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.

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.

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.

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.