The Many Constumes of Manneken Pis
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2011
At the corner of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat in the heart of Brussels, is a famous landmark – the Manneken Pis...
Performing Street Monkeys of Indonesia
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2011
Street monkey performance is a common form of cheap entertainment in Jakarta, Indonesia and in many Asian countries like India. Macaque monk...
Wunderland Kalkar: Nuclear Power Plant Turned Amusement Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2011
In Kalkar in 1972, construction was started on the SNR-300, the first fast breeder nuclear reactor in Germany. The reactor was designed to u...
Astronaut Paolo Nespoli’s Photos of Earth From Space
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2011
ESA’s astronaut Paolo Nespoli, while working and living on the International Space Station, started sharing his experience with the world vi...
Iron Wire Sculptures by Mattia Trotta
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2011
Italian sculptor Mattia Trotta creates amazing sculptures from wire meshes, which at first glance, I mistook to be that by Ivan Lovatt who...
Dirk Skreber’s Car Crash Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2011
German artist Dirk Skreber’s paintings and sculptures have consistently mined the catastrophic- either in the aftermath of a devastating flo...
Magnificent Photos of Grimsvoetn Volcano Eruption in Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2011
The Grimsvotn volcano began erupting on Saturday, sending clouds of ash up to 12 miles into the air. The amount of ash spewing from the volc...
Evolution of Type: Anatomy of Typography
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2011
Graphic artist and sculptor Andreas Scheiger came across the book “The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering” (1918) by famous type designer F...
Child Labor in Indian Coal Mines
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2011
Times photojournalist Daniel Berehulak, along with Mark Magnier, reported a fantastic photo essay on the mining situation in the Jaintia Hi...
Impressive Paintings by Dan Witz
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2011
Dan Witz is one of the most prolific artists working on the streets of New York City today. Witz, consistently active since the late 1970s,...
