Photographer Yuki Aoyama recently published her series of Japanese businessmen jumping beside their daughters into a 109-page photo book now available on Amazon Japan. According to Spoon & Tamago, the younger generation slyly refer to these ‘salarymen’ as Ossan aka boring old men. In a series of creative portraits, Aoyama challenges the notion, with…
To celebrate Easter, artist Barak Hardley painted 62 different characters and celebrities onto eggs. Be sure to check out the video above by Awe Me where you can see up close shots of many of the amazing egg paintings. You can also see all of the painted eggs in the images below. To see…
Nobody gets hurt or scared, just some laughs and fun. All April Fool’s pranks should be like this!
When we first profiled Irvine’s ‘re-directed paintings’ last July we had no idea it would become one of our most viewed articles of 2014. We recently caught up with David to see what he’s been up to and learned that he’s busy working on commissions (contact him here) and displaying his latest artworks at…
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 25 IMAGES – Friday! – The…
“It’s going to rain anyway. Why not do something fun with it?” This simple thought by Peregrine Church has led to “rainworks”, street art that only appears when it rains. The Seattle-based artist uses a product called Always Dry (the Wood & Stone formula), a superhydrophobic coating that protects surfaces from water and…
Smithsonian has just announced the winners of their 12th Annual Photo Contest. The winners were selected from over 26,500 entries by photographers from 93 different countries. Pham Ty was awarded the grand prize for his photo of seamstresses sewing a fishing net in a small Vietnamese village. Six category winners were also selected along…
In an award-winning campaign for Suntory Whisky, creative agency TBWA\Hakuhodo used a CNC milling machine to create the coolest ice cubes we’ve ever seen. The campaign, entitled 3D on the Rocks, used a CNC (computer numerical control) milling machine or router, to carve and whittle ice cubes into the amazing sculptures seen below. To…
In the desert landscape of northeastern Saudia Arabia you will find Qasr al-Farid aka “The Lonely Castle”. Built in the first century A.D. the Lonely Castle rises four stories; an unfinished tomb carved out of a solitary sandstone outcrop. Because the tomb was never completed, we can see how the façade was chiseled from…
In 2001 John Bramblitt changed his epilepsy medication. Unfortunately his body had a bad reaction to the new medicine and his epileptic seizures got so severe that the damage caused his vision to go from 20/400 (double the limit for legal blindness) to complete blindness. While John maintained light perception he was no longer…
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