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There’s something especially expressive about a senior dog’s face. Gray muzzles, softened features, and a few signs of age may reveal the years behind them, but they also make every portrait feel as though there is an entire lifetime of stories hiding just beneath the surface. German photographer Christian Vieler brings those personalities to the forefront. His portraits don’t treat age as something to hide or soften. Instead, they celebrate the character that comes with it, capturing everything from gentle expressions and curious glances to the wonderfully goofy quirks that make each dog unmistakably their own. Bored Panda has previously shared two collections of Vieler’s senior dog portraits, and today we’re returning with another. This latest selection once again shows just how much personality can fit into a single frame, and why a silver muzzle can make an already lovable face even harder to resist. #SeniorDogs #SeniorDog #DogPhotography #DogPortraits #DogLoversHirotaka Hamasaki, a high school art teacher and graphic designer from Nara, Japan, has found a creative way to surprise and entertain his students before class begins. Also known as Hamacream, he uses nothing but chalk to recreate famous masterpieces and popular characters, transforming an ordinary classroom blackboard into a temporary art gallery. ✨ His drawings range from Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper and Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, Sailor Moon, and scenes from the anime film Your Name. And the amount of time he spends on each one can vary dramatically, with some drawings taking just three minutes, while others take three hours or even three days. For Hamasaki, it isn’t simply about showing off his artistic skills. He has said that the idea came from wanting to entertain his students before class, adding that he loves them and wants to bring them joy through his art. He also creates beautiful leaf collages on the ground, all with the same goal of making his lessons more attractive and giving his students something fun to experience. The artwork may eventually disappear when the board is needed for class, but for a few moments, an ordinary classroom becomes something pretty extraordinary. #HirotakaHamasaki #Hamacream #ChalkArt #BlackboardArt #ArtTeacher #JapaneseArt Some paintings are hundreds of years old, yet somehow look like they could have been created today. From surprisingly modern faces and fashion to unusual compositions, bold styles, and scenes that feel oddly familiar, these paintings prove that some ideas in art are truly timeless. The dates might say centuries ago, but your eyes are definitely going to say, “Wait… when was this painted?” Paintings: 1. Young Hare (Feldhase) by Albrecht Dürer — 1502 2. Sitting Woman with Knee Drawn Up by Egon Schiele — 1917 3. Portrait of Vsevolod Garshin by Ilya Repin — 1884 4. Woman with a Parrot (Die Frau mit dem Papagei) cover design by Angelo Jank — 1898 5. Dog on a Bridge by Alex Colville — 1958 6. “Family And Rainstorm” By Alex Colville, 1955 7. "Nathaniel Olds" By Jeptha Homer Wade, 1837 8.Self-Portrait at the Dressing Table by Zinaida Serebriakova — 1909 9. In a Roman Osteria by Carl Bloch — 1866Street photography is all about catching moments you can’t really plan. A strange coincidence, an unexpected interaction, a perfect play of light and shadow, or simply a person caught at just the right second can turn an ordinary scene into something worth remembering. As we wait for the final results of the 2026 URBAN Photo Awards, we’re taking a look back at some of the best work from last year’s Street Photography category. The 2025 competition attracted thousands of photographers from around the world, with the selected images offering very different takes on everyday life in the streets. With the 2026 final ranking set to be announced on October 24 at Trieste Photo Days, there’s still plenty to look forward to.They may look adorable, but some of the cutest pets can face serious struggles because of the features people find so lovable. 🐶🐱💔 From flat-faced cats and dogs to Scottish Folds and Munchkin cats, these breeds can experience health problems linked to the physical traits people often consider “cute.” The issue raises an important question about how far we should go when breeding animals for a certain appearance. Behind those big eyes, tiny legs, and unique features are real animals who deserve to be healthy and comfortable, not just adorable. 