Hidden beauty

This is the series of photographs about natural beauty and hidden accessories around us.

Nomizu Cave ~ Chiba, Japan

Admittedly, I’d had some stressful and shitty things happen over the past few months. However, I realized within minutes of waking up that morning that I had been making a habit of being sad. I hadn’t just been reminding others that I was going to be sad that month, I had actually been reminding myself that I was supposed to be sad, too.

Photographer Cristina Coral has an eye for subtle alterations that transform seemingly ordinary scenes into surreal images brimming with illusion. Often centered on a solitary woman, the conceptual photographs rely on texture, pattern, and the figures’ contorted poses. A limp hand protrudes from a bush, strawberry locks drape over a brocade couch, and a teacup precariously balances on a pair of feet. Coral, who is based in Italy but frequently travels to Germany and Slovenia, currently is…

Hunger pangs Cravings For connection Reaching out To an inner light Remembering A heart That beats Cherishing The sacred Essence of Self Holding Life In my hands Breathing in Presence Gently. © …

Cuban-born Darian Mederos does oil portraits that look like they are covered in bubble wrap. You can check out more of his w

RAQS

instead of a warm glow, she is blazing. an all-consuming fire turning everything in her path to ash. a knight of ren, she formed from darkness, forged from the empty color of space and the red hot burning of stars, scourge of the resistance; a jedi-killer. but with an internal battle of light and dark, what will come of this?