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humans of new york by brandon stanton

“There are so many bodies that I want to paint.”

Photographer Brandon Stanton has been taking portraits of New Yorkers for his personal project "Humans of New York" since the summer of 2010. Setting out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers to initially create a census of sorts, the project has now taken a life of its own as he started collecting quotes and stories from his nearly 5,000 subjects. More that just becoming a great source of street style, these portraits give us a poignant glimpses into the lives of the eclectic, intriguing and amazing individuals that reside in New York City. Read more

hyères 2013: petros efstathiadis, jury grand prize in photography

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Man with Apples, Liparo, 2008 Petros Efstathiadis

“This is the year that Greece is going to win.” When these words resonated, April 28^th, Petros Efstathiadis closed his eyes. Being the only Greek in the competition, he realized that he was wining the Jury Grand Prize of Photography of the 28th International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères. Here’s the story. Read more

top 10 at hyères fashion and photography festival 2013

Collection by Xénia Laffely at Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival 2013; Photography by Ophélie Lecorcier and Aurélie Laurière © Girls Meet Paris

For our inagural visit, the last week of April, the 26th to 29th, we had the chance to drop our suitcases close to the mythic villa Noailles for the 28th International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères. Showrooms, meetings, exhibitions, fashion shows, concerts and parties for an overloaded course, we managed to isolate our 10 favorite stops. Read more

pantone food pairings

Pantone Food Pairings series created by Minneapolis-based David Schwen. Read more

hyperrealistic illustration

Is it a photo? No, but a pencil illustration by Italy-based artist Diego Fazio. It took him 200 hours to complete this amazing photorealistic pencil drawing. He kept visual records of the work in progress, so that there would be no doubt of the medium used. Read more

photography reimagining picasso’s portraits

Spanish fashion photographer Eugenio Recuenco pays hommage to one of the most iconic Spainish artists with his Picasso-inspired portraits with a special fashion flair to them. Thanks to his post production, he was able to give them the same dreamlike and surreal mood that Picasso painted them in. Read more

streetstyle: paris fashion week in illustration

For Fall Winter 2013 at Paris Fashion Week, fashion illustrator Iveta Karpathyova hit the streets outside of some of the biggest shows to cover streetstyle with her artistic hand. Her illustrations include big editors such as Emmanuelle Alt and Grace Coddington to bloggers along with trending details. Read more

exhibition: neck plus ultra by henrik vibskov

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Walking into the Neck Plus Ultra art exhibit at the Galleries Des Galleries showroom was much like walking into a Latin American death ceremony in the middle of a Parisian studio apartment: surprising and interesting but fundamentally odd. This was the feeling that took over as I entered the world of Danish designer Henrik Vibskov’s first solo exhibit in Paris a few nights ago.

Have you ever looked at images of the latest fashion shows and think to yourself, "Who on earth would wear that?" You would probably be part of the majority of those who have been viscerally perplexed by the fabulous monstrosities of certain fashion designers. But perhaps the significance of these creations are less about their wear-ability and more about blurring the lines between fashion and art, albeit in a playful way. To give us a better insight to this phenomenon inspired by character design, is the international fashion/art exposition "Arrrgh! Monstres de Mode" which has just landed in Paris at La Gaîté Lyrique. Read more

installation: a burst of everyday life by shintaro ohata

I've recently been captivated by the art of Shintaro Ohata, a contemporary artist from Japan renown for his unique hybrid artwork of painting and sculpture. His art displays a slice out of every day life scenes within a strangely sentimental, dreamlike feel. With an exceptional role given to lighting and masterful color palettes, he breathes life into his art work in a way that we've never quite seen before. Read more