Klause Pichler is an Austrian photographer (born 1977, Vienna, Austria) who specializes in many things. One of Pichler’s more fascinating (and ongoing) series ventures behind the scenes at various natural history museums around the world to see exactly what kind of, pardon the pun, skeletons they have in their literal closets. The results, I’m sure you’ll agree, are both fascinating and slightly grotesque, depending on your like or dislike of taxidermy. Some of the items photographed are over a century old and many are in storage, waiting to be included in various upcoming exhibits. Take a look for yourself and see what I mean. You can see more images from Klaus Pichler’s captivating series below the cut or at his site.

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MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp and voiced by Jenny Slate (formerly of Saturday Night Live, they’re a couple…who knew!), this is just about the cutest thing EVAR. It’s like Wes Anderson meets Teeny Little Super Guy meets Charlie Brown. There have been some ramblings that this may turn into a semi-regular thing (we can hope!) but for the time being, we’ll have to live with just this one.

Guess what I wear as a hat. A lentil!

This amazing set of editorial shots that faithfully recreate the paintings of Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimpt were done under the direction of agency Kattaca, an outfit based in Spain for the magazine AE. Photographs were taken by photographer Moises González. You can see 9 more of these under the cut.

NOTE: For my readers at work, a few of these do show some female lady parts. Nothing shocking, of course.

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Look carefully at the image above. Look really carefully. Remote controls, buttons, film canisters, bottle tops, Altoid Tins, spools, wire, telephone parts, circuits, gears, and hot glue. Zac Freeman pulls stuff from the most curious places and reuses them in his assemblage mosaic portraits. You know all that crap that’s at the bottom of the last drawer of your dresser? That’s his playground. You can check out more of his awesome portraits on his site right here or after the cut. Happy Friday! After a brief hiatus, I’m back.

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