1. archiemcphee:

    How would you react if your walked into the produce section of your local market and encountered a deer or a rabbit eyeing the veg? Indonesia-based photographer Agan Harahap has created a wonderfully whimsical, yet also poignant, series of photos entitled Garden Fresh, depicting wild animals in grocery stores, perhaps browsing the aisles for their favourites foods just as you would. 

    Agan Harahap describes his work:

    “It is like a fable about a journey undertaken by the animals when they venture into our daily lives. The animals are confronted by a new reality that is in conflict with their natural habits and habitats… The animals are stripped of their own identities and are used as empty vessels to be filled with the human drama of parody, satire and allegory. We cannot help but see animals from a human vantage point, and therefore in some sense all the works in the present exhibition are actually about us.”

    Check out more of  Agan Harahap’s awesome photography on Behance and Flickr.

    [via My Modern Metropolis]

  2. archiemcphee:

    Beijing-based photographer and performance artist Li Wei (previously featured here) doesn’t use any photo manipulation trickery to create awesome self-portraits like these astronaut shots. Instead he relies on carefully placed wires and a finely-tuned sense of balance. 

    Visit My Modern Metropolis to view more of Li Wei’s playful photography. 

  3. Pretty things : fairy lights

  4. archiemcphee:

    “Our only wish, to catch a fish, so juicy sweet!” 

    New Zealand-based special effects wizards from Weta Workshop installed this incredibly awesome 13 meter (43 foot) Gollum statue inside Wellington Airport in New Zealand to promote the upcoming release of the first installment of Peter Jackson’s film trilogy of The Hobbit.

    Gollum appears to be smiling as he attempts to catch himself a tasty fish while looming over travelers who are themselves having a bite to eat. You can even see a few bubbles emerging from Gollum’s mouth, which can only mean one thing: Surprise travelers! Your airport is underwater and you didn’t even know it.

    Watch video of the installation of one of J. R. R. Tolkien’s most memorable characters here.

    [via Geekologie]

  5. archiemcphee:

    Reminiscent of the work of Russian street artist Nomerz (previously featured here), Brazilian street artist Andre Muniz Gonzaga also gives life to rocks, walls and other inanimate urban surfaces by painting wonderful faces on them. Andre’s sites are carefully selected and often found in run down or poverty-stricken urban areas. We can’t help but wonder if he spots the faces lurking beneath the interesting textures and contours of his chosen surfaces and simply brings them out using his artistic skills. (We also suspect that those walls and rocks might have a tendency to blink or wink as soon as you’ve passed by.)

    [via Hi-Fructose]

  6. archiemcphee:

    Russian photographer Vadim Trunov took these two amazing photos of snails that feel as though he shrunk himself down to their size to better capture the essence of life as a little mollusk.

    In the top photo a snail is able to support itself on the surface tension of the water and appears to be investigating a raindrop as it falls. In the bottom photo another snail shelters itself from the rain on the underside of some sort of plant stem while a grasshopper braves the elements up top. These awesome photos were shot in the Voronezh region of Russia. 

    Visit Vadim’s 500px page to view many more of his astonishing nature photos.

    [via Telegraph.co.uk]

  7. archiemcphee:

    As part of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) an enormous outdoor installation of fish was constructed using discarded plastic bottles on Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. These awesome sculptures are illuminated from the inside at night creating a pretty spectacular light show. We love this. See much more over on this Rio+20 Flicker set.

    [via Colossal]

  8. mdhsphotographs:

    George W. Slee (high wheel bicycle)
    Eutaw Place, Baltimore
    ca. 1895 
    Unidentified photographer
    4 x 5 inch print
    Subject Vertical File (Baltimore - Stores & Businesses)
    Maryland Historical Society
    [SVF]

    N.T. Slee Bicycle Shop
    2310-2312 Madison Avenue, Baltimore
    ca. 1895-1900 
    Unidentified photographer
    6.5 x 8.5 inch print
    Subject Vertical File (Baltimore - Stores & Businesses)
    [SVF] 

  9. archiemcphee:

    The 2012 Tokyo Hotaru Festival took place recently, releasing 100,000 blue LED lights to float in the Sumida River. The bulbs rolled along the waves of the river bank, mimicking hotaru (the Japanese word for “fireflies”), for the festival that celebrates the Japanese tradition of watching fireflies float along a watercourse. The spectacular event lit up the waterway with a sparkling sapphire radiance against the night sky.

    The solar-powered LED balls, known as prayer stars, were designed to illuminate when they came in contact with water and were provided by Panasonic, one of the event’s sponsors. At the close of the festival, the bulbs were gathered by giants nets and removed from the stream. 

    Visit My Modern Metropolis to view more photos of this awesome spectacle.

    Photo credits: saihouan, Jeremy V, makure, ajpscs, Mai Suzuki, Hideya Hamano, maikegotchi

  10. archiemcphee:

    These Valentine Robot Cookies look almost too good to eat! (We say almost, because, let’s be honest, we would never turn down delicious cookies.) They’ve even got edible googly eyes.

    These sweet silver treats were made by Callye at The Celebration Shoppe, who also provided detailed instructions for making a batch of your own.

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