Jin Choi and Thomas Shine have found that crochet is a universal language.

The pair engage communities around the world in large-scale projects that involve crafting elaborate lace patterns to be fastened to an iron armature. Both delicate and monumental, the finished works emerge from hundreds of hands and even more hours of labor, all bound together by shared making. more

Paris 2024 opening ceremony

Here are some of the most eye-catching photos from the night.

 

Imagine and Play

Wide-eyed, boldly-dressed, and keen to play, an exuberant ensemble of characters created by Lidiia Marinchuk nudges us to remember the most precious parts of childhood.

 

Legacy For Children Of The Future, Hardijanto Budiman

 Here are some of the finalists of the 2024 Creative Photo Awards.

 

Wanted

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Eiffel Tower Selfie

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 Members of the women’s Polish volleyball team take a selfie in front of the Eiffel Tower on Friday morning. 

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Cola Whippet, Alison Friend

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Mango, Hilary Pecis

Featuring 60-plus works made between 1915 and today, Dog Days of Summer is a joyful tribute to humanity’s best friend. 

 

Spain experiences its second heatwave of the summer, Jon Nazca

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Places We’ve Never Been, Angela Lewis

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Thoughts before bed.

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Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber

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Live to long, Peteski

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Never quit, Kevin Christy

Christy’s work employs primarily representational elements to contextualize the small moments in life that make up modern reality. 

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Ode to joy.

[new lyrics for old songs]

 

Word on the Street

"My painting depicts a piece of cardboard with a cry for help scrawled upon it, drawing attention to the urgency that any kind of help is needed. However the help may come. Whatever that help may be. From whoever is willing to help." 

 However Whatever Whoever, Leon Keer

 

Rebooting the Election by Jeremy Nguyen

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The New Yorker Cartoons

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American dream, Sergio Purtell

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Summer in the city, Annemarie Heinrich

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A Moment in the Sun, Kathleen Borshanian

A fox in the sun, fireflies and a brush fire, and trees blanketed with butterflies are among the striking images caught by winners of the California Academy of Sciences’ annual contest.

 

You never know what you’ll bump into, Jamie Hawkesworth

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