“A three second exposure meant that subjects had to stand very still to avoid being blurred, and holding a smile for that period was tricky. As a result, we have a tendency to see our Victorian ancestors as even more formal and stern than they might have been.”
wow, this made me actually smile heaps
Life of Grass by Mathilde Roussel
Organic sculptures made of soil and wheat grass seeds.
The ‘Chateau Antoinette,’ a 1:12 scale doll house created by Kevin Mulvany and Susie Rogers for a private buyer. The creation is based upon various rooms from the palaces of Versailles, Bagatelle and Fontainebleau that are connected to Marie Antoinette. It took over 10,000 hours to create the home and furnishings, which include real crystal chandeliers, furniture made from luxury wood, miniatures Sevres dinnerware, gold accents and custom miniature oil paintings.
This forest in the Chūgoku region of Japan is home to gold fireflies.
