Mirror

Mercedes Jimenez-Cortes often takes pictures of herself in the domed mirrors that hang in parking garages. The mirrors turn an everyday scene surreal, bending concrete like it's jelly and exaggerating the size of Jimenez-Cortes' face, her iPhone or her extended middle finger.

While the City of Athens is lighting up the center of the Greek capital after dark this festive season, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is currently hosting four impressive light installations in its grounds on the city's southern coast.

The glass viewing platform in Huangshi Hubei province entered the Guinness Book of Records as the largest glass platform.

Located in the "Sky City" landmark, which opened doors for visitors on Jan. 26th, the platform was named "Sky mirror". It was built with 500 tons of steel and 1,500 square feet of glass, the largest piece of glass is 18 square meters.

Five lead mirror frames dating to the turn of the third century A.D. have been found in a square building at a Roman villa outside the town of Pavlikeni in northern Bulgaria.

Galerie Michael Schultz in Berlin is hosting an exhibition by Turkish artist Ahmet Güneştekin.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But what happens when the eyes are so beautiful that it is not a matter of preference but an objective fact, Here is a list of people with some of the most beautiful eyes in the world. Colour, shape or look all combine to make up stunning “soul mirrors”.

In 1902, Hungarian artist Tivadar Kostka Csontvary created a painting called ‘Old Fisherman’. Nothing unusual so far. But if you place a mirror smack down the middle of the painting the nice old fisherman’s expression changes to a terrifying devil. The optical illusion is eerie.

After the exhibit Artemis from the sea at the National Archeology Museum, the Unseen Museum presents the the Mirror of Europe. “The Mirror of Europe” is a bronze mirror of the early 4th century BC, discovered in a tomb of rich woman from ancient Eretria. On its surface, you can see the wonderful representation of Europe on the bull.

A night show including a mirror projection is scheduled for Friday, at 21:00hrs, EEST, at Sutu Palace to mark the 180th anniversary of the palace located in downtown Bucharest.

Innovative French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre travelled to Gabon with his wife and set up a mirror in several locations in order to capture animals walking by.

The French photographer recorded the reactions of wild animals who see themselves in a mirror, in a Gabon forest. The reactions are precious and sometimes quite funny.