🐾❤️Long before cats became the undisputed stars of the internet, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip was already documenting their curiosity and elegant beauty. Born in Amsterdam in 1821 into a family of artists, she learned to paint from her father, landscape painter Josephus Augustus Knip, and began exhibiting her work while still a teenager. After marrying Feico Ronner in 1850, she settled in Brussels, where she spent the rest of her life and built a successful career as an animal painter. Cats, however, were not always her main subjects. Ronner-Knip initially painted landscapes, farm animals, and especially dogs, earning considerable recognition for her canine scenes before shifting her attention increasingly toward cats around the 1870s.Shanghai-based photographic artist Ziqian Liu has nearly perfected the careful interplay of composition and reflection, pairing her own body with plants, mirrors, and carefully controlled light to create serene scenes that often feel somewhere between reality and a dream. Liu creates her photographs independently, using a camera and a tripod, with her own figure becoming a recurring element in her compositions. Her images tend toward minimalism, soft colors, and natural light, while flowers, fruit, and ordinary objects are arranged with remarkable precision. At the center of much of Liu’s work is the relationship between people and nature. Rather than treating the natural world as a backdrop, she presents the human body, plants, and other living things as parts of the same interconnected system.Halloween can be downright spooky at times, but it’s still lighthearted enough to be fun and quirky. But the costumes you see your friends buying and making today are a far cry from the nightmare-inducing creations people used to wear in the past. If you’re looking for inspiration on how to scare the bejesus out of your neighbors and local ghouls, ghosts, and demons, then Bored Panda has you covered. Clothing can reveal an extraordinary amount about a person without showing the person at all. A favorite jumper, a carefully chosen jacket, or a slogan T-shirt can hint at taste, status, memories, desires, and even the kind of image someone wants to project. London-based artist Hannah Knox takes that idea literally, painting garments without their wearers and turning familiar pieces of clothing into intimate portraits of the people who might have chosen them. Working primarily in oil on linen, Knox meticulously recreates collars, zips, folds, fur, knits, and other tactile details until the paintings appear almost three-dimensional. Yet these aren't simply exercises in photorealistic technique. Her empty garments become stand-ins for absent bodies, carrying associations with identity, class, fashion, memory, and desire. Drawing on her childhood surrounded by her fashion-designer mother's clothes and her own fascination with fabric, the artist creates what she calls “portraits without people,” paintings in which a single garment can suggest an entire life. What happens when an artist looks at an ordinary autumn leaf and sees an entire little story waiting to happen? 🍂 Berlin-based artist, illustrator, and storyteller Allen Shaw turns fallen autumn leaves into playful watercolor illustrations, using their natural shapes as the starting point for imaginative characters, scenes, and tiny moments. He photographs the leaves first, studies their shapes and compositions, and then adds watercolor drawings to bring each one to life. From dancing figures and musicians to whimsical adventures and unexpected characters, every leaf becomes something completely different. What makes the series even more charming is how naturally the drawings work with the shape of each leaf, making it feel like the artwork was hiding there all along. Allen’s creative approach is a beautiful reminder that inspiration can be found almost anywhere, even in the leaves people normally just walk past. Sometimes autumn really does leave the best ideas lying on the ground. #Art #watercolor #painting #Fall #autumnBips McCallister’s relationship with comics goes all the way back to childhood, when reading his father’s old comic books made him dream of creating his own. In 2012, he finally challenged himself to finish and publish a comic online, regardless of whether he thought it was good enough, a decision that eventually grew into the Hoomph webcomic. The series officially appeared online in 2015, with McCallister describing it as a place where “pretty much anything goes,” from strange observations and pop-culture references to deliberately weird jokes and unexpected visual twists. What began as an unusual street-art project became a deeply moving tribute to the people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. 🖤 Between 2001 and 2006, the Tape Art crew created the “Hope Project,” a massive guerrilla-style memorial across the walls of New York City. Using nothing but colored tape, they created life-sized portraits of the firefighters and airline passengers who died at the World Trade Center. The portraits transformed an everyday material into something incredibly powerful. Each face represented an individual life, turning the project into more than just an impressive display of street art. It became a way to remember the people behind the numbers and keep their stories visible in the city where the tragedy happened. 🕊️ One particularly striking piece depicts the Twin Towers formed from the faces of 9/11 victims, creating a portrait of the buildings themselves out