RETAIL CAMOUFLAGE Believe it or not, Chinese artist Liu Bolin does not use digital photo manipulation to achieve this see-through camouflage effect. The process is much more tedious, as he uses paint and a painstaking amount of patience. The Telegraph: Pictures of the Day via Sinnet81 Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the [...]

Photograph by Annar_50 Born in 1977, British painter and conceptual artist, Adam Neate, first gained notoriety as a street artist. Born in Colchester, Essex and growing up in Ipswich, Suffolk, Adam’s career originally began in graphic design, working for an advertising agency. Eventually, Adam began to explore painting, often using cardboard because it was cheap [...]

THE BLUE LAGOON, ECUADOR Photograph by Bobby Haas Photographer’s Description: As startling as a bright-blue eye, a central lagoon peers out from Rocas Baimbridgen in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. The stark, rocky island teems with life at times—the brackish lagoon waters are favored by flamingos. via National Geographic Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post [...]

Every Sunday the Sifter will highlight an article from the archives. In this installment, we travel to San Francisco to check out the most insane penthouse I’ve come across in the Bay area. Listed at a staggering $49 million USD, this 20,000 square foot property features soaring 21-ft windows and a 2,000 square foot terrace! [...]

24 HOURS IN ONE SHOT Photograph by Chris Kotsiopoulos Photographer’s Description: After wondering for some time whether it was possible to image the sky from one morning to the next where I live in Athens Greece, I decided to give it a try. After hours of planning and preparation, and a full day of shooting, [...]