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Chernobyl, 25 years later

Chernobyl, 25 years later

In 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster forced the 50,000 residents of Pripyat (a town roughly 2 miles away) to evacuate and never return. Many of the people living in this thriving community were workers or scientists at the plant. Today, Pripyat is simply a collection of crumbling buildings, as you’re soon about to [...]


 
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Inspired Bicycles – Danny MacAskill April 2009

Inspired Bicycles – Danny MacAskill April 2009

Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/trials riding ever seen. There’s some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a [...]


 
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Day vs night in a single photograph

Day vs night in a single photograph

Photographer Stephen Wilkes spent a minimum of ten hours taking hundreds of shots to create each one of his ‘day vs night’ photographs. Weaving and blending thirty to fifty parts, the photo-collagist extraordinaire created seamless, surrealist scenes of New York City life. For example, The Flatiron Building splits the urban landscape from AM to PM; [...]


 
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15 creative street art ideas

15 creative street art ideas

Lately i’ve added a lot of articles relating to street art but i have to say, this collection of creative graffiti is one of my favourites. Being able to visualise a piece on the spot and turn it into something like the examples below is a fantastic skill. Simple and effective; that’s what this collection [...]


 
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