Sometimes you find a website that is really worth talking about – and suggesting to others. So it is with
Mondo Curio which is run by photographer Paul Cook. Cook takes photographs and then manipulates them to challenge our perceptions of what is original, investigating balance and equilibrium as a holistic aesthetic.
You will find a variety of images at his site, from animals and trees to bones and architecture which he has changed to present them to us in new and unexpected ways. His experiments with mirror imaging using photomontage really are quite remarkable. He had a sold out exhibition last year,
(un)Natural History which was even licensed for use in a television pilot.
From May he will be showing a new exhibition,
Parallel Universe at the Contact Photography Festival in Toronto, Canada, which we hope to feature here at Kuriositas. In the interim, here are two of his
new pieces with some older ones below for you. Click on any to get to Mondo Curio and more of Paul Cook’s amazing photography.
Why the Panda is Black and WhiteThis is a superbly created piece of animation which captures the imagination. The world is monochrome until an invisible hand starts to ...
Lofoten – Arctic Circle AnomalyThe archipelago of Lofoten in Norway is north of the Arctic Circle. Yet throughout the year it has temperatures which belie its posi...
Fly Geyser – Not Quite of this WorldThey look as if they were taken on another planet, or at least on the set of a new and very expensive science fiction movie. Yet these pi...
The Lady and The ReaperAn old lady is nearing the end of her days and she longs to be with the husband she has lost. So, when death pays her a visit on nigh...
The Goat Tower - A Caprine CondominiumWhat do you do when you own a group of Swiss Mountain Goats but there isn’t anywhere for them to climb? The answer that South African far...
The Mysterious Moeraki BouldersImage Credit Flickr User geoftheref If you go down to Koekohe beach in New Zealand you can be sure of a big surprise. In front of you, scat...
Skellig Michael – Mysterious Monastery in the AtlanticNine miles off the coast of County Kerry in the west of Ireland there are two small rocky islands peeking out of the Atlantic Ocean. The l...
Hobbiton: Sheep 1, Hobbits 0Image Credit Flickr User Rob & Jules Matamata in New Zealand was the place chosen to film the Hobbiton scenes of the Lord of the Rin...
Pamukkale – Turkey’s Cotton CastleIn Turkish the name literally means Cotton Castle and it is easy to see why it was given that. Yet this geological wonder is also the site...
The Tallest Statues of Jesus Christ in the WorldProbably the most famous statue of Jesus on the planet, known for both size and location, is the statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, B...