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Smeared Skies by Matt Molloy

Alex Santoso • • 6

It's not easy to improve upon the gorgeous skies that Mother Nature paints herself, but photographer Matt Molloy managed to pull it off: the Canadian photographer stitched together a composite of hundreds of individual photographs to create stunningly beautiful effects in this "time stacks" photography series.




Vertical Horizon

Alex Santoso • • 2

After photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze arrived in Hong Kong in 2009, he became fascinated by the character of the city's urban spaces, with gleaming, modern buildings standing side-by-side with traditional tong lau tenements. As he continued his exploration of the city, Romain realized that his fascination stemmed from the sense of awe that one feels when gazing up from the foot of skyscrapers. In his photography series and art book Vertical Horizon, Romain captured the architectural majesty of gigantic skyscrapers from below.




The Guardians of Time

Alex Santoso • • 3

These mysterious hooded creatures are the Guardians of Time, a sculpture by Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer. The illuminated Guardians appear every night at a new place - currently, they are located in Dubai for Art Dubai Week 2013. The life-size sculptures look great during the day, but at night ... that's when they're truly stunning.




Tunnels to Manhattan

Alex Santoso • • 3

If this looks like an entrance to a world completely alien to most of us, that's because it is. These tunnels lead to Manhattan. Photographer Patrick Cashin snapped these amazing photos of the East Side Access project for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, showing the progress of the underground tunneling project that will allow the Long Island Rail Road to access Grand Central Terminal. Clearly, these magnificent photos show that tunneling projects are never boring




Braided Book Art by Math Monahan

Alex Santoso • • 2

We've all been guilty of dog-earing a book to mark the page, but Ann Arbor-based artist Math Monahan has elevated folding pages from a book into an art form.




Magnificent Photography of Engineering in Action

Alex Santoso • • 4

We've featured a lot of neat photography on Neatorama, but looking back in the archives, these images are usually of artwork, animals, and landscapes. But who says that great photography has to be just that? Why not great photography of engineering in action? That's exactly what Engineering News-Record just did with their 2012 The Year in Construction Photo Contest. The magazine has picked the best engineering-focused photos from both professional and amateur photographers.




Jewel of the Universe

Miss Cellania • • 18

Jewel of the Universe is the name of this world map made of glass and precious gemstones, lit by 6912 LEDs. Artist Chris Chamberlain spent 27 months putting it together. Read more about it and see a series of pictures at the Neatorama Spotlight Blog.




Surreal Landscapes by Jim Kazanjian

Alex Santoso • • 678

Photographer and visual artist Jim Kazanjian Photoshopped thousands of photos he found on the web to create black-and-white "photographs" of surreal houses, structures, and landscapes.




Hotel Het Arresthuis: Jail Turned Into Luxury Hotel

Alex Santoso • • 11

Most hotels have bars, but you're probably not thinking of these ones on the window. The Hotel Het Arresthuis in the Netherlands was actually a jail that was converted into a luxury hotel. Now this is one jailhouse we don't mind checking into! Take a look.




Carrot Eye Chart

Alex Santoso • • 3

Your mom probably told you that eating carrots would improve your vision. That turned out to be a clever lie instigated by the British during World War II to cover up their new radar system that helped Royal Air Force's pilots in spotting enemy planes. The British intelligence spread a rumor that pilots were fed carrots to help improve their vision - and the public bought it! To poke fun at this carrot myth, photographer Henry Hargreaves and food stylist Nicole Heffron collaborated to create this fun little project: the Carrot Eye Chart.




Gorgeous Moleskine Illustrations by Mattias Adolfsson

Alex Santoso • • 16

We've featured the gorgeous Moleskine illustrations of Mattias Adolfsson before on Neatorama, but the Swedish artist has got some new ones and we can't resist! Man, they are gorgeous.




Spot the Hidden LEGO: Gorgeous In Pieces Artwork by Dean West and Nathan Sawaya

Alex Santoso • • 17

See the thing made out of LEGO? Look closely. Photographer Dean West and LEGO master sculptor Nathan Sawaya collaborated to create the art series In Pieces, where structures made from LEGO pieces are hidden somewhere in each image. The photographs themselves are gorgeous, but additional twist of the hidden LEGO definitely added to their surrealistic nature. In the age of Photoshop, West and Sawaya's artwork bring up the question of just how much of the photograph is real and how much is manipulated.




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