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Sunday 31 January 2016

Abstract Photo Collages

Madrid-based photographer and artist Pablo Thecuadro creates abstract photo collages with a surreal touch.

Using editorial images from other photographers as well as his own, Thecuadro puts them together by hand with a cutter. He mainly shares his latest works on his Tumblr and his artworks has been featured in publications such as ELLE Serbia and Cosas Couture.










Friday 29 January 2016

Into The Wild Expedition

We are completely in love with the Earthroamer XV go-anywhere, live anywhere vehicle.
Earthroamer are global leaders in Xpedition Vehicles, their spectacular XV-LT model line is currently the best-selling Xpedition Vehicle model in the world, and we can see why, they are in a class of their own. 

The company took a Ford F550 diesel and then overhaul it and transform it into a completely self sufficient expedition vehicle.
It features solar panels to generate electricity, hard wood cabinetry, leather seating, granite counters, convection microwave, forced air furnace, air-conditioning, king-size bed and a private bathroom with shower.

EarthRoamer XV-LTs are designed to accommodate from two to eight adventurers comfortably depending on the cab and camper body chosen.

EXTERIOR:

 
Premium Swing Out Storage

Solar Panels


INTERIOR:










Monday 25 January 2016

Leica X-U

The new Leica X-U is simple unstoppable because it can go underwater, in pouring rain, tropical heat or a blizzard. 

The camera features a sturdy body that can withstand falls, sandstorms, and water (it can be submerged up to 49 feet for up to 60 minutes). This is the first underwater camera with an APS-C Sensor, and it features 16.5MP, a 23mm f1.7 ASPH lens, a 3-inch LCD screen, and is capable of shooting 1080p HD video at 30p.  

With these features it is pretty much unstoppable.






Saturday 23 January 2016

Toyota 1978 Land Cruiser


FJ Company is specialized in performing full, frame-off restorations of the classic Japanese Toyota FJ series.

Their latest masterpiece is this beautiful 1978 Land Cruiser FJ40, a build they consider to be their best work to date. 
The guys performed their trademark frame off nut and bolt restoration, replaced the door panels, windows, dash pads, and headliner, and re-upholstered the seats. They also rebuilt the 4.2-liter six-cylinder engine, four-speed transmission, and four-wheel-drive system



Wednesday 20 January 2016

A Life-Sized Caravan Made From 215,158 LEGO Bricks

After 12 weeks of construction, more than 1,000 man hours and 215,158 individual LEGO pieces, the Largest caravan built with interlocking plastic bricks was unveiled at the at the National Exhibition Centre in  Birmingham, UK. The caravan was built to celebrate 130 years of leisure caravanning.

 Every last detail was thought out, including a sink with real running water, working electric lights, a bed, seating, a chess set, a fridge, and food in the frying pan.








Tuesday 19 January 2016

Delicate Oil Work Portraits

Spanish artist Andrea Castro paints delicate oil work portraits overlaid by thick, expressive strokes of color. Castro, who originally studied fashion design, works in the overlap between abstract and figurative art, often adding details such as beading or embroidery to her works









Saturday 16 January 2016

Unequal World

Photographers Capture the Gap Between the Rich and the Poor

The story of inequality is impossible to ignore these days. While we may think we understand wealth through television and tabloids, what we see represents only a drop in the bucket.

The book 1% Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality features 50 images from different photographers that show vast class disparities around the world.

 


Residents dig through a trash dump in Beaufort West, South Africa. The photo quietly suggests the contrast between the un-pictured people who created the waste and those who must survive by digging through it.

Photograph by Mikhael Subotzky
 

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Maids prepare a guestroom in a wealthy home in Kenya. The image is part of a photo essay called "Silent Lives," which profiles domestic workers in the country.

Photograph by Guillaume Bonn 


A man floats in a swimming pool atop Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Hotel, the city's financial district looming behind him. Little says that Singapore is a "tax haven"—a place "where it’s legal for major corporations to hide their money from the tax man."

Photograph by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti, Institute


A man collects scraps to sell in the dilapidated Packard Motor Car Company plant in Detroit, Michigan. Before the collapse of Detroit's manufacturing sector, a person like him might have been able to find work here as an employee, rather than as a scavenger.

Photograph by Andrew Moore, courtesy the artist and Yancey Richadrson Gakkery


This gated community in Henderson, Nevada, shows "the environmental effects of our consumption and of our privileged lifestyles," Little says. You can create an oasis in the desert "if you add a tremendous amount of money and chemicals and water."

Photograph by Michael Light 


The image of a Chrysler 300 being assembled "speaks to pressures on the middle class," Little says. "You're seeing sparks and a robot and a fancy new car, but what you're not seeing is humans."

Photograph by Floto+Warner 


Dilapidated and demolished buildings sit before high-rises in Shanghai, China, a country in which inequality is increasing.

Photograph by Greg Girard


A store advertises its going-out-of-business sale. "This is another image that, to me, speaks about the pressures of the middle class," Little says. "The sadness of being of a hardworking family who is playing by the rules but who still can't make it."

Photograph by Mitch Epstein

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