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A Legally Blind Man Shows How He Sees The World With Hypnotising GIFs


George Redhawk is a pretty brilliant man. Having started to lose his sight while teaching medicine, his new-found disability forced him to give up his job after only four years. Suffering from visual distortions created by his mind trying to fill the gaps in his vision, George was left at a crossroads.

Instead of crumbling, George turned his disability to his advantage. Turning to computer technology to help, he created “The World Through My Eyes” series.


“Following the loss of most of my vision, I began to explore this medium as a means to express the world through my damaged sight,” Redhawk told Graphic Art News. “My art is designed with the idea to challenge and in some cases, disturb the visual sense of ‘order’, very much in the same way that my vision has become a constant challenge to me.”


Designed to show people what the world looks like through his eyes, George has created an amazing visual spectacle – all whilst being legally blind.


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For a man who is legally blind (a person is considered to be legally blind if he or she has a best corrected vision of 20/200 in their best seeing eye), these GIFs really are amazing. Visually stimulating and truly hypnotic, it gives you the tiniest glimpse into the life of someone with a disability like George. While fully-sighted people will never fully grasp his struggle, these images are a great way of learning more.


13 More Mouthwatering Food Gifs To Instantly Boost Your Appetite


Feeling hungry? After looking at the .gifs below, you might be even hungrier. After all, these are some of the most satisfying, hunger-inducing images of food production we’ve seen. We guarantee you’re going to be tempted to break into some sweet snacks after you see them. At least that’s what we’re doing…




Honeycomb being sliced





Whipped cream on a Frappuccino






Taffy being pulled






Cookies baking






French fries frying






Cupcakes getting iced






A regular cake getting iced



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Homemade lollipops being poured






Pop-Tarts being enveloped






Wieners everywhere!






Hard candies being formed






Snack cakes being rolled






Pizza getting crispy





Are you hungry yet? We’d write more, but our fingers are already coated in frosting and powdered sugar.



These Vintage Photos Get A Trippy Upgrade Thanks To One Artist


French photographer and animator Nicolas Monterrat creates something new out of things that already exist and, in some cases, have existed for many years. He takes vintage photos from time periods across history and animates them, turning them into surreal, moving images that make us look at our assumed reality anew.





Using scanned images from magazines, archives, and the Internet, as well as his iPhone and a host of digital editing software, Monterrat turns these otherwise static images into clever animations. His additions range from the irreverent and cheeky to the hypnotically beautiful, and everything in between.




Some of the photos he uses are quite old, so the addition of animation seems all the more jarring and hilarious.



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Some are relatively modern.



The original photo was taken by Marton Perlaki for Le Monde Magazine.




Some photos have their animations created by simply manipulating what’s already there.







Some are given additions that take them from mundane to surreal.
















These surreal, dreamlike additions to what would otherwise be normal photos create the sense of a parallel world. If photographs are a record of our world, then Monterrat’s work hints at a fantastical realm where people can swim in galaxies and create spinning rainbow flames. The combination of the very real and the unreal makes for a strangely satisfying viewing experience.




Even famous photographs aren’t safe from Monterrat’s reinterpretations.




This photo of a rocket engine testing facility in Cleveland was taken in 1962. As you can see, it’s received a dreamy Monterrat treatment.








The original photo here was taken by Annie Leibovitz, and shows Elvis Presley’s television in Graceland.






And it’s not just photos! This painting has also been given a cheeky makeover.






(via Colossal)



These photos are just a handful of Monterrat’s work. His other animations include modern photos, abstract animations, and more. You can see it all on his Tumblr, aptly titled Un gif dans ta gueule (“a .gif in the mouth”), as well as on his Behance and Ello pages.