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Spectacular Wining Images From The 2026 Penda Travel Photography Competition
Source Design You Trust People & Culture Category and Overall Winner: “Kartika Vrata” by Tanveer Rohan The 2026 Penda Travel Photography Competition has announced its winners, showcasing images that immerse viewers in powerful stories from around the world. Photographers from across continents submitted emotionally rich and visually intentional work, making the judges’ task of choosing…
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Rare Glimpses of Diverse Marine Life Take the Stage in This Year’s Ocean Art Photography Contest
Source Colossal Off the deep waters of Kumejima, Japan, Steven Kovacs captured an image that would be awarded Best in Show for the 2025 Ocean Art Photography Contest. Traveling to the Okinawa prefecture in the hopes of encountering a scarcely documented species of larval goosefish, Kovacs spent nearly two weeks blackwater diving before photographing the…
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Personal Identities Pair with Sartorial Expression in Paintings by Glenn Hardy Jr.
Source Colossal In his forthcoming solo exhibition, Building Identities Through Style, Glenn Hardy Jr. excavates the strata of fashion, especially how identities are shaped and perceived through appearance. Based in Washington, D.C., Hardy is a self-taught painter whose bold portraits emphasize Black life “liberated from the burdens of racial stereotypes and conflict,” says Charlie James…
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Marvin Heinzel Gets Up-Close and Personal with Characterful Avians
Source Colossal Individual feathers and beady eyes glint in the light in Marvin Heinzel’s up-close bird portraits. Capturing high-resolution details of a wide range of avians, from diminutive European robins to elegant swans, the Brandenburg-based photographer illuminates expressive features and coloring with a level of detail we don’t typically have the opportunity to experience in…
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Two Artists Consider How Chicago Shapes Its Youth in ‘World in My Eyes’
Source Colossal Joy Machine is thrilled to present World in My Eyes, a duo exhibition of Chicago artists Kayla Mahaffey and Joseph Perez, a.k.a. Sentrock. World in My Eyes is, first and foremost, rooted in the lives of everyday people. Both Sentrock and Mahaffey have long depicted friends and neighbors in their own Chicago neighborhoods, exploring how our city shapes…
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Joseph Geagan has a Solo Presentation @ Rubell Museum, Miami
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home If you happen to be in Miami (and missed the Lomex show) Joseph Geagan has a series of works up at the Rubell Museum. His paintings feature comic scenes that foreground the social sphere around him. A self-taught artist, his work includes his friends, artists, pop figures,…
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Preview: Imon Boy’s “Un poco distraído” @ Yusto / Giner Gallery, Madrid
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home YUSTO / GINER presents in its Madrid space Un poco distraído, a solo exhibition by the artist Imon Boy. In this new show, Imon Boy translates into artistic form the essence of the “last page of the notebook”, that escape zone where the spontaneous and the everyday…
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Robert Reimann Turns Synthography Into Surreal Fine Art — Where Prompts Meet Hand And Lens
Source Design You Trust Robert Reimann is a Boston‑based designer, author and pioneer of “synthography”—AI‑generated surreal digital fine art created with Midjourney, blending photography, hand‑drawn elements and precise prompting for complex, weeks‑long pieces like “Manifold Destiny I,” “Saturation Point I” and “Interpenetrable I.” Co‑author of UX design bible About Face and Interaction Design Association co‑founder,…