One of the best things about street art is that it can be found in any corner of the world. Today, we travel to Australia and take a look at the impressive portfolio of Fintan Magee. The talented Brisbane-based street artist paints a variety of pieces under the umbrella of multiple themes. Eugene Kim is the Editor-in-Chief of My Modern Met. In May, 2008, he co-founded the website to create one big

As the rest of us run for cover in rainy or snowy weather, French photographer Christophe Jacrot deliberately goes out in the storm. “I see these elements as a fabulous ground for photography,” he says, “an under-used visual universe with a strong evocative power, and with a richness of subtle lights. This universe escapes most of us, since we are too occupied getting undercover. Man becomes a gho

Origami is the art of folding paper, so what's it called when one creates a digital representation of the meticulous paper art? Whatever it is, artist Jeremy Kool has mastered it in his series entitled The Paper Fox. Kool brilliantly displays paper sculptures of all types of wildlife. The Australia-based graphic designer's digital illustrations range from an imposing stag to a modest firefly, each

If you don't believe in destiny, then you haven't met Julene Harrison. For years, Julene working as a fashion and constructed textile designer, meaning she created designs for fabric. She only got into paper cutting by accident when one day, she made a piece as a birthday gift. She ended up enjoying the process so much that she created two more as wedding presents. “I started a blog with these pie

England-based Alexander Korzer-Robinson is not a traditional artist, rather he enjoys creating narrative scenes by using pre-existing media, such as encyclopedias. Like Brian Dettmer, this artist creates his book sculptures by carefully cutting into pages, exposing some of the illustrations while removing others. The images seen in the finished work are left untouched, standing in their original p

Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed. Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural f

We previously brought you our picks for the top 10 breakthrough artists of the year and now it's time to turn our attention to the photographers. Out of the hundreds of photographers we featured on My Modern Met this year, these ten stood out for either their overall unique style or their highly creative photo project. Not only were they the most viewed photographers on our site, they were also th