With tight restrictions in place, cities all over the world are offered scenes that might follow a blizzard, overlaid on a sunny spring day. The photographs published by the New York Times recently are stunning! Read on to get a glimpse of The Great Empty, and some other photographs of empty streets and places.
Category: Creativity
The art and ideas down below belong to some fascinating artists who used their imagination and creativity to say something meaningful with their art.
Building a life after losing all your memories
What if you get into an accident and you lose all of your memories? It happened to Alex Lewis after a motorbike accident when he was 18 years old. It’s basically the start of a long journey to find his life-story. The truth and the lies, and the help of his twin brother.
5 Things I Learned From David Bowie
It’s now been over 4 years since the tragic death of David Bowie. Besides the fact that he must have lived life to the fullest – doing things god has forbidden, Bowie inspired millions of people in many different ways including myself. This article looks at the things that I have learned from Bowie and how he influenced my career.
This powerful photo series shows why we should make young girls education a priority
Vincent Tremeau is a photographer based in Dakar, Senegal. His work focuses on raising awareness around humanistic issues across the globe. His ongoing series of portraits – One Day, I Will, asks displaced girls living in refugee camps a single question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?
Weird beauty products you’ve never seen before
You can find the most extra-ordinary things on Amazon. The platform even added the category “weird beauty products” to it’s website. But “weird” really is an understatement… I mean, bacon balm and placenta conditioner?! In this article I show you the work of Evija Laivina, a Scottish-based photographer that studied the beauty products of our time, and started to create an amazing book out of it.
Striking photos from readers all around the world
Reading has got something magical. It brings you in another state, another time and another place. It’s almost travelling but then with your thoughts. The book by Steve McCurry On Reading that I came across recently shows that perfectly. Let me show you the amazing work of photojournalist Steve McCurry.
Football Stadium transformed into a lush forest
Recently I came to hear via CNN Climate that the Wörthersee Football Stadium in Austria has been transformed into a lush forest. It’s a great example of how art can push social change forward. I’m glad that I’m able to share these photographs of the project with you. Let me introduce you to the For Forest Art Installation from Klaus Littman.
5 documentaries that will spark your creativity
I try to free up time to watch a documentary every once in a while. The value of watching a documentary is endless, since they can help dive into other worlds and spark creativity. Let’s have a look at some of the documentaries that you can watch today on Netflix.
This business idea will make art accessible for everyone
Instagram can be a facilitator of new ideas in business and help them grow. Avant Arte is a great testament to that. This initiative has a mission to promote accessible art and to bring great art to every person around the globe. Let me introduce you to this business idea called Avant Arte.
How artists have used self-portraits to promote their work for centuries now
There has been a well-known saying throughout the history of art: “Every artist paints himself.” This catchphrase demonstrates that self-portraits were a big thing for artists throughout the years. But self-portraits has also been a way to promote the artists’ work and to find new customers for centuries now. This is how self-portraits have worked for those creatives.