David Zinn is a street artist specializing in small-scale, improvised and (mostly) light-hearted chalk art.
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Shadowology, by Vincent Bal
Belgium-based illustrator and filmmaker Vincent Bal sees the playful potential of shadows cast by eyeglasses, a peeled clementine, and other household objects. His clever illustrations are part of an ongoing Shadowology project.
Check out his Instagram.
(via @thisiscolossal)
Coffee Paintings, by Giulia Bernardelli
Italians are known for their love of coffee, but while most enjoy espresso for its taste, artist Giulia Bernardelli appreciates it for its creative potential. She turns spilled coffee into works of art that look like detailed watercolor paintings.
(via MyModernMet.com)
Thin Places, by Brendon Burton
In his ongoing series titled Thin Places, Portland-based photographer Brendon Burton documents battered houses that stand alone in barren fields, amidst an encroaching marsh, or at the edge of the mountain. The decrepit structures have been Burton’s preferred subject matter since 2011 when he began seeking abandoned buildings across the continent that exude a sense of impermanence and the uncanny. “This series is for the sake of satisfying my curiosity about the past and exploring isolated parts of North America. It mixes archeology with fantasy,” he says.
(via This is Colossal)
NYC Subway Construction, by Pierre and Granville Pullis
Pierre Pullis had a photography studio on Fulton Street, in New York City, but he spent a lot of time working outside its walls. For about four decades in the first half of the 20th century, he lugged his camera to some rather inconvenient places around the city—including beneath its boulevards. Read more
Sistine Chapel Cartoons, by Raphael
New Online Tool Reveals Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons in Stunning Detail.
High-resolution scans from the V&A offer an unprecedented view of the Renaissance drawings, down to every last line and wrinkle, with options for Visible, Surface, and Infrared.
Visit the Victoria & Albert Museum to see the tool, here:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/explore-the-raphael-cartoons
Snowflakes, by Nathan Myhrvold
It’s easy to forget that the mounds of snow lining sidewalks each winter actually are comprised of billions of tiny crystals with individual grooves and feathered offshoots. A trio of photographs taken by Nathan Myhrvold, though, serves as a stunning reminder of that fact as they expose the intricacies hidden within each molecule.