Street photography inspiration from Stephane Paquet

“Living in a city of 2 million people, I quickly discovered that I didn’t have to drive to the country to find interesting subjects to photograph. Street photography was, at first, convenient (considering that I didn’t have a car at the time) but it has become my favorite kind of photography. I love this art because of its immediacy. Just outside my apartment, any time of the day, any time of the year, people walk, chat and wait… people smoke, bike and beg.. people scream, yawn, and frown… making the city vibrant with life… making the city the best of places for a photographer without a car.

Yet, I am still struggling with certain aspects of this art. The confrontational aspect of candid street portraits, for instance, will always remain an issue. While I have developed a number of (dishonest) techniques to avoid getting into trouble, I have learned to take advantage of the confrontation by exploring various kinds of eye contacts. The choice of lens (wide or telephoto) as well as of shooting technique (from-the-hip or through-the-viewer) are other elements of street photography that certainly keep me busy as I juggle with their full range of possibilities.” ~ Stephane Paquet from Montreal, Canada

30 Amazing Fan Inspired Angry Bird Artworks

Whether you like it or not, Angry Birds is a huge hit. Developer Rovio now stands as a role model for every single game development company that wants to strike gold. While writing this post, Angry Birds has been downloaded over 10 million time. It all started in late 2009, with a simple concept of Birds vs the Pigs. You might think Angry Birds is the first game ever to have a destroy the tower concept, think again. Previously there has been hundreds of flash based online games that have the same gameplay just with different objects. Not saying that Rovio stole the idea, but acknowledging that they implemented it in their own way.

With the first appearance on the iOS the phenomenon moved to Android, had a game movie based movie called Rio, secretly planning a cartoon series, and is currently in development to hit the video game consoles as well. The story behind the game might not make complete sense, but is overseen by the extremely addictive gameplay. The fans (like me) love the title and continue to play it. Rovio releases new levels based on special holidays and occasions. Previously they released a Halloween, Christmas, Valentine, St Patricks Day, and Rio movie based edition.

With the Angry Birds craze going on we decided to congratulate Rovio’s success with a fan based artwork collection. The game has striked a globall phenominon with people creating amazing drawings, painting, digital artworks, cakes, accessories, clothing, videos, and much more. Below we have collected some of the best examples we could find. This post has been in production ever since the beginning of March. We searched the web far and wide for these works, and managed to bring you the best! We hope you will enjoy this collection, spread the word, and contribute artworks that we might have missed.

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Brand Installations On Unusual Locations

The work of Italian artist Filippo Minelli can be described as something between work of art and reality. It’s not exactly street art, but something similar to that. He definitely draws attention with his painted words and logos that pop out from almost nowhere.

Apple and Facebook logos on old walls and houses, Google logos on the Chinese Wall and children’s playground, and fun words at all kinds of weird locations. The goal for Minelli is to create some kind of contrast between the words and the chosen locations, to make us think and wonder what he meant with that specific installation. I think every piece can be analyzed in many different ways, it’s kind of a individual thing, that’s the thing that is so great with art.

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Upward Spiral: Amazing Mathematical Human Spirograph Art

Most of us played with Spirographs at some point in childhood. The simple set of plastic shapes that made awesome geometric designs on paper never failed to amuse us – at least for a few minutes at a time. Dancer and artist Tony Orrico has never lost his love of Spirograph – in fact, he enjoys the mathematical shapes and unique works of art so much that he has turned himself into a human Spirograph.

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Grasping writing implements in his hands and sporting a determined look on his face, Orrico puts himself into position and begins the painstaking process of creating precise geometric patterns using nothing but his own muscles. Both arms work in unison, marking carefully considered geometric shapes over and over while his body moves across the writing field.

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He pivots around on his stomach, spins in circles on his knees, or simply stands still and stretches his arms above and beside him, all the while dragging his pencils and creating crisp shapes on the paper.

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It is part performance art and part visual art, with the making of the pieces being just as interesting as the finished products themselves. Orrico often produces his amazing works in front of a live audience. Those present during the creation of his art pieces seem totally rapt as they watch the dancer use his powerful body as a tool for creating his own unique brand of creative expression.

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Orrico’s training as a dancer must come in handy when creating his impressive Spirograph art. He can spend up to four hours on each piece, employing his muscles to help him create precise shapes and to keep him constantly moving.

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