Beichuan, The Preserved Ruins of an Earthquake Destroyed Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2014
Few places provide the opportunity to see the aftermath of a violent natural calamity. The town of Beichuan is one of them. Beichuan is a ...
Johannesburg's Ponte City Tower
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Ponte City Tower is the tallest residential building in Johannesburg, and is one of the city's most striking urban landmarks. The 54-sto...
A Glass Bottomed Hotel Bedroom in Bali
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Who wants to sleep with the fishes? But shrimps is another story. Set over a freshwater shrimp pond, Udang House, also known as the Shrimp H...
Maggie Rudy’s Hand Crafted Mice Dolls
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Portland-based artist Maggie Rudy creates cute little rodents from wool and pipe cleaners, dresses them in fancy clothing and poses them in ...
Hallerbos, The Blue Forest of Belgium
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Located just at the boundary of Flanders and Wallonia, in the municipality of Halle, about 30 minutes south of Brussels, lies the forest of ...
A Psychedelic Salt Mine in Yekaterinburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Deep underneath the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia lies the most colorful cave you have ever laid your eyes upon. The walls of this abandon...
Geamana, The Romanian Village Flooded by a Toxic Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
Copper exploitation at the mines of Rosia Poieni in the Apuseni Mountains, in Alba county, in Romania, was like a curse for residents of the...
The Art of Murrine: Glass Portraits That Slices Like Loaves of Bread
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
California-based glass artist Loren Stump specializes in an ancient form of glass technique called murrine, where rods of glass of differen...
Benjamin Affagard’s Miniature Dioramas of Suburban Graffiti
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
French artist Benjamin Affagard creates extremely intricate and detailed mini dioramas depicting graffiti-strewn cityscapes. In an ongoing ...
Paso Internacional Los Libertadores
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2014
Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, also called Cristo Redentor, is a mountain pass in the Andes between Argentina and Chile. It is the mai...
