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Photographer Michael Pharaoh is only 22 years old. Yet already, he possesses the uncanny ability to capture the story written on a stranger’s face.

New Zealand-based Pharaoh created the gripping series “The Homeless of L.A.” while on vacation in California. The photographs evoke, in tremendous detail, the identity of Hollywood’s homeless population in a series of muted yet stylistically gorgeous up-close portraits.

“[The project] was fascinating to me because we don’t have the same plethora of homeless people as L.A,” Pharaoh explained in a statement for the series. “It was interesting to hear all of their stories and how they came to live on the streets. This project was both a sad yet humbling one.”

While the homeless population is all too often treated as invisible, Pharaoh’s high definition portraits explore every facet of their visages to capture a striking and honest portrait of a complete stranger.

Another example of Michael’s work

Click link below for 7 more pictures:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/michael-pharaoh_n_3962167.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

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The Light – Bearer Series

September 20, 2013

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Emily Guido is a very New Young Adult, Paranormal Romance Author.

She was inspired to start writing “The Light-Bearer Series” because one day she got an idea of two characters of light and dark who needed to have their epic romance story told. Not ever dreaming a week later she would have over a 100,000 words written.

When Emily writes, it is similar to you or I watching a movie. She pictures the characters in her head going through vivid descriptions of each scene. There are so many nuances going through her mind that she cannot type fast enough.

She has written five novels, “Charmeine” “Mactus” “Accendo” “Seditious” and “Ransom”

Click link below for site:

http://authoremilyguido.com/

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Shipping Container Houses In Amsterdam Prove That Small Is Better (VIDEO)

September 15, 2013

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We’ve spoken to many tiny home dwellers who think a small house is a happy house. And in an attempt to spread the word that small is beautiful, Jeremy Beasley is visiting unique and teeny homes and documenting the visits on film.

In the video above, Beasley visits one woman who lives in one of the shipping container houses, which are used as student housing in Amsterdam. Although, the home is a mere 215 square feet, the young woman says she has all the room she needs, including enough space for her cat. In fact, she loves her place so much, she cant ever see herself living in a big home.

Click link below for story, video and slideshow

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/31/shipping-container-houses-amsterdam_n_3832452.html?ref=topbar

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THE COLORED-CHALK MAN IS BACK

September 8, 2013

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The chalk man has returned with more of his 3-D art.

I actually saw some of his chalk drawings on 6 Ave in New York (the big apple), they are amazing.

One example!

Click link below for my collection of his work (just give the – powerpoint .pps – a minute to load, it will run automatically):

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Bosco Sodi’s Painting Philosophy Is More About Life Than Art

August 24, 2013

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Bosco Sodi is an artist who likes to lose control. Born in Mexico City in 1970, he’s famous for his raw, cracked, and chemically eroded paintings, the results of careful experimentations with pigments, sawdust and a host of other materials. Yet while his process of exploring the intriguing reactions between canvas and mixed media is partially planned, the accidents and unpredictable forms that arise during his bouts as a mad scientist are what truly fuel his work.

Sodi’s preoccupation with accidents stems from his reverence toward the Wabi-sabi philosophy, the Japanese worldview that honors the beauty found in impermanence and imperfections. It’s a theme that’s readily observed in his upcoming exhibit at London’s Pace Gallery. Like his past body of work, the pieces on view in “Graphein” resemble the surface of another planet, filled with mysterious crevices and bold hues, reminiscent of the color-worship of Yves Klein. There’s continuity between the crumbled, amorphous creations, but there’s a also a lingering sense of sublime chance as bulges and fissures appear before your eyes.

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Bosco Sodi will be showing at Pace Gallery’s London location from Bosco Sodi Sept 6 to Oct 4, 2013.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/23/bosco-sodi_n_3798947.html?utm_hp_ref=arts

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Hilda, 1950s Pinup Girl, Makes Us Very Happy

August 18, 2013

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The phrase “pinup girl” often conjures up images of hourglass figures and vintage fashion. But how often are the pin-ups we see actually plus-size women?

Not often enough. That’s why we’re so excited that Hilda, originally drawn in the 1950s by illustrator Duane Bryers, resurfaced on the Internet this week.

