Spanish artist Nacho Ormaechea who lives and works in Paris creates beautiful digital collages by filling silhouettes of people photographed on the street with visually contradicting images. Because of the these strange juxtapositions of color, place and subject we’re left wondering what the meaning is. Are these memories or desires of these anonymous people, or are they portals to another place and time?
“I feel like an astronaut,” were the first words of 30 years Dytrias Emmanuelle Périé after plunge into the icy waters of the Arctic, beneath huge glaciers of the North Pole. The only woman among eight colleagues who participated in the program «DeepSea Under the Pole», who lived a unique experience in the icy abyss of the ocean, whose temperature is -45 degrees Celsius.
“The ice melted before our eyes, and swam in extreme circumstances, in the most inhospitable and frozen regions of the planet,” he says. This program was designed to explore the unknown underwater areas of the Arctic and Antarctic, the study of diversity and a better scientific understanding of the environment. It is worth noting that it was the first time I took such a dive in one of the harshest climates on the planet and revealed the hidden side of the polar ice caps, something that no one has yet been seen.
Architect Moon Hoon recently designed the Panorama House , in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. One of the most unique features incorporated into the home is a wooden slide built directly into a library which also functions as a stair-stepped home theater seating area. Via the architect:
The basic request of upper and lower spatial organization and the shape of the site promted a long and tin house with fluctuating facade which would allow for more differentiated view. The key was coming up with a multi-functional space which is a large staircase, bookshelves, casual reading space, home cinema, slide and many more. The client was very pleased with the design, and the initial design was accepted and finalized almost instantly, only with minor adjustments.
The kitchen and dining space is another important space where family gathers to bond. The TV was pushed away to a smaller living room. The attic is where the best view is possible, it is used as a play room for younger kids. The multi-use stair and slide space brings much active energy to the house, not only children, but also grown ups love the slide staircase. An action filled playful house for all ages.
Portland-based photographer Sarah K. Byrne recently wrote and filmed a detailed tutorial on how to make multiple exposure photographs using a Cannon 5D Mark III camera and accompanied the article with some great examples of her own work.
Although there are many places in the world that can comfortably be described as “a photographer’s dream”, the Li river located in the province in Guangxi province of China called “the river of poets and painters” as is undoubtedly inspiring anyone sit down to meditate on its banks. The river is surrounded by incredible view of lush hills, conical limestone peaks and rice while fishing with cormorants in the water of one of the traditional occupations of the inhabitants of the surrounding area.
Variety of colors that alternate depending on the time of giving the landscape a dreamlike, while images of the river are often artwork in travel publications and magazines about the environment. Thousands of visitors come here each year to admire the landscape and those who wish to make the following poetry or painting collection!