Underwater photography of scuba divers, coral, or wildlife can sometimes seem commonplace regardless of the remote destination or subject, but Indonesian photographer Hengki Koentjoro (previously here and here) bucks the trend with his desaturated, dark, and often brooding images taken in and around Jakarta, Indonesia. While his landscape photography above ground is often dreamlike and [...]
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Black + White Underwater Photography by Hengki Koentjoro
May 16th, 2013 · 35 Comments · ART
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Real Life Model Series by Flora Borsi
May 14th, 2013 · 9 Comments · ART
In her Real Life Models series 19-year-old Hungarian photographer Flora Borsi imagines what the models of contorted and skewed abstract paintings must have looked like if they were distorted in real life. Through some pretty hilarious photo manipulation Borsi examines the models for paintings by Kees van Dongen, Rudolf Hausner, and Picasso among others. The [...]
Photography by Hossein Zare
May 12th, 2013 · 26 Comments · ART
Iran-based photographer Hossein Zare has created some stunning worlds through his photography, using the help of software such as Photoshop. Zare’s work is impressive because his skills and technique were self-taught. Despite that, he has managed to create powerful, surreal imaginary worlds that are thick with symbolism. See + Read more about it at the [...]
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Solar Eclipse by Miloslav Druckmüller
May 12th, 2013 · 29 Comments · ART
Shot by Czech photographer Miloslav Druckmüller from the Brno University of Technology, these amazing composite images capture the moon during a total solar eclipse revealing a vast solar corona. To achieve the crystal clear effect the shots are comprised from some 40+ photos taken with two different lenses. Additional clarity was achieved due to the [...]
Unwoven Light by Soo Sunny Park
May 11th, 2013 · 32 Comments · ART
Currently on view at Rice Gallery is this shimmering installation titled Unwoven Light by Soo Sunny Park, comprised of some 37 sections of chain-link fence embedded with translucent sections of Plexiglas. The suspended waveforms capture and reflect nearly every light source in the gallery creating a fractalized rainbow of color that changes quality depending on [...]
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