According to the blog Messy Nessy Chic, Hilda is a vintage icon who was “one of history’s longest running calendar queens” alongside Marilyn Monroe and others.

“She’s a creation out of my head. I had various models over the years, but some of my best Hilda paintings I’ve ever done were done without a model,” Bryers said in an interview with illustrator Les Toil.

Click link below for story and slideshow:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/08/hilda-1950s-pinup-amazing_n_3727109.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

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Mini Mona Lisa Painted On World’s Smallest ‘Canvas’ Using Nanotechnology (PHOTOS)

August 10, 2013

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The enigmatic image is perhaps the most reproduced in art history, but it’s never before been painted on such a small canvas.

Using a novel nanotechnique, researchers have made a miniature Mona Lisa that stretches 30 microns across, just a third of the width of a human hair.

A team from Georgia Tech created the molecular masterpiece using an atomic force microscope and a process dubbed ThermoChemical NanoLithography, or TCNL for short.

Each 125-nanometer pixel of the “Mini Lisa” represents a confined set of chemical reactions. The technique allowed the researchers to control the amount of heat applied over each pixel to vary the number of new molecules created in each spot. More heat resulted in more molecules and lighter shades of gray. In this way, the team made the tiny copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous work, pixel by pixel.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/mini-mona-lisa-worlds-smallest-nano-technology_n_3713694.html?ref=topbar

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Faces Of The Future? Artist Nickolay Lamm’s Illustrations Show Freaky Facial Features (PHOTOS)

June 19, 2013

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What might humans look like in the distant future?

Nickolay Lamm, a Pittsburgh-based artist, has created four sci-fi-like illustrations showing one idea of what changes to the human genome may do to the human face 20,000 years, 60,000 years, and 100,000 years hence. The images are based on hypotheses put forth by Dr. Alan Kwan, an expert on computational genomics.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/faces-of-the-future-human-facial-features-photos_n_3391747.html

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Take an “Artwalk” Through Downtown Stamford Connecticut

June 15, 2013

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“Stamford is going to just flood artists”

The streets of downtown Stamford will transform into one large art exhibit this weekend for the City’s first ever Artwalk. The free event, created by the Stamford Downtown Special Services District, will showcase more than 90 artists in shops, restaurants, and galleries downtown.

Stamford DSSD President Sandy Goldstein says, “We want to make sure that people recognize the downtown as an art venue.”

Patrons can visit over 35 venues on the Artwalk route, where they will run into live music, performances, and special activities a long the way.

Artwalk curator Valerie Cooper says, “It’s just a wonderful conglomerate of diversity, culture, of different nationalities, and my vision was to put something together that reflected exactly what Stamford sort of stands for.”

The Old Town Hall Museum and UConn’s campus art gallery are just two of six participating galleries that will feature special exhibits for the event.

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http://stamford.itsrelevant.com/content/14726/take-an-artwalk-through-downtown-stamford

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Global Citizens

Hope everyone is watching the live concert from central park.

This is a great cause that all the youth of the world need to embrace, to eliminate abject extreme world poverty and joblessness by the year 2030. The amazing thing is that the effort is working.

I am watching the live stream while I am posting, it is fantastic!

Please join the cause!

For more information check out the link below you can still join in:

Seven Gripping Photos Of Homeless Los Angelenos Will Change The Way You Look At A Stranger

The Light – Bearer Series

Shipping Container Houses In Amsterdam Prove That Small Is Better (VIDEO)

THE COLORED-CHALK MAN IS BACK

The chalk man has returned with more of his 3-D art.

I actually saw some of his chalk drawings on 6 Ave in New York (the big apple), they are amazing.

TheChalkmanDrawings

Bosco Sodi’s Painting Philosophy Is More About Life Than Art

Hilda, 1950s Pinup Girl, Makes Us Very Happy

Mini Mona Lisa Painted On World’s Smallest ‘Canvas’ Using Nanotechnology (PHOTOS)

Faces Of The Future? Artist Nickolay Lamm’s Illustrations Show Freaky Facial Features (PHOTOS)

What might humans look like in the distant future?

Take an “Artwalk” Through Downtown Stamford Connecticut

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