Thanks to an exceedingly clever person named Bill Kiley, Downton Abbey is now a video game. For children of the ‘90s who grew up playing “Super Mario Bros.” and “The Legend of Zelda,” the spoof game is like a double dose of nostalgia: all the peculiar rituals of the British aristocracy as reimagined in 8-bit [...]
Slinkachu is a master of the miniature world and he has been at it again with his recent show at Andipa Gallery in London. In conjunction with his book, Global Model Village, the installation with the same name featured what the artist described as “the common denominators of humankind, the dramas of hope and tragedy, [...]
Getting the opportunity to peel back the curtain on one of the decade’s greatest shows is something we’d never pass up here at Apowl. Which is why we’re particularly excited to be able to show you this exquisite set of images from photographer James Minchin, who had the honour of being on set to capture [...]
Over at Fab.com Brandi Roberts has created a detailed floorplan of the hit TV series Mad Men. Here’s what she had to say: “This is the 22nd floor and features Bert Cooper and Duck Phillips’ offices. Also on this floor is Harry Crane’s second office along with offices for Ken Cosgrove and Sal Romano. This [...]
We’ve just picked up this amazing photo collection on the life of one of wrestling – and Hollywood’s – most enduring figures, Andre the Giant. André Roussimoff , best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His best remembered acting role was that of Fezzik, the giant in the film [...]
Director Joe Sabia gave a group of kids an opportunity to narrate BBC America’s natural history series Planet Earth. There’s a lot of cute stuff here, especially their off-the-cuff comments. Also, wait till the end of the film to hear them try and pronounce the last name of the show’s adult narrator, Sir David Attenborough. [...]
José Hernández Claire’s work is a meditation on the migration of Mexicans to the US. As he writes in his project statement, ‘a history of unemployment, low salaries, lack of opportunities, corruption and poor policies within the government of Mexico have caused a massive exodus of young people … They often leave behind broken families, [...]
Flickr user Tony Seaward has an awesome photo collection of icebergs drifting off the Newfoundland Coast. Why are we featuring these now, you ask? Well, it all forms part of our Titanic anniversary celebrations, silly! Click the pic to see more.
Photographer Patrick Simpson has created a wonderful new photo series documenting the lives of prisoners at the Angola Prison in Louisiana. At Angola Prison in Louisiana, model inmates or ‘trustees’ are encouraged to participate in ‘hobby craft’ as a part of their rehabilitation. Hobby craft is an arts program that involves painting, wood & leather [...]
French photographers Fabrice Nadjari and Cedric Houin decided to visit the remote region in Afghanistan in the summer of 2011, walking for 24 days through a 140 mile stretch. Their project, titled “Traces of Time”, involved capturing instant photos of the villagers they met. The portraits they took with Polaroid cameras developed oddly, and degraded [...]
