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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Aerial Photography | Alex MacLean

Photographer Alex MacLean has created this stunning series of shots from aboard his plane "Cessna 182. Located at an altitude of 1500 meters, he Photographed not only the fields and forest, but also residential areas, industrial zone, as well as recreational facilities. The results was a wonderful series, perfectly conveys, the beauty of lines and shapes our world from a height. Alex interested in filming the plane for almost four decades, since 1975 , he received his pilot's license and bought plane Cessna 182. Alex to love watching how changing landscapes and photographing farmland — one of his favorite pastimes. Only " Session with Farmland" Alex McLean spent more that 6,000 hours.

The exhibition of the world's greatest aerial photographers is held in London for the first time, at Beetles + Huxley, 3-5 Swallow Street, London W1B 4DE the exhibition takes place on Monday 3rd March 2014 to Saturday 29th March 2014 More information @ Beetlesandhuxley.com

Holidaymakers in the pool of Orlando, Florida, USA.
Holidaymakers in the pool of Orlando, Florida, USA.

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

The Chapel of Skulls | Kaplica Czaszek, Poland

The Kaplica Czaszek (Chapel of the Skulls)  is located between St. Bartholomew's church of the Polish village Czermna. The walls and ceiling of the church are decorated with thousands of  human skulls and bones. The chapel was built in 1776, when America was declaring its independence form England. Polish people of Czernma are surviving with  acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food and hunger. They are victim of war or the Plague. Most likely it is the mass grave of people who died during the thirty years war "1618-1648". The plague that broke out during the war and the Three Silesian Wars "1740-63 and other military conflicts.

The urbane looking Kaplica Czaszek is garnished with 21,000 human skeletons and thousands of Skulls. Today the skulls are installed and include a Tartar warriors skull, the Czermana mayor and his wife, skull with bullet holes, and skull swiss-cheesed by syphilis, and even the skull of giant. Beside these special skulls are those of the priest and the grave digger themselves, presiding proudly over the chapel of Skulls they created and now call their final resting place.

The Chapel of Skulls | Kaplica Czaszek, Poland
Image by Flickr user Mplankton

The Sculpture of Porsche | Gerry Judah

Gerry Judah was grew up in West Bengal-INDIA, he was born in 1951 in Kolkata. His mother was also born in kolkata but his father in Rangoon. Gerry Juhda's maternal and paternal grandparents came from Baghdad to settle in Baghdadi Jewish community in India and Burma. In age of ten Gerry family moved to London. Gerry Judah studied Foundation Art and Desing at Barnet college form 1970-72 before obtaining a First-class honours degree in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London in 1975 and Post Graduate Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London from 1975-77.

Judah's work is strongly theatrical, drawing upon influences from the ornate Indian architecture seen during his youth as well as the time spent as an adult as a set designer and decorator. Judah set up his studio in Shaftesbury Avenue in London in 80's.  There is start to work on creating large sculptures, which were exhibited at the Camden Arts Center, Whitechapel Art Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park, whilst simultaneously starting to build a reputation for his innovative design. The sculpture of Porsche 911s soaring up into the sky like rockets, secured onto the end of 35 meter-long hollow steel plates that have welded together. Gerry Judah created the sculptural installation for car brand Porsche at Goodwood Festival of Speed, in July 2013. 

The Sculpture of Porsche | Gerry Judah

Monday, 3 February 2014

Van Cleef & Arpels Complication Poétique Midnight Planétarium

Luxury watchmaker Van Cleef & Arpels has created amazing timepiece that track time on a grandly cosmic scale. The Midnight Planetarium Poetic Complication, The astronomically-themed watch is a welcome departure from the norm and is a beautiful new high-end piece traditionally complicated timepiece lovers. The brand's new planet of our solar system orbiting the Sun in real time. The real time standard means that tiny Mercury will record a lap around the watch's face in a relatively speedy 88 days, Venus will require 224, and Earth will do it in a calendar year. Saturn, as the farthest planet from the Sun, won't make it back to its starting position for a an astounding 29 and a half years. Inside the 18ct rose gold case are 396 intricate parts working together to complete the movement, while the strap is crafted from black alligator leather. 

Van Cleef & Arpels Complication Poétique Midnight Planétarium
Astronomical watch, showing the exact position of the Planets.

The X-shaped Bridge | Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge

Talking about the land mark of Brazil, the mind click comes to " Christ the Redeemer Statue towering over the Rio. The second largest building which is the national pride of the country, a grand stayed bridge Octavio Frias Oliveria, named after a popular local newspaper publisher who influenced to a large extent on the whole social life of Sao Paulo, which actually is a magnificent bridge. 

Amazing and unsurpassed design, that we can say, a delicious combination of engineering solution with high aesthetic qualities that make this building so impressive that the fame of the beauty sold worldwide. The quaintness of the bridge structure in that it substantially rests only on the X-shaped monolithic concrete base with running from it to the roadway steel shrouds, the of which pieces. The height of the pillars are 138 meters and stretched cables, illuminated by special LED bridge added visual lightness and weightlessness. It is the only bridge in the world that has two curved tracks supported by a single concrete mast. The two curved tracks, one at an elevation of 12 meters and the other at an elevation of 24 meters, have approximate lengths of 900 meters each. Due to this effect, the construction seems to be hovering over the water of the river Pinheiros and automobiles highways passing underneath. Apart from it utilitarian purpose of unloading vehicle traffic, the bridge to the city skyline a touch of uniqueness and originality, effectively becoming its principal symbol.

The X-shaped Bridge | Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge
The Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in São Paulo, Brazil. — Image by Flickr User Fernando Bryan Frizzarin

Mark Weinberg Photography

Mark Weinberg is a photographer and his love of photography began at the age of ten when he saved up enough money to buy a 35mm Pentax. He took it everywhere. He was raised in Pennsylvania and Utah. His college education at Brigham Young University that his discovered that he could turn his passion into a career, and he decided to drop his chemistry studies half of his double major to focus on his bachelor's degree of fine arts in Photography. As a photographer he love to travel with his camera to twenty-three different countries we are witness on his INSTAGRAM. Through his interest in design, creation, form, and light, photography became Mark's main outlet for expression. Recently Mark and his wife Liz visit a 3 week long trip to Norway to explore the country's natural beauty. Scaling jagged cliffs, visiting wooden cabins, driving along winding roads, and learning about their family's ancestry, Mark and Liz experienced an adventure they would never forget.

Mark Weinberg Photography

Ayers Rock Waterfall | Uluru

The Large sandstone formation called Uluru, also know as Ayers Rock. The southern part of Northern Territory of central Australia. Its lies 335 Km south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs, 450 Km by road. The huge Sandstone rock formation in Australia is amazing, these amazing captures of waterfalls found in Uluru or Ayers Rock at Uluru Kata-Tjura National Park sure add more fascination trekking on this huge Sandstone rocks. The crevasses are due to erosion, primarily by water. Although it is a dry region, the large are of these domes collects a lot of rainwater, which runs of the steep waterfalls during rain. More than 50 millimeters of rain fell in the Uluru Kata-Tjuta Park in Central Australia, creating waterfalls off the famous monolith.

Ayers Rock Waterfall | Uluru Waterfall
Image by Flickr User Tom McShane