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Art
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Brand New Out Of Focus Shots Of Bigfoot Emerge [PHOTOS]
07 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Brand new pictures of the ever elusive Bigfoot have been snapped by Pennsylvania hiker, John Stoneman. In the pictures, the mostly solitary Sasquatch can be seen with a companion – that’s right, Bigfoot has found a mate…Bigfeet?
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They Found This Leonardo da Vinci Painting, Lost For 500 Years
07 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For five centuries, a painting of a noblewoman by Leonardo da Vinci was “lost” to the world. That was until the priceless piece was unearthed in an Italian family’s Swiss bank vault.
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Banksy’s New Street Art Comes Complete With Audio Guide
03 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Banksy is attempting to host an art exhibit, titled “Better Out Than In,” on the streets of New York. Last week, we brought you a new artwork of his spotted on the streets of LA – it seems that was just the beginning of the elusive artist’s master plan.
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Former London Deputy Mayor Posts Naked Pics To Facebook [PHOTOS]
26 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Pictures of an old man with his wang out have appeared on 65-year-old Richard Barnes’ Facebook account. Openly gay Mr. Barnes was deputy mayor to Boris Johnson between 2008 and 2012. He insists his Facebook account was hacked and he didn’t upload the pictures, but there is speculation that the pictures could have been uploaded automatically using an iPhone Facebook app.
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Bill Gates And Bill Clinton Pose For This Selfie [PHOTO]
25 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two Bills, one selfie. The legendary ex-US President, Bill Clinton, and equally legendary co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, posed for a legend….wait for it…..dary selfie at the Clinton Global Initiative this week.
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George W Bush Is On Instagram – Posting Pics Of Cats, Babies [PHOTOS]
25 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Former US President George W. Bush is on Instagram. Of course he is. He joined a couple weeks ago and here’s something else you probably didn’t know, he has a cat named Bob.
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Here’s A New Banksy Drawing – On A Street In LA [PHOTO]
25 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Here’s the graffiti artist’s latest piece as seen on the streets of Los Angeles, entitled ‘Better Out Than In’. Looks a lot like Tyler, The Creator in the Yonkers video doesn’t it?
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Google Street View Art Is A Thing Now [PHOTOS]
18 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Check out these art installations by an Italian artist in New York City who is bringing Google Street View to life through his project called ‘Street Ghosts.’ He scours Google Street View until he finds an interesting looking person (Google blurs out the faces of people captured by their cameras) then he prints out a life sized photo and paints it on to the side of a building where that person was spotted.
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Instagram Fans: This Hotel Will Blow Your Mind
02 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This hotel is decorated with guest-shot Instagram photos and there’s even a space for you to take a selfie when you check in. At the entrance they have a revolving digital mural of Instagram photos and, if you have over 100,000 followers, you get a free night’s stay!
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Behold: The Pope’s First Selfie
02 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Days after the word “selfie” officially got added to the Oxford English Dictionary, a photo of the pope doing exactly that has gone viral
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Conor Mccreedy’s Foundation To Protect Lions Will Launch Next Month
27 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
Conor Mccreedy is a South African artist based in New York city. Having garnered critical acclaim for his striking artworks painted in varying shades of blue, Mccreedy is turning his attention to philanthropy. Mccreedy has set up a foundation to Protect the African lion, and has some of the largest names in the world behind […]
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Watch: Banksy Installs Anti-BP Dolphin Ride On Brighton Pier [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The ride is similar to those you rode as a kid outside the Pick ‘n’ Pay – you know, the space-ship or car that used to move about as your mom patiently waited. Banksy’s version is a little different, it delivers a message. The ride is not a space-ship or a car, it’s a dolphin struggling to swim through fishing nets and BP oil, installed as a reminder to those who have forgotten about BP’s role in poisoning the Gulf Coast of the USA.
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Ruined ‘Monkey Christ’ Spanish Fresco Is So Ugly It Has Become An Attraction [VIDEO]
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ecce Homo is the Spanish fresco whose restoration was botched after parishioner, Cecillia Gimenez attempted to restore the painting to its former glory. The ruined fresco now enjoys the nickname ‘Monkey Christ’ and has become a serious tourist attraction with over 40,000 people making their way to the church to view the failure. Epic win?
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Incredible Photos – A Day In The Life Of The Ku Klux Klan [PICS]
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Ever wondered what those hooded Americans known as the Ku Klux Klan get up to in their spare time? Photographer Anthony Karen did. That’s how he got this incredible gallery of photos showing one of the most feared, secretive, and marginalised pocket of society in the world, the KKK. To gain access to this secret society […]
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WATCH: Capetonian Filmaker’s Short Film Will Inspire You [VIDEO]
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Capetonian filmaker, Dan Mace made this short film that is a celebration of life for all of us living in Cape Town. Mace said: Being a young filmmaker from one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Cape Town — South Africa, it is hard to not be inspired by the world around me.
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Developing Photos Is Very 2009 – Get This Polaroid WiFi Printer For R1,999, Incl. Delivery (Save R1,300)
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember when you used to drive to photo shops with a flash drive to have your shots developed, so you could frame them on the feature wall in the lounge? I do too. That was before we hosted the World Cup. It’s time to grow up, because technology definitely has.
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Is This Usain Bolt Lightning Pic The Best Sports Pic Of 2013?
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. This shot of him winning the 100m dash at the track and field world championships in Moscow has become an instant classic and is arguably the best sports pic of 2013… So far, anyway. What you have here is the fastest man on earth – named bolt – pictured with a bolt of lightning. Yes, poetry does actually happen in real life.
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Shanghai Artist Paints Mandela Portrait By Punching Canvass 27,000 Times [VIDEO + PICS]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This story broke in July, but given the excellence of this portrait, it would be wrong of us not to bring to those of you who have missed it. A shanghai-based artist named Paul Akashi has painted a portrait of Nelson Mandela with 27,000 punches. Akashi printed the Chinese character for freedom on to a boxing glove, and punched it on to the canvass to paint the portrait.
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Enjoy These Incredible Close-Up Photos Of Lions Taken By Robots [PICS]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
National Geographic are using drones and robots to get up close and personal shots of lions in the Serengeti. If any human got as close as these robots did to a lion in the wild, they would be chowed in no time. Lucky for us we can get an inside peek into the personal lives […]
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J-Lo Buys SA Surf Photographer’s Prints From Ralph Lauren [Gallery]
08 Aug 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Cape Town based surf photographer, Ant Fox, has pulled something of a coup, with some of his recent prints being bought by US pop star, Jennifer Lopez, following her visit to the Ralph Lauren store in the Hamptons.
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InstaMars: Rare Images Of The Red Planet Snapped By The Curiosity Rover [GALLERY]
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is a treat. A rare look into what it looks like on Mars thanks to the Curiosity Rover’s image collection. These rare images capture the terrain of the Red Planet.
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Bet You Didn’t Know You Could Use Your iPhone Earphones To Take A Photograph
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Here’s today’s top tip, friends. This isn’t a new feature, but it is an old hack that you probably don’t know of yet. By simply using the volume controls on your Apple Earbuds, you can remotely control your camera shutter. All you have to do is open the camera app, position the camera, and press the volume+ function on the earbuds.
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China’s Replica Of Paris Complete With Eiffel Tower Is A Ghost Town [GALLERY]
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Tianducheng, China is a scale version of Paris, complete with a 107 metre replica of the Eiffel tower. Construction and development of little Paris began in 2007. Originally built to house some 10,000 residents only 2,000 call little Paris home. It is, for all intents and purposes, a ghost town.
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Stunning Shots Profile Life Inside North Korea [GALLERY]
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Photographer David De Vleeschauwer gained access to North Korea and documented the country through his lense. The incredible pictures were published on Classe Touriste travel blog.
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Artist Creates Radical Landscapes From Human Bodies [PICS]
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The human body is a beautiful work of art. Lovely to look at. Especially naked. British photographer, Carl Warner, has seen the beauty that is the human body and created amazing landscapes…with naked people. Using the curves, bumps and contours of the human form he has created images of rolling hills, valleys and mountains using […]
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Behold The Glory: North Korea’s Mass Games Was An Insane Spectacle [PICS]
29 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
North Korea put on an insane performance of colour and dancing that attracted foreign photographers and journalists from around the world. The event on 22 July took place during the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang and was ahead and in honour of the 60th anniversary celebration of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. The celebrations took […]
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The Rise And Rise Of The Selfie: A Psychological Consideration
26 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all know the classic “selfie”. A picture taken of yourself, that is planned to be uploaded to social networks or as a profile picture. You can usually see the person’s arm holding out the camera, in which case you can clearly tell that this person has taken said photo of themselves. A selfie is […]
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Here’s A House In The Middle Of A Freeway – It’s Actually Pretty Common In China [PICS]
25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
These residents refused to move from their homes when the ground around them became a new construction site. Instead they kept their homes are now living in some very interesting places.
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But Is It Art? More Rare Paintings By Adolf Hitler Uncovered [GALLERY]
24 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So we aren’t art pro’s over here, but because we’ve found some paintings by a historical dictator, we thought we should share them. Click through to have a look.
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Today’s Viral Video – Awesome ‘Mirror City’ Time-Lapse Will Blow Your Mind [VIDEO]
22 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Michael Shainblum has created this fascinating video appropriately named Mirror City. Click through to watch the kaleidoscope-esque visual story.
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