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December 19, 2013 at 2:55 pm

10 Things You Never Knew about 10 Famous Christmas Movies

10 Things You Never Knew about 10 Famous Christmas Movies

One of the great Christmas traditions is to dust off the old DVD player or flip on the television and watch a film that you seem to only watch at Christmas. Some are holiday classics while others have come to be associated with the holidays through pop culture and tradition. Below are 10 films…

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December 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm

The Coolest Photos of Traffic Lights You Will See Today

The Coolest Photos of Traffic Lights You Will See Today

I love projects where artists find creative ways to capture seemingly mundane, everyday things. Take the humble set of traffic lights below. Located somewhere near Weimar, Germany, photographer Lucas Zimmerman set up his camera on a foggy night and started taking 5 – 20 second long exposure photos as the traffic lights shone into…

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December 18, 2013 at 11:29 am

Father and Daughter Team Up to Recreate the Most Heartfelt Images Ever

Father and Daughter Team Up to Recreate the Most Heartfelt Images Ever

2009 was an exciting time for Ben Nunery and his soon to be wife Ali. The couple was not only about to get married but they had just closed the deal on their first home. To celebrate both occasions they decided to take their wedding photos in their empty home with the help of…

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December 17, 2013 at 12:35 pm

The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2013

The Top 100 'Pictures of the Day' for 2013

At the end of every quarter the Sifter highlights the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘, culminating in an epic Top 100 at the end of the year (check out the ‘Top 100 POTDs for 2012‘). It’s hard to believe there is only two weeks left in 2013! I can’t wait to see what…

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December 16, 2013 at 3:29 pm

Mark Khaisman Makes Art with Everyday Packing Tape

Mark Khaisman Makes Art with Everyday Packing Tape

Artist Mark Khaisman Born in 1958 in Kiev, Ukraine, artist Mark Khaisman studied Art and Architecture at the Moscow Architectural Institute in Russia. Now living in Philadelphia, USA, Khaisman uses rolls of brown packaging tape to create incredible works of art. Mark characterizes his work as ‘pictorial illusions formed by light and shadow’. The…

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December 16, 2013 at 11:30 am

The Power of a Pink Tutu

The Power of a Pink Tutu

Photograph by BOB CAREY/THE TUTU PROJECT Website | Facebook | Twitter | Support The Tutu Project In 2003, photographer Bob Carey and his wife Linda moved to New York City after 42 years of living in Phoenix. Six months after the move, Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer. Linda beat it but it came…

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December 13, 2013 at 3:26 pm

Couple Have Safari Wedding Surrounded by Elephants and Giraffes

Couple Have Safari Wedding Surrounded by Elephants and Giraffes

Reddit user Corey Perkins (u/per1993) posted an incredible wedding album earlier this week. The Imgur photo gallery (which has been viewed over 765,000 times in three days), shows the couple’s breathtaking ceremony at the Chengeta Safari Lodge, which is located about 80 km from Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. The couple met while…

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December 12, 2013 at 1:06 pm

Artist Uses Rake to Create Incredible Works of Art on the Beach

Artist Uses Rake to Create Incredible Works of Art on the Beach

Artist Andres Amador San Francisco native Andres Amador uses a simple rake to create artworks that can span over 100,000 sq. ft (9,290 sq m). His medium of choice? A sandy beach at low tide. This means Andres not only faces a time constraint to complete his work but an understanding that once the…

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December 10, 2013 at 12:26 pm

These People May Have Lost a Limb, but Not Their Sense of Style

These People May Have Lost a Limb, but Not Their Sense of Style

Bespoke Innovations was founded in 2009 by Industrial Designer Scott Summit and Orthopedic Surgeon Kenneth Trauner. Their mission is to ‘bring more humanity to people who have congenital or traumatic limb loss’ [source]. Bespoke Innovations build and design fairings, specialized coverings that surround an existing prosthetic leg, accurately recreating the body form through a…

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December 9, 2013 at 2:45 pm

6 Powerful Images of Music in Unexpected Places

6 Powerful Images of Music in Unexpected Places

I believe in the power of music to empower, inspire, motivate and unite. In the collection of images below it is clear that others also share this sentiment. If music has ever empowered or inspired you, please share your story with others in the comments. It might make a difference in someone’s life! …

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