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Why does it feel so good to be bad?

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Enjoying my break with all these #geese #park #beautifulbc #westcoast #burnaby #nature (at Fraser Foreshore Park)

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Seeking Dangerously Beautiful Storms with Weather Photographer @kellydelay

To see more of Kelly’s weather photos, follow @kellydelay on Instagram.

“I just love how beautiful storms are, and I love to go out and capture their beauty,” award-winning weather photographer Kelly DeLay (@kellydelay) says. After years of marketing and building websites, Kelly changed the path of his career in 2009. Over the next several months, Kelly estimates he will travel at least 15,000 miles (24,140 kilometers) — from south Texas all the way up into Canada — to photograph storms, and he’s not the only brave soul on the road. “If it’s May in Oklahoma, you will get hundreds of people on the same highway trying to get to the same storm,” he says. “That’s sort of the MO of the modern weather photographer: it’s real time storm chasing.” In Kelly’s line of work, there’s plenty of beauty to witness, but occupational hazards certainly exist: “I was with some friends chasing a few years ago, and I looked over and my friend’s hair was standing straight up — the lightening struck 100 yards [91 meters] away,” he says. “If you’re not paying attention, you can definitely get into trouble.”

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It's beautiful how much wonder this all brings

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Photographing Fact and Fantasy in Latin American Culture

To see more of Christian’s bold portraits, follow @christian_foto on Instagram.

Photographer Christian Rodríguez (@christian_foto) has his #EyesOn the faces of Latin America. “For me, it’s very important to work close to my own reality,” the documentary photographer from Uruguay explains. Christian strives to portray social issues as they are experienced, and his ability to relate is essential. “Even with a hard life, in Latin America, people try to keep smiling,” he says. “The faces tell so many stories.” Inspired by magical realism — a literary tradition that blends fact and fantasy — Christian seeks bold, bright colors. This adds a slightly mystical element which represents the pride he feels for his culture. “I think that people in Latin America have a lot of imagination for finding solutions to their problems.”

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Starting this beautiful weekend with a morning walk. #morning #sunrise #fog #foggymorning #burnabylakepark #burnaby #beautiful #westcoast #nofilter #nofilterneeded #outdoors (at Burnaby Lake Regional Park)

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#Nina is the new addition to our on growing family #adoptdontshop #kitty #kittiesofig #blackasthenight #cat #babygirl

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What a #beautiful way to end my long weekend. #hiking #explore #exploring #nofilter #westcoast #nature #natural #vancouver #vancity #bc #wildlife #perfect (at Beaver Lake)

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Enjoying my long weekend #Easter #longweekend #hiking #nature #natural #nofilter (at Burnaby Lake Regional Park)

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Having an awesome day with these two #gokarting #siblings #gokart #vroomvroom #funtimes (at Richmond Go Karts)

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#happynationalpuppyday #adoptdontshop #milo #lovehim #puppy 😍😍😍 (at Burnaby, British Columbia)

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Abstract Impressionist Cityscapes by Leonid Efremov

A professional artist since 1978, American artist Leonid Afremov (previously featured here) graduated from the prestigious school Vitebsk Art School, originally founded by classical artist Marc Chagall. Inspired by the work of the latter, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and Salvador Dalí, Afremov’s work is purely emotional. Every scene is a reflection of his feelings, emotions, passions and anything that feeds his soul. For this reason, he often chooses to cover the beauty of young love, romance, and the grandeur of cityscapes, which often glimmer as brightly as his paintings during the night. 

Depicting world famous cities, including Paris, Amsterdam, Greece, Venice and New York among others each work showcases a kaleidoscope of vibrant and abstract colors and shapes.

The vibrant and highly saturated colors of Afremov’s work mimic his inspirations, although his technique emulates Camille Pissarro’s and Claude Monet’s impressionist brush and Georges Seurat’s pointillistic style. By combining the soft flare of depicting images and figures with the contrast of pixelated sharp colors, Afremov delivers stunning and stimulating pieces. You can find more of his work in his Etsy shop.

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#sunsets are not always the end of the day...

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