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The Cold Pony by Gert van den Bosch
It was very cold that day, so the inspiration for the title was easy. I had very cold feet. I came out of my car for a quick shot in the snow. The country lanes were slippery. I walked through the cold snow to get to the pony. When I got there I realized that I had the wrong lens on my camera for the effect that I wanted. So I went back, changed lenses and made the picture, I came closer than I wanted. Normally I have my photo bag on my back. Not this day because I wanted to go for a hit and run shot.... I went back and changed lenses. I came home with this picture. Somehow I can still feel the cold, and the scene is arctic in my imagination. I took advice to size it this way.

Winners of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition

Photography

Winners of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition The winners of the Sony World Photography Awards Open, Youth and National Award competitions were announced last March. After receiving over 70,000 entries from around the world, the World Photography Organization or WPO chose ten photographers as this year's Open winners. These individuals are not professional photographers themselves but rather photo enthusiasts or amateur photographers. Representing the best single images in Read more [...]

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Barneys unveils this year’s fantastical Christmas windows designed by Baz Luhrmann

Christmas

Barneys unveils this year's fantastical Christmas windows designed by Baz Luhrmann Barneys has unveiled its new holiday window display, designed by Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann and his wife Catherine Martin. The ornately decorated windows, which literally stopped traffic along Madison Avenue when they were first revealed to the public last night, feature live performances, custom music, one-of-a-kind sculptures and the same flashy flourishes that both the director and his costume designer Read more [...]

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Portrait of the artist: Bill Viola, video artist

Art

Portrait of the artist: Bill Viola, video artist 'I fell into a lake aged six and saw the most beautiful world. My work is about getting back there' Story via the Guardian Why have you always been drawn to video? I came of age at the end of the 1960s, just when video was also coming into the world. Companies such as Sony and Panasonic were starting to market it and we artists immediately knew how it could be used. It was a rare time of collaboration rather than competition: every Read more [...]

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VICTORIA’S SECRET NEW BOND STREET STORE [WITH VIDEO]

Design

VICTORIA’S SECRET NEW BOND STREET STORE [WITH VIDEO] While the grand opening taken place yesterday on Bond Street, Victoria’s Secret will present today its annual show in the British capital. And the Angels made the trip, of course! Yesterday morning, after an overnight flight, the most beautiful women in the world have gone to meet their fans in the shop of the brand on Bond Street in the heart of London. Smiling, Doutzen Kroes, Lily Aldridge, Adriana Lima or Candice Swanepoel, Alessandra Read more [...]

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Queen of the fairies: Kirsty Mitchell’s rainbow wonderlands – in pictures

Photography

Photographer Kirsty Mitchell has spent five years dreaming up fantastical scenes that look straight out of fairytales for her project Wonderland. Here are the most magical, from an origami armada to a cloak of autumn leaves Read more [...]

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