Located in Kuwana City (Mie Prefecture) is Nabano No Sato, a flower-focused park featuring sprawling gardens and giant greenhouses. Running annually from mid November to mid March is one of Japan’s finest Winter Illuminations, including the famous tunnel of light. The park also features an onsen (hot spring) and a variety of restaurants including…
Denmark-born artist Peter Callesen creates incredible works of art from a single sheet of A4 paper. Through an amazing combination of cutting and folding, Callesen creates incredible scenes from the simplest of materials. In his own words: “By taking away all the information and starting from scratch using the blank white A4 paper sheet…
TANGOLUNDA BAY, MEXICO Photograph by Ivan Andreevich on deviantART In this capture by photographer Ivan Andreevich we see the beautiful Tangolunda Bay in Huatulco, Mexico. The photo was taken with Nikon D90 + Tokina 11-16mm at around 6:40 am at sunrise. Huatulco, centered on the town of La Crucecita, is a tourist…
Photographs by tylercasson on Reddit Over the course of one year, photographer and Reddit user tylercasson took four images of a tiny island on Lake Springfield in Illinois to highlight the four different seasons of the year. The composite image (shown above), wonderfully captures the changes our Earth goes through as the year progresses.…
THE WATER PLANET Photograph by NASA/Robert Simmon/Marit Jentoff-Nilsen Viewed from space, the most striking feature of our planet is the water. In both liquid and frozen form, it covers 75% of the Earth’s surface. It fills the sky with clouds and is practically everywhere on Earth; from inside the rocky crust to…
To raise his ninety-three-year-old grandmother’s spirits, French photographer Sacha Goldberger engaged her as his creative collaborator, model, and muse. Countless costumes, geriatric gaffes, unbelievable stunts, and hilarious photo shoots later, Mamika has become an international media sensation. She even has 1,300 friends on Facebook! Published earlier this year, Mamika: My Mighty Little Grandmother captures…
DUBROVNIK FROM ABOVE Photograph by Michaelphillipr on Wikimedia Commons In this amazing aerial photograph we see the beautiful city of Dubrovnik from above. Dubrovnik is a city on the Adriatic Sea coast of Croatia, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. The sea port city is one of the…
David Zinn has been creating original artwork in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1987. He’s a self-taught artist with a B.A. in Creative Writing and English Language from the Residential College of the University of Michigan. In addition to his fabulous 3D chalk art, Zinn also has an impressive portfolio of posters, illustrations…
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 25 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles typically originate from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from a variety of sources. Any suggestions? Send a note to…
HORIZONTALLY UPRIGHT Photograph by Nirnroot on Reddit A common victim of Hurricane Sandy’s wrath were trees. While some of our leafy friends escaped varying degrees of branch dismemberment, others were completely uprooted, taking much of the surrounding earth with it. Redditor Nirnroot, who clearly has a creative eye, took this as…