3D interactive artist Joe Hill poses with one of his works as part of the VisitBritain tourism campaign at Circular Quay on September 6, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Shannon McGurgan (Bottom), Farhad Ahadi (Middle) and Malia Walsh (Top) perform the Circus Trick Tease on stage at a media call ahead of the inaugural Melbourne Circus Festival on September 23, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. The National Institute of Circus Arts will showcase artists from around the world during the first ever circus festival in Melbourne from September 26 – October 2. (Photo by Hamish Blair/Getty Images)

“Photo mechanic” and photographer Ionut Caras creates surreal concepts by combining the everyday with the unthinkable. His use of light and tone takes the viewer into a bizarre and beautiful world only seen in storybooks and our dreams. Photo: “The observer”. (Photo by Ionut Caras)

Hirotoshi Itoh graduated from Tokyo National Fine Arts University in 1982 and later went into his family business as a stonemason. He spent several years working with metal before turning his attention to stones. He utilizes stones found in a river bank near his home, and he creates sculptures that juxtapose the original shape and hardness of the material with surprising humor and texture. You can find more of his work on his Deviant Art page.

“Sometimes i feel like photographers have uncovered a special secret. A crazy, amazing, and beautiful secret. The key to truly living. All i want is to be alive”. – Karrah Kobus

Photo: “All my life i lived in a bubble”. (Photo by Karrah Kobus)