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Jun

White Box Plus Inspiration Equals Surreal Dreamscape

by Bruce Goldstone on June 30, 2014

A surreal dreamscape created by Jee Young Lee inside her small studio, revealing how imagination and creativity can expand limitations. (© Jee Young Lee, courtesy of Opiom Gallery)

Panic Room
© Jee Young Lee, courtesy of Opiom Gallery

Jee Young Lee’s Imagination Bursts the Limits of a Tiny Studio

In Jee Young Lee’s talented hands, an empty white box becomes the blank page on which the artist creates a surprising self portrait. Using paint and everyday materials, she transforms the small space into a surreal dreamscape.

When the room is ready, she carefully arranges the lighting, walks into her set, and snaps a single portrait.

Then she clears the space and does it again.

A surreal dreamscape created by Jee Young Lee inside her small studio, revealing how imagination and creativity can expand limitations. (© Jee Young Lee, courtesy of Opiom Gallery)

Monsoon Season
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The World's Photography

23

Jun

World Press Photo Awards: Life Lessons in Images

by Meredith Mullins on June 23, 2014

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African migrants hold their phones to catch a signal, life lessons in connection and migration via photojournalism (Photo © John Stanmeyer)

World Press Photo of the Year: Djibouti City
© John Stanmeyer for National Geographic

The Social Conscience of Photojournalism

In the moonlit image, the silhouetted figures hold their mobile torches, like statuesque champions of liberty. An expectation of extraterrestrials? A full-moon cult gathering?

Where are we . . . and what kind of life lessons are in progress on this mysterious night?

The story invites interpretation.  Read more...

 

The World's Photography/Worldwide Sites

16

Jun

Seeing Eye to Eye on London’s Street Art

by Sheron Long on June 16, 2014

Man using smart phone on bench next to wall with creative street art portraits. (Image © Sheron Long)

In London, the street scene changes depending on the artists and the actors.
photo © Sheron Long

Something Creative This Way Comes . . .

Don’t blink if you’re walking down the street in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood.  You could miss fresh street art and surprising street life.

Take the threesome above. Facebook man has spent so much time online that he turned blue. Does the same fate await the bench sitter with his smart phone, or will the mousey Cupid intervene? It’s a story about to happen in a restricted parking zone with cocktails.  Read more...

 

England/On Foot/The World's Art & Design

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