The Amazon River, Brazil | Photograph by YANN ARTHUS BERTRAND Born in Paris, France on March 13, 1946, Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a world-renowned photographer specializing in aerial photography. He didn’t fully realize his talents as a photographer until he was older (early thirties), spending three years in the late 70s, in Kenya living with…
Chicago-based Master caricaturist Jason Seiler is a triple threat. First and foremost, Jason is an artist. Each illustration is hand-drawn (digitally or with traditional oils and paints) and wonderfully detailed. Jason is also a professional, having been featured in notable publications around the globe (TIME, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Businessweek, etc.)…
First spotted on Wooster Collective, street artist Peat Wollaeger caught my ‘eye’ with his giant eyeballs. Seen all over New York City in various sizes and styles, from stencils and stickers to balloons, Pete’s work brings walls, signs and streets to life. Check out some highlights from his Flickr stream below. You can also find…
With a quirky canvas and steady hand, Anastassia Elias creates fantastic scenes inside empty toilet paper rolls. With the right lighting these scenes burst to life; silhouettes in a land of cardboard. Below you will find ten incredible examples of Anastassia’s work. Check out their site for more fantastic work from this wonderful artist. ANASTASSIA…
Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find 20 images, 10 articles and 5 videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse 20 IMAGES – This is how NOT to…
Who are the people that own these $60 million properties around the world? Seriously!?! You know this isn’t their only residence either. This behemoth situated on Grand Cayman, the largest of the three islands that make up the Cayman’s, is megantic (that’s mega and gigantic in one word). Words cannot describe the grandeur of this…
Is beauty only skin deep? Momma always said, ‘It’s what inside that counts’. Insert cliche about ‘seeing things for what they are’ here. Read as deeply as you want. At the very least, artist Nick Veasey takes stunning X-ray photographs of the mundane, the gigantic, and naturally, of nature. Below you will find…
SERENITY NOW View from the Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. I could probably read 3-5,000 books out here 🙂 via Contemporist Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’ GET FEATURED! CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A…
Every couple months I’ll spend a night sifting through luxury properties for sale in New York City. It’s the only place in the world where you can easily find 50+ listings ranging from $5 million – $75 million at any given time. Understanding the density of Manhattan, it’s always fascinating how expensive a square foot…
Based out of Salonique, Greece, digital artist Prop4g4nd4 (that’s Propaganda for you non-l33t speakers) has some beautiful digital art posted online. Although it was his brilliant club flyers that initially piqued my interest, you can see on his MySpace and deviantART pages that he’s starting to expand his unique design style and explore other techniques.…