique book covers into satirical self-help titles
A new book of photographs by Burt Glinn – featuring a recently discovered essay by Jack Kerouac – captures the beat generation in all their jazz-heavy, late-night glory
Humans are social creatures, and intimate relationships are important aspects of life. These are traits that I find valuable in friendship and intimacy.
The French humanist movement of the 1930s changed photography for good. A new exhibition at Paris Photo showcases the greats, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Willy Ronis, and Martine Franck
Fan Ho, nicknamed ‘the great master’, earned his fame as one Asia’s most beloved street photographers capturing Hong Kong in the 50s and 60s
Sidney Herbert Sime's art seems to capture the point at which a dream becomes a nightmare.
A curious oil painting by artist Erik Thor Sandberg. In the “personal interests” section on his Facebook page, Quantico, Virginia-based artist Erik Thor Sandberg includes the following “things”: dead things; naked things; vintage things; antique things; disturbingly cute things, and acutely disturbing things. All of which rather accurately describe Sandberg’s art, which borders on the genre of Magic Realism. The term was first used by art historian and photographer Franz Roh to identify artists operating within that realm following the Post-Expressionism period, a term used to describe artistic movements that occurred following WWI, which was also coined by Roh. If this is at all confusing to you, that’s okay. Let’s just say that the calling card of an artist associated with Magic Realism includes the incorporation of realistic images and scenarios into fantasy-based situations. Which is exactly what Sandberg excels at—creating beautifully weird and deeply disturbing paintings of people in peril or impossibly bizarre, often erotic-themed situations. Sandberg’s nudes are uncompromising and at times preposterously proportioned. Perhaps they are missing a limb or trapped in an impossible-looking contraption or circumstance. His work also possesses distinct dream-like qualities—or perhaps more accurately a nightmare that...
Artist Khalil Chishtee is a sculpter creating human form from discarded plastic bags. His works often express the feelings of sorrow, dejection and even
Jill Barklem, the creator of Brambly Hedge, has got together with the Wildlife Trusts to bring us this beautiful gallery of fictional and real wood mice, voles, shrews, harvest mice – and the natural world they live in
Auguste Toulmouche’s 1866 painting “The Hesitant Fiancée” is making the rounds on TikTok FYPs across the globe, inviting women of all ages to not only marvel at and meme-ify the bride’s pissed off scowl, but see themselves in it, too.
This is definitely what the Masters were hoping for.
The Other Side, Dean Cornwell, 1918
Ethiopia’s churches and monasteries, built on hilltops or hewn out of cliff faces, are celebrated in a new book, Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom
In 1901-2, Horace Warner took photos of East End street kids, who he called 'Spitalfields nippers'. Here's a selection of the rare ones that have survived to this day
Going through these photos is pretty much the same as walking around in wet socks. But in a weird way, that's what attracts you to them. Like a true masochist, you just can't stop scrolling.
Ruven Afanador is born and raised in Colombia and owes very much to Italian cinema and the glamour of Italian fashion catwalks in Milan. A very appreciated fashion photographer, in 2000 he received the title of Best Photographer of the Year in Paris. Ruven Afanador is considered one of…
A collection of photos and info on the most beautiful castles in France, including some of the top French chateaux.
These pictures, taken by Horace Warner 100 years ago in Spitalfields in London’s East End, were used to illustrate the plight of the poorest children in London.
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As the world’s most popular how-to website, WikiHow will help anyone on the planet learn how to do anything. It’s a noble goal, but sometimes...
Katia Andre is lost in history, styled by Annabelle Sangin in ‘Lumière Soir’. Rocio Ramos images explore upscale women and antiquity for Air France Madame.
Put your eye on a new, wholesome feast of crazy and strange bad family photos. Then lock up your old family picture albums. 'Cuz the last thing you'd want is
The International Garden Photographer of the Year is one of the world’s premier competitions
30+ Hilarious Memes To Help You Seize The Day - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.
After an intense but wholesome competition, the judges have made their decisions and chosen the winners of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards in 2023. And we can’t wait to share the most beloved photos with you this year!
You might not know how to feel about these images.
Now Is the Pilgrim Year Fair Autumn’s Charge by John Byam Shaw, 1904 Princess Rosalie by Virginia Frances Sterrett from Old French Fairy Tales, 1920 William Stout Little Red Riding Hood by Arthur Rackham, 1902 Incantation by Norman Lindsay, 1940 Kindred Hearts by Mark Arian The Terem of the Tsar in…
Misty hills. Lonely forest roads. Plenty of vines, moss, and unkempt trees. And the cherry on top—a gorgeous abandoned building that radiates eeriness and grandeur in equal measure. That’s our dream home right there. Especially if the place looks haunted.
For as long as humans have been falling asleep, we've been theorizing about how sleep works, what dreams are for, and how to sleep better. But sleep science, even today, reveals that there's still a lot we don't know about the art of sleeping — and…
At Home With: Master Plaster Caster, Peter Hone, Notting Hill - a virtual TREASURE trove of marble busts, statues, urns, sculptures ...
A medieval wedding dress has got to be one of the most romantic styles of wedding gown there is. Medieval dresses are full of elegance, with long, sweeping skirts and sleeves, but also have a wonderful simplicity. That simplicity also means that...
Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899) was an Italian painter of the Verismo style. This romantic painting shows what the excavation of Pompeii in the 19th century may have looked like.
Silly Farming Manuals Of The 14th Century - Captioned Portraits of Yore
For a winter walk in beautiful surroundings, wrap up warm and visit one of these National Trust spaces.
