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Don’t Believe Your Eyes

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Matthew Albanese is artist who fascinated with special effects and magic. Matthew own a stunning artwork collection of photographs that will blow your mind with their realistic presence. On the left side in  gallery you can see the final image and on the right you will be able to see how image was created using his special effects. Scroll down and enjoy in today’s gallery with 15 beautiful artworks.

Box Of Lightning

Diorama for Box of Lightning.. Backlit etching in plexiglass painted black.

 How to Breathe Underwater

Diorama made out of walnuts, poured and cast candle wax, wire, glitter, peanut shells, flock, plaster, wire, dyed starfish, compressed moss, jellybeans(anemones), sponges, wax coated seashells, toothpaste,
clay, figs, feathers, Q-tips, nonpareils.

 A New Life

Diorama made using painted parchment paper, thread, hand dyed ostrich feathers, carved chocolate, wire, raffia, masking tape, coffee, synthetic potting moss and cotton.

 Breaking Point

 Diorama made out of tile grout, cotton, phosphorous ink. This model volcano was illuminated from within and underneath by six 60 watt light bulbs. 

 DIY Paradise

Making clouds out of drug store cotton balls. Diorama madre from cotton, salt, cooked sugar, tin foil, feathers & canvas.

 

 After The Storm

This model is simply made out of faux fur(fields), cotton (clouds) and sifted tile grout(mountains). The perspective is forced as in all of my images, and the lighting effect was created by simply shifting the white balance.

 Everything We Ever Were

It took two months to store up enough fireplace ash to create this lunar landscape. The darker rocks are made of mixed tile grout, flag crumpled paper & wire. The Earth is a video still projected onto the wall.

 Salt Water Falls

Diorama made out of glass, plexiglass, tile grout, moss, twigs, salt, painted canvas & dry ice. The waterfall was created from a time exposure of falling table salt.

 Sugarland

Made out of 20 pounds of sugar, jello and corn syrup. The crystals were grown in my studio over the course of two months.

 Wildfire

Diorama made from wood, moss, yellow glitter, clear garbage bags, cooked sugar, scotch-brite pot scrubbers, bottle brushes, clipping from a bush in bloom (white flowers) clear thread, sand, tile grout (coloring), wire, paper and alternating yellow, red and orange party bulbs. 

 Icebreaker

25 pounds of sugar cooked at varying temperatures (hard crack & pulled sugar recipes) It’s basically made out of candy. salt, egg whites, corn syrup, cream of tartar, powdered sugar, blue food coloring, india ink & flour. Three days of cooking, and two weeks of building.

 Tornado

Diorama made of steel wool, cotton, ground parsley and moss

 Waterglass Mountains

This one is a mixture of many different materials, tile grout, moss, bottle brushes (pine trees) Actual clippings from ground cover and was built on top of  standard outdoor patio table (water glass).  The sky is canvas painted blue. Coloring was again achieved by shifting white balance.

 Aurora Borealis

This one was made by photographing a beam of colored light against a black curtain to achieve the edge effect. The trees were composited from life ( so far the only real life element in any of these images) The stars are simply strobe light through holes in cork board.

 Paprika Mars

Paprika Mars. Made out of 12 pounds paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili powder and charcoal

Matthew Albanese’s fascination with film, special effects and movie magic—and the mechanics behind these illusions—began early.  Born in northern New Jersey in 1983, Albanese spent a peripatetic childhood moving between New Jersey and upstate New York. An only child, Albanese enjoyed imaginative, solitary play. He loved miniatures and created scenarios intricately set with household objects and his extensive collection of action figures. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography at the State University of New York, Purchase, Albanese worked as a fashion photographer, training his lens on bags, designer shoes and accessories—this small-object specialization is known in the retail trade as “table top photography.” Albanese’s creative eye soon turned to tabletop sets of a more wildly eclectic nature. In 2008, a spilled canister of paprika inspired him to create his first mini Mars landscape. More minute dioramas—made of spices, food and found objects—followed. In 2011, Albanese was invited to show at the Museum of Art and Design of New York. His work has also been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Winkleman Gallery, and Muba, Tourcoing France. Matthew is represented  at Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York

 

Photoshop? NO. These Are Real Animals by Katerina Plotnikova

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Katerina Plotnikova did something extremely amazing! She used no photoshop! All poses and animals are real!

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25 Fantastic and Funny Photos

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Mario S. Nevado

Norvz Austria

Rachel Hulin

Gyyp

Miguel P (PSHoudini)

Michelle Karpman

Sarolta Bán

Heru Suryoko

Erik Johansson

Martín De Pasquale

Caras Ionut

Patrick Thorendahl

Jason Lee

Ulric Collette

Sacha Goldberger

Free Imagination

Yago Partal

Daniel Borris

Sergey Larenkov

Jeannette Woitzik

Joel Robison

Kyle Thompson

Aneta Ivanova

 

Student Re-Imagines Hungarian Currency with Beautiful, Nature-Inspired Designs

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Student artist Barbara Bernat creatively re-imagines Hungarian paper money with designs that look like pages from a naturalist’s sketchbook.  The artist created these beautiful banknotes for a fictional currency, the Hungarian Euro, as her thesis project. She etched the drawings on copper plates, which allowed her to produce prints recreating the quality and detail characteristic of secure paper currency.

“This subtle and refined form of reproduction enabled me to imitate the original technique used during the production of banknotes, intaglio printing,” the artist says on her website. “My goal was to create a complete series with clear design that transcends the tradition of banknote making.”

 

Photographer’s Girlfriend Leads Him Around the World

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Photographer Murad Osmann creatively documents his travels around the world with his girlfriend leading the way in his ongoing series known as Follow Me To. Chronicling his adventures on Instagram, the Russian photographer composes each shot in a similar fashion. We see each landscape from the photographer’s point of view with his extended hand holding onto his girlfriend’s in front of him.
With her back turned, never revealing her face to the camera, Osmann’s girlfriend guides us all on a journey across the globe to some of the most beautiful, exotic, and radiant environments. There are also comforting and familiar settings mixed in for good measure. Whether the couple is spending a romantic night in Moscow, having an exotic adventure in Asia, or simply going bowling, Osmann keeps a visual record of their escapades as he trails behind his beloved.














 

10 Incredible History Pictures

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1) First known photo of a surfer, Hawaii 1890.

2) The writer George Orwell poses with the puppy during the Spanish Civil War. Behind him is Ernest Hemingway (1937)

3) Billboards in Times Square (1900)

4) 50s Greasers

5) 1930’s Teen Delinquents

6) 8 year old coal miner – 1900’s

7) Winston Churchill (right) with Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden in 1912

8) The final four couples on the Chicago dance marathon. (1930)

9) This photo of Beatles dates back to 1957. John Lenon oldest was 16, George Harrison and Paul McCartney had a year less

10) American officer and a French partisan coincide during street fighting in the city with the Nazis (1944)

 

Norvège in 26 pictures

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1.Reinefjorden, Lofoten

2.Torghatten

3.Atlantic Road

4.Senja Islands

5.Preikestolen

6.Ramberg

7.Stavkirke de Borgund

8.Vaeroy

9.Senja

10.Senja

11.Lyseveien

12.Lofoten Islands

13.Høyvika Beach On Andøya, Vesteråle

14.Renndølsetra

15.Lofoten à l’automne

16.Trollstigen

17.Geirangerfjord

18.Un matin quelque part dans le coin

19.Les îles Lofoten

20.Bleik

21.Troltunga

22.Røros

23.Reine

24.Odda

25.Reinebringen

26.Svolvaer

 
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