The Terracotta Army or the “Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses”, is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BC and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his...

There are many street barbers and hairstylers that work around Asia. I think these collection of photos are of Shanghai street barbers. “Where is a cheap place a man can get a good haircut? Perfect place cool haircut! Isn’t this the most glamorous beauty salon you have ever seen in your life? You...

Every June there is a Viking Festival at Avaldsnes, just outside Haugesund in Norway. Bringing Viking history and culture to life, this festival in the coastal community of Karmøy, half-way between Bergen and Stavanger, is the largest of its kind in this part of Norway. Taking place in a reconstructed...

Johnny Depp is perhaps one of the most versatile actors of his day and age in Hollywood, who has recuperated his image greatly since his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the acclaimed Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), with a supporting cast of Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley,...

Empty Hills (Pustye Kholmy) is an annual non-commercial open-air alternative arts and music festival held in Russia. The festival takes place since 2003 in the Kaluga or Smolensk districts. The “Pustiye Holmi,” or “Empty Hills,” open-air non-format art and music festival took place...

For decades, music and fashion has seemed to have gone hand in hand – where a majority of ‘aural artists’ (of both the past and the present) have deemed it almost ‘necessary’ to manifest the personality of their music into what they wear, and how they wear it. With the decline of music stores,...