Russia based artist and photographer Alexey Bednij performs digital manipulations on photographs to create these fascinating images. Bednij’s usage of positive and negative spaces reminds me of Escher’s drawings of swarms of birds and butterflies.

See more of the Bednij’s work on his website.

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What causes someone to believe that they are a messenger from a higher power? What causes others to follow such a messenger, while others walk away shaking their heads in disbelief? Edinburgh based photographer and artist Mat Hay examines these questions in his latest project, entitled Messenger. Although the images in this series are staged, the photojournalistic . . . → Read More: “Messenger” a photographic series about the powers of proselytizing by Mat Hay

Tilting his camera lens to the sky, France based photographer Sherif Elhage shot this intriguing series called “From the ground up.” Elhage says on his website that he “employs no corrective methods to his photography… he (elhage) seeks to play with the human eye rather than address traditional methods of iconography; his photographs break . . . → Read More: “From the ground up” photographs by Sherif Elhage

This is what “rush hour” looks like in Tanzania, Africa. Photographer Henriko captured this shot on a road between the Serengeti and Mount Kilimanjaro National Parks.

See more of Henriko’s work on 500px.

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