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Fact Jessica Hilltout: Amen-Grassroots Football

The images in Jessica Hilltout‘s Amen tell a gripping story of the joy soccer provides for Africa’s less fortunate. Inspired by her father, Hilltout set off to photograph soccer in Africa in all its shapes and sizes, coming to the conclusion that “the beautiful game exists in its purest form in what I saw — people playing for the joy of playing.”

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18 Oct 2012 10:49:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Landscapes Carved Out of Books by Guy Laramee

“So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes”, says interdisciplinary artist Guy Laramee who, in the course of his 30 years of practice, found his way through such varied and numerous disciplines as : stage writing, stage directing, contemporary music writing, musical instrument design and building, singing, video, scenography, sculpture, installation, painting and literature. Laramee uses books that are slowly falling apart, such as old encyclopedias and dictionaries to create dramatic landscapes.

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05 Jan 2013 18:13:00,post received 0 comments

Fact A Look at Life in Iran

Twenty-four-year-old Maryam Aghayee makes hyper-realistic baby dolls acting as surrogates for some Iranian families who are apprehensive of having more children. “It has been about three or four months since I started this work”, says Maryam in Tehran, Iran on October 7, 2020. “After making my second doll, many orders have been coming in. The second doll was much more realistic than the previous one. After making my second doll, I said that from now on I can take customer orders. I did not intend to start a business from the beginning because it was a hobby, but after the second doll, the demand for these kinds of dolls increased, customers want to have such dolls”. (Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

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25 Oct 2020 00:01:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Clip of the Day: Erzhena Zhamyanova (“Amar Sain” theater) and Buryat folk instruments orchestra – Dance Monkey

Erzhena Zhamyanova (“Amar Sain” theater) and Buryat folk instruments orchestra – Dance Monkey. “Dance Monkey” is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on May 10, 2019 as the second single (first in the US) from Tones and I's debut EP The Kids Are Coming.

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17 Jun 2021 06:37:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Google Street View Captures Donkey Accident

When Google Maps was capturing images of a Street View in Botswana, it appeared that this donkey had been hit by a car. However, a representative from Google Maps has confirmed that the donkey was merely enjoying a roll in the dirt and is alive and well.

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20 Jan 2013 12:29:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Dissected: Dali, Picasso & Van Gogh

Amazing campaign for the MASP Art School in São Paulo. DDB Brazil it shows the organs of Dali, Vincent Van Gogh and Picasso and dissected them to show their inside illustrated in the same style as their famous artworks.

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25 Jan 2013 13:26:00,post received 0 comments

Fact The Real Toy Story by Michael Wolf

German photographer Michael Wolf visited the five toy factories in Mainland China where seventy five percent of the world's toys are manufactured.

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28 Jan 2013 13:17:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Cyclone Leaves Mooloolaba Covered in Foam

Wild weather in the Australian state of Queensland has led to a small town becoming covered in foam whipped up by rough seas.
Residents and visitors could be seen playing in the foam and taking pictures of the unusual phenomenon in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast.

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06 Feb 2013 13:14:00,post received 0 comments