Art, Design, History

Classic Car Graveyard in Sweden / Svein Nordrum

When American soldiers pulled out of Europe after World War II, they left hundreds of automobiles behind. Many were consigned to a scrapyard in the woods near Bastnas, Sweden. The brothers who ran the scrapyard abandoned it over twenty years ago, and since then moss has grown inside the cars and trees have grown up through them. Cleaning up the scrapyard is proving to be a difficult task, as birds and animals use the classic autos for nests. Photographer Svein Nordrum took a set of gorgeous and haunting pictures of the cars — via Neatorama

Photo: Svein Nordrum/Medavia.co.uk

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Life Once Removed / Suzanes Heintz

Photographer Suzanes Heintz is a self-proclaimed spinster. As a single woman, she got fed up with the bombardment of questions about when she was going to get married. Tired of being pitied, she decided to confront this issue head on. She purchased two mannequins — one male and one female child — and the series Life Once Removed was born. Dressing up and posing with her fake family, she stages witty representations of the American Dream. Ski trips, vacations, and stereotypical romantic moments are all acted out by Heintz, and she sets the scene perfectly. These colourful images feel saturated, in both how they look and the emotional exuberance of the her expression and body language — via Beautiful/Decay Artist & Design

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AR Edition / Chris Bathgate

I had talked about expanding my original AR645452222344 prototype into an edition using various metals and finishes, and now here we are with a completed six piece set. Each is an inverse pair using the three main red metals in my Pallet — via Chris Bathgate