Photographer Ray Collins Sees Waves The Way You’ve NEVER Seen Them
Leave it to a colorblind coal miner to turn waves into works of art. Australian photographer Ray Collins has become known for capturing the swells in otherworldly perspective.
Scarcity Waste: The Syngenta Photography Award 2015
The second edition of the Syngenta Photography Award invited photographers to respond to the theme of ‘Scarcity-Waste’ – one of the greatest challenges we face today in a world of increasingly limited resources. The winners were announced at a ceremony in London.
The Beach-Loving Bulls of Pondoland – in Pictures
Photographer Christopher Rimmer spent a year studying the strange habits of cattle on South Africa’s wild coast. His exhibition Amapondo opens in New York in April.
Neanderthals Made Some Of Europe’s Oldest Art
Criss-cross patterns deep in a Gibraltan cave suggest that the species had minds capable of abstract artistic expression. Archaeologists uncovered the engravings in Gorham’s Cave, a site overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Sand Sculptures Rise From The Beach In Atlantic City
Twenty of the best sand artists from around the world are creating massive, intricate sculptures using fine grains of sand to compete in the second annual Do AC Sand Sculpting World Cup.
Amazing Plastic Waste Labyrinth Made From 6,000 Recycled Bottles
The anonymous art collective Luzinterruptus has realized a ‘Labyrinth of Plastic Waste‘ for Poland’s Katowice Street Art Festival. By using 6000 discarded water bottles artists created a 7 by 5 meter maze. The labyrinth speaks volumes about the large amount of plastic bottles that are wasted every day around the globe.
Earthscapes, By Andres Amador
San Franciscan Andres Amador, 42, is an “earthscape” artist, using beaches as his canvas.
Hidden Beached Whale Revealed in 17th-Century Dutch Painting
When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, “View of Scheveningen Sands,”created by Hendrick van Anthonissen, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years.
Exploring Deep Sea Volcanoes off the Coast of Barbados: An Artist’s Perspective
Mary Edna Fraser, an artist known for her large-scale batiks on silk and illustrations of geology and geography, was invited on the Research Vessel Atlantis, to capture the essence of discovery as scientists mapped the seafloor.