Russian biologist Alexander Semenov graduated in 2007 from Moscow State University’s zoology department where he studied invertebrate animals. Specifically: squid brains. [For which he wins extra awesomeness points!] Now he works as the chief of his diving team at the White Sea Biological Station, camera always in-hand, where he’s captured some of these extraordinary photographs of jellyfish and other wildlife. You can see more images in his photo galleries or you can follow him on Flickr.
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These two photos show how the presidency aged Abraham Lincoln. The first portrait was taken in the summer of 1860, the second four days before he was assassinated in 1865.
Chris Jordan - Running the Numbers, Gyre (2009)
“…2.4 million plastic bottles, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world’s oceans every hour.
All of the plastic used to compose this work was collected from the Pacific Ocean.”
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The Observer did a piece about scientists’ tattoos.
-Mary McIrishName
GEORGE HARRISON, JOHN LENNON
killer whales have the highest concentrations of toxic substances like pesticides and flame retardants of any creature on the planet
Made in China is an awesome piece by artist Joe Black depicting a portrait of Chinese soldier by photographer Robert Capa that appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine in 1938. Black glued over 5,500 multi-colored toy soldiers to a vertical surface to achieve the pointillistic effect. The artwork was on display last October at the Moniker Art Fair in London.
See more photos of Made in China over at Colossal!
Sgt. Pepper’s Custom Vans by Carl Floyd Medley III
A custom shoe commission Carl recently did over the holidays. He’s all recently magicked up some Harry Potter custom vans, so hit him to get your own set of stylish kicks!
Artist: society6 / website / behance / twitter
(via Carl’s tumblr: creativebybirth)
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I Love Charts: Conclusion
Yesterday we posted a chart to which some people took offense. One person took the time to write us directly with her anger about the chart. I took exception to her tone and disagreed with her assertions and regrettably fell into one of the more simple traps of poor communication, writing a …
a long one, but an interesting read, even if you don’t care anything about charts, because that’s not what it’s about; rather it is about human relationships outside and inside the internet.
An interesting video that explores the complexities (and perhaps pretentiousness) of the art world, particularly in the realm of the modern art movement of relational art.
