Customers who weigh over 350 lb (160 kg) are served free food. This is a restaurant that clearly intends to kill you, and they are very forthcoming about it. Heart Attack Grill has achieved acclaim and attention by deliberately courting controversy as a marketing strategy. Photos: Frederic Neema / LUZphoto Heart Attack Grillpreviouslyon Amusing Planet.
Below is an amusing collection of bird imprints. But first, the original imprint of the poor owl. Ann Colgan: “I was upstairs when I heard an almighty crash. I found this imprint on the bedroom window. Taken in Holyport, Berkshire. It was not until a few days later when my daughter came round that we saw the imprint.” Taken in Sanderstead, Surrey. Taken in Guildford, Surrey. I was amazed not to find a dead seagull outside on the path....
During this event villagers comes with the most outlandish scarecrow designs ever. See pictures from last yearsKettlewell Scarecrow Festival. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images via The Guardian
Modern war is mostly air raids, missile attacks and bombings that can be carried out even at night. Night attacks also have an adverse psychological effect on the enemy. Also see a somewhat similarLong Exposure Shots of Airline Takeoffs and Landings [viaPesochinsky]
Astronaut Suicides is a humorous photo series byNeil Dacostawhere he staged actors, donning spacesuits, attempting suicides following the end of the U.S. space program.
In fact, each statue was probably unique. The walls inside the temple is lined with thousands upon thousands of miniature Buddhas. Construction of the monastery began in 1949. It took eight years to complete all the buildings and another ten years to finish the 12,800 Buddha statues.
Dan Mountforddid an amazing job with these double exposure photographs. I love the way how both photos blend into each other almost seamlessly. These photographs were achieved right in camera no Photoshop layers were used, except for color manipulation. [viaMy Modern Met]
I am creating works to capture lights in our everyday life and record them in the painting.
It is actually a giant candle, and burning. Melting wax is running in rivulets from the glowing hair of a Sabine. Gradually this beautiful statue will self destruct into a waxy lump during the months-long show. Also seen is a realistic looking wax chair. The 54th Venice Art Biennale will be accessible to the public until November 27th, 2011. Photos byDesignBoom [viaThe Guardian]
The Himalaya (which literally means “abode of snow”) or the Himalayan mountain range in Asia, is home to the world’s highest peaks including Mount Everest and K2. To comprehend the enormous scale of this mountain range, consider that Aconcagua, in the Andes, at 6,962 metres is the highest peak outside Asia, whereas the Himalayan system includes over 100 mountains exceeding 7,200 m. The main Himalayan range runs west to east, from the Indus river valley to the Brahmaputra river valley, forming an arc 2,400 km long, which varies in width from 400 km in the western Kashmir-Xinjiang region to 150 km in the eastern Tibet-Arunachal Pradesh region....
Franke explored the Vandenberg a 523-foot former military ship last year, and took several photos of the wreck. The exhibition will last for a few weeks, depending on how people respond. Soon after being plunged into the sea, Vandenberg was opened to the public on May 30, 2009. [viaKeysnews] Related
Marilyn Minter is an American born photographer and painter currently based out of New York. It was during the end of the ’80s, when few female artists had explored such a taboo subject. Eventually she created the sensual style of hyper-realistic photographs and paintings she is known for today. Minter begins her process by staging photoshoots of her subjects using traditional film over digital. She then turns them into paintings created through the layering of enamel paint on aluminum....
All carving, scoring, cutting, and folding is completed by hand.
