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Surreal Images Combine Realities by Stitching Two Smartphone Snaps Into One Befuddling Photo
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (315+ words) Sage Helene is a contributing writer at My Modern Met. She earned her MFA in Photography and Related Media and an MST in Art Education from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She has since written for several digital publications, including…...
Hand-Colored Photos From 19th-Century Japan Offer a Glimpse of Traditional Life
2+ week, 2+ day ago (62+ words) Women in The Garden" Women Riding in Rickshaws" Women under the Cherry Tree" A Woman Wearing A Winter" Dance to The Shamisen Music" Explore 870, 000 Items in the New York Public Library Online Archives New Takashi Murakami Exhibit Traces Shared Art…...
Contemporary Villas on Remote Japanese Island Built Using an Ancient Construction Technique
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (415+ words) Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years,…...
Japanese Artist Reimagines Traditional Paper Cranes as Tiny Sculptural Landscapes
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (173+ words) For another piece, Hama used layers of green paper in varying shades to create a bonsai-inspired crane. The intricate work features a fully three-dimensional paper bonsai that appears to grow from the crane itself between its delicate wings. Hama doesn't…...