Mole Empire as Imagined by Giada Laiso

The key to creativity… is a hurricane of inspiration. That is how Giada Laiso, 21 year old art student and photographer imagined Mole Empire, as part of the “Mole Empire imagined by others” series we just launched. Giada explains the idea behind the two thematic photos dedicated to our website. I thought about how Molempire…

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Tata Christiane Fashion or the Absurd Vision of Beauty

Tata Christiane is a fashion label based in Berlin who redefines the idea of beauty. Tata and Hanrigabriel, the artists behind the name of the label experiment with extremes, mixing the grotesque, the absurd with the extravagant in colorful and bold collections. Playing with the borders of elegance and bad taste, they produce unique pieces…

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Mole Empire as Imagined by Markus Reugels

It’s been more than two years since we’ve been gathering and presenting all kinds of art here on Mole Empire. From simple observations, to inspiring stories or to tops that entertain you, we’ve made our best to be a platform where unconventional artists and underground art meet. Later on this year we’ve started our interview…

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Halloween Fashion Look by Alexander Khokhlov

Alexander Khokhlov, the photographer behind the Weird Beauty photo series exclusively sent us his latest fashion look for Halloween. In this little experiment the author created a bold beauty look with a self made pumpkin hat. As simple as it may seem, this summer Moscow was running out of big orange pumpkins because of the…

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Giada Laiso’s Dreamy and Mysterious Photography [Interview]

There are lots of young artists out there trying to be discovered and to show their creations to the public. Giada Laiso, a 21 year art student from Italy is just one of them. Studying photography in Milan and with an inclination towards surrealism, Giada’s imagery features characters as captured from a dream, a dream…

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Museum Anatomy – Recreating Lost Paintings on a Human Body [Interview]

Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector are the masterminds of a complex project titled Museum Anatomy. By using Chadwick’s body as a human canvas, works from museums around the world are recreated into an unrecognizable human form and then documented through photography. The painting itself is very elaborate, and Chadwick’s position is a key element in…

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Weird Beauty Photo Series by Alexander Khokhlov Part 2

Remember the Weird Beauty project by Russian photographer Alexander Khokhlov and make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan? By denying any color, this photo project features model faces used as a canvas to emphasize various familiar symbols, as part of a beauty look. This time the artists chose even more complex signs, which blended perfectly with the features…

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The Playful and Fabulous Surreal World of Paul Biddle [Interview]

We’ve written a lot about surrealist photography on Mole Empire, and we’ve seen as many surrealist artists. It’s an interesting type of art to stretch your imagination, but the thing with surrealist imagery is that it is highly manipulated most of the times. Paul Biddle‘s photography is a playful and ironic one, with influences from…

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