Brush-Less Portraits by David Walker
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2011
Artist David Walker doesn't use brushes because he wants the pieces to raise questions about graffiti and traditional painting. "P...
Pictures of Children Frightened By Santa Claus
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2011
He's huge and hairy and hulking. He dresses in strange furry clothing. He sneaks into people's homes at night. ...
Disturbingly Beautiful Macro Photos of Eyes by Suren Manvelyan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2011
Physics teacher Suren Manvelyan took these portraits of eyes using his friends, colleagues and pupils as models. For the first time these i...
Son Doong, The World’s Largest Cave
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2011
Hang Son Doong cave, sometimes called simply Son Doong, is a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam, that is believed to be the la...
The Witch's Well in Tuhala
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2010
The Witch’s Well, as it is called, is a peculiar attraction in the Estonian village of Tuhala. The well for the most time appears normal. Bu...
Unclaimed Baggage Center: A Retail Store of Lost Luggage
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2010
Ever wondered what happens to lost airline baggage? It ends up in Scottsboro in Alabama, the United States at the Unclaimed Baggage Center ....
Intricate Paper Sculptures by Cheong-ah Hwang
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2010
Korean-born artist Cheong-ah Hwang has been exclusively working in paper since 2000, producing beautiful 2D paper sculpture with a subtle 3...
Beauty Pageant for Dolls: Miss Barbie Venezuela
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2010
Barbie dolls in Venezuela have their own beauty pageants. Early this month, the fifth installment of the Miss Barbie Venezuela 2010 beauty p...
How The Military Hid The Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2010
During World War II, in an effort to disguise the facility and ward off enemy fire, officials at Burbank's Lockheed Air Terminal (now kn...
Behind the Scenes at Particle Physics Labs
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 21, 2010
In August, 2010, 200 amateur photographers had the opportunity to walk into the top five particle physics laboratories in four countries and...
Urban Forest: Photography by Colleen Mullins
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 21, 2010
After Katrina, 70% of trees in New Orleans lay decimated. But it is not that damage on which the photographs of Colleen Mullins gaze, but o...
Star Trails by Ben Canales
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 21, 2010
Photographer Ben Canales takes mesmerizing long exposure shots of the night sky and stars. Canales grew up in in the Northeast of the US ...
Amazing Leaf Carving Art
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2010
Leaf Carving is the newest form of art out of China, where skilled artisans carve incredibly detailed portraits and pictures on the leaves o...
Linnea Strid's Incredible Oil Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2010
Linnea Strid is an emerging Swedish artist currently based in Stockholm who has a pretty impressive style. Her realistic paintings, particu...
Baobab: The Upside-Down Tree
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2010
Adansonia digitata , or Baobab tree is a strange looking tree that grows in low-lying areas in Africa and Australia. The Baobab is also call...
Swimming in -36 degrees? No Thanks
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2010
Members of a local winter swimmers' club went swimming in the ice-cold Yenisei River with the air temperature at about -36 degrees Celsi...
2010 Winter in Pictures
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2010
Winter has hit the United States and parts of Europe with an intense not felt for nearly half a century. Temperatures has fallen to –20 degr...
Birds of America: The World's Most Expensive Book
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2010
A copy of John James Audubon's “Birds of America” was sold at an auction in London last week for £7.3 million ($11.5 million), and thus ...
Amazing 3D Paper Sculptures by Bert Simons
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 14, 2010
Dutch artist Bert Simons has discovered a way to create very life like 3-D sculptures out of paper. He first maps his subjects' faces u...
The Abandoned Remains of the Superconducting Super Collider
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 14, 2010
Long before the Large Hadron Collider was even sketched out on paper, the US Department of Defense embarked on an ambitious project of crea...
