China’s Incredible Colored Rice Terraces
Incredible panoramic views of colored rice terraces in the mountainous Yuanyang region in China, one of the world’s largest rice-producing areas. The colors of the mirrored landscape are constantly changing due to the time of day and seasonal changes. These terraces were built by hand by the Hani people about 1,300 years ago.
The terraces are dug into the steep slopes of the mountains between 1,000 and 2,000 meters above sea level. Rice is planted once a year in April and harvested in September, when the terraces are flooded to prepare them for the next crop. When the terraces are flooded, the water reflects stunning colors from the sunlight.
Despite the breathtaking beauty of its landscape, the Yuanyang region remains untouched by mass tourism. Its remote, mountainous location, bad roads and lack of a nearby airport deter all but the most determined tourists and photographers.
Julianne Moore as “Famous Works of Art” by Peter Linderbergh - for Harper’s Bazaar
Seated Woman With Bent Knee by Egon Schiele, La Grande Odalisque by Ingres, Saint Praxidis by Vermeer, The Cripple by John Currin, Les danseuses by Edgar Degas, Madame X by John Singer, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, Woman With a Fan by Modigliani, Man Crazy Nurse #3 by Richard Prince, Adele Bloch Bauer I by Gustav Klimt.
Ladies and gentleman, the right way to wear a backwards necklace.
Hand-painted cardboard cutout of Charles Barkley eating a pizza.
Cesar Santos, Out of the Square
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Sign o the times #streetart #graffiti #bmore #signs (at Joe Squared)
Experimenting without lines…
Cesar Santos, Shark Trader
Sara Cwynar - Accidental Archives (ongoing project)
Artist’s statement:
“The ongoing series Accidental Archives works through photography’s inherently archival nature - it involves making strange versions of familiar images, and finding examples of preexisting ‘archives’ in the world waiting to be documented.”
