In spring of 2010, Tadao Cern decided he was done with being an architect. He wanted to try something new and he quickly found himself in the wide world of photography. His primary focus has been wedding photography (www.fotoperlas.lt) and he now finds himself traveling around the world doing both commission work and personal…
American Gangster (1,500 Inflatables) – Photograph by The Inflatable Crowd Company Using real clothing, individual 3D faces and an assortment of wigs, hats and props; the Inflatable Crowd Company helps bring movies and television shows to life by filling stands and creating crowds. Since 2003, the Inflatable Crowd Company has worked on an…
We’ve already featured the incredible work of Dave Wilson before (here and here) and we are honoured to showcase his amazing architecture photography in a standalone post. Dave was also kind enough to do an interview for the Sifter, discussing his thoughts on travel and photography. Please enjoy this curated selection along with snippets…
Below you will find a glorious collection of epic group photos that I’ve seen floating around the Web for the past few years. From legendary casts and crews to extraordinary sports teams, musical supergroups, great thinkers and world leaders. I hope you will enjoy this incredible selection of photos and people and the backstory…
At 1,013 meters (3,324 ft) in length with a total area of 8 hectares (19.77 acres), the swimming pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile is the largest in the world. It was listed officially as the largest swimming pool by area in the Guinness Book of World Records…
GÁSADALUR VILLAGE IN THE FAROE ISLANDS Photograph by GARETH CODD PHOTOGRAPHY on Flickr Gásadalur is located on the west-side of Vágar, Faroe Islands, and enjoys a panoramic view over the island of Mykines. The tiny village (of 17 in 2007) is surrounded by the highest mountains on Vágar and lies at 62°6’44’N…
Photograph by HOPE ABRAMS (Hopefoote on Flickr) The crafty little caterpillar above is known as a wavy-lined emerald moth or camouflaged looper (Synchlora aerata). It is a species of moth of the Geometridae family and can be found in most of North America. The wingspan is about 17 mm and adults are green…
Mehndi is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as by expatriate communities from those countries. The word mehndi is derived from the Sanskrit word mendhika. The use of mehndi and turmeric is described in the earliest Vedic ritual books. Haldi (staining oneself…
The Sifter has already featured photographs from NASA’s incredible archive (see here, here and here), and we continue that tradition with this series that documents the history of NASA’s various rocket launches from as early as 1950 up to 2003. Nothing captures the imagination like space travel, and these amazing images mark the beginning…
In this Sifter’s 8th installment of the Awesome Animatead Gif Series we explore the trippier side of animated gifs with these 15 eye-jarring examples. For this post, ‘trippy’ is used in a pretty generic sense. I tried to find a wide variety of gifs that may be considered ‘trippy’ depending on what satisfies that…