Valerij Rozov became the first person to perform a BASE jump from the highest mountain in Africa and the highest solitary peak on Earth, Kilimanjaro, using a wingsuit. The 50-year-old Russian is no stranger to such daring feats, as he has already jumped from Mount Everest (from a height of 7,220 meters). This time the push-off site was at 5,460 meters from the top of the Western Breach wall, which is much lower, but this environment is still considered inhospitable for BASE jumpers.
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"Amelia And The Animals" is a collection of photos of a little lover of (exotic) animals, which her mother, Robin Schwartz, has been capturing in her photographic lens since she was three years old. The professional photographer started photographing her daughter in the company of exotic animals in 2002 and, in addition to various animals, over the years she also immortalized her daughter's upbringing. The series of photos of the little animal lover "Amelia And The Animals" definitely convinces that some people have an incredible feeling for animals...
Nearly forty years after Studio 54 opened its doors to party hungry movie, music and fashion stars, it remains the most famous nightclub America has ever known. This month, Swedish photojournalist Hasse Persson stunned the public with a collection of photographs that bear first-hand witness to the hedonism he captured on film between 1977 and 1980. He collected them in a book simply titled Studio 54, and we will try to conjure the atmosphere of the disco era for you with some photos from the book.
Forget coffins, here are Capsula Mundi biodegradable burial capsules that grow trees. Imagine if the memory of the deceased was represented by their favorite trees instead of tombstones, and if the Day of Remembrance of the Dead was spent in a beautiful sacred forest instead of in the cemetery... Nature-friendly biodegradable burial capsules that turn the remains into trees were conceived by to the Italian company Capsula Mundi.
Photographs of the world from a bird's eye view show the world in a completely different light. Pieces of the world seem like wallpaper patterns, like a tapestry, like some organism under a microscope. Yes, the bird's-eye view world is a world unto itself, giving wings to our flight fantasies. And when we watch such aerial shots, we immediately become real Birdmen.
French photographer Yann Rabanier is the author of beautiful portraits of celebrities that act as if we are looking straight into their souls. Famous people, bathed in soft light, appear calm and even vulnerable in the portraits. These are beautiful celebrity portraits, featuring everything from Tilda Swinton and Ryan Gosling to popular French actress Marion Cotillard…
"Street art" legend Banksy created this time in Gaza and decorated the ruins there with his motifs. With his controversial street art, he wanted to draw attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the consequences of which are downright terrifying. See what Banksy's most controversial street art looks like to date…
Have you ever wondered why we have a leap year or why February only has 28 days (well, except when it doesn't)? For the answer, we need to go back two thousand years, to Roman times, when the Roman Empire was ruled by Julius Caesar. And in short, science and ego are to blame. But you are probably also interested in the background of the leap year story or why February has 28 days? You have come to the right address.
We have proof that love can last forever. Don't believe it? Photos of elderly couples still in love are solid proof that even years after marriage, some people still can't wait to throw themselves into the arms of their loved one every day. See before-and-after photos of couples that prove love can last forever...
The World Photography Organization has announced its shortlist of winning photos for this year's 2015 Sony World Photography Awards. This year's photo show broke the record, as no fewer than 173,444 outstanding photos from 171 different countries were submitted. See the best photos selected by Sony World Photography.
It took 99 years at the Fabergé jewelry house to hatch a new jeweler's work of art, a pearl imperial egg made of 139 small white pearls and more than 3,300 diamonds, accompanied by other precious stones. The last one dates back to the reign of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, when such eggs were toys of the ruling families. It was presented at the watch and jewelry exhibition in Doha, and will start looking for its buyer at the auction.
If The Ant Bully was an animated version of Darling, I Shrunk My Children, where a clumsy scientist accidentally shrunk his children, A Small World is a photographic version. 21-year-old Aneel Neupane did not experiment with devices or potions, but with Photoshop, where he created a "minimundus" of people and inserted them into detailed photographs.