Incredible Deep Sea Photographs by Andreas Franke

Originally posted here.

Austrian photographer and deep sea diving enthusiast Andreas Franke has released a new series titled Stavronikita Project: The Life Above Refined Below being exhibited deep at the bottom of the Caribbean right off the coast of Barbados. It was less than two years ago that the adventurous photographer first introduced his idea of an underwater gallery, at 130 ft. deep, with his photography affixed to the sunken USS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg ship. This new exhibit, though similar in its approach, offers a new set of surreal images to view by diving undersea.

Franke's latest project explores the decadent lifestyle of the wealthy during the Rococo era as it is juxtaposed with the decaying freight ship and swarming marine life as its backdrop. The Viennese artist uses images of his models imitating the period of opulent abundance as a contrasting visual to his deep sea captures of the SS Stavronikita, creating an intriguing image rich with interpretation. Like his previous work, Stavronikita is on display underwater, behind a plane of plexiglas, sealed in with silicone and a steel frame and attached to the ship with strong magnets. The exhibit can currently be seen, at a depth of 80 ft., through April 2013.

"The Wholly Family" - 20 Minute Short Film by Terry Gilliam

A crowded street in Naples city center, plenty of shops selling presepi. A wealthy American couple and Jake, their 10 years-old child, try to push their way through the crowd. While husband and wife argue which street to take, the boy is unwillingly separated from them.

Watch the preview or rent the film at Terry Gilliam's official website!

Atelier Olschinsky

Atelier Olschinsky, founded in 2002 is a small creative studio based in Vienna, Austria. Peter Olschinsky and Verena Weiss are operating in various fields such as graphic design, illustration, photography and art direction.

Ellen Rogers Photography

Ellen Rogers is a London-based all analogue photographer and filmmaker.  To date she has been featured and interviewed in numerous magazines such as i-D, Vice, Tank, Dazed And Confused, British Journal of Photography, The Guardian, Vogue IT, Glamour, Lula; Girl of my dreams, Pheonix Magazine, Harper's Bazaar China, Grazia IT and worked for fashion designers such as Charlotte Olympia, Piers Atkinson, Sorcha O'Raghallaigh, Maria Francesca Pepe and many more.

Her time is separated between shooting fashion and personal work. Ellen has also been lecturing in various institutions around England, including London College of Fashion, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester College and Goldsmiths College.

Letters to BreakOut

We've been lucky enough to receive some of the most beautiful and touching letters about how BreakOut Studios has touched so many lives.  This video is one of three where we share these inspirational letters.

Cirque Inspiration: Alex Mizzen

Alex Mizzen’s background has left a wonderful imprint on the artist we find today. As a trained gymnast and a graduate from the National Theatre Ballet, Alex worked as a contemporary dancer, honing her skills and performance before embarking on the circus arena. Performing across many different countries the delight she now finds is in the collaboration of these two art forms & witnessing the magic that unfolds when they do.

Gravity Defying Land Art: Cornelia Konrads

Cornelia Konrads is a modern German painter, sculptor and designer who works in the genre of land-art. Cornelia often uses the illusion of weightlessness in her on-site installations.

Forming and Fragmenting

originally found at CargoCollective.com

Forming and Fragmenting is a series of imagery by Andre Wee that depict portraits that exist in an eternal state of transition. It is however, uncertain as to whether these figures are in the process of “forming” or “fragmenting” due to it existing in such an undefined state. This inability to define, ironically labels these entities as beings that embody the idea of a limbo. An experience of being of two different states at the same time and yet, not belonging to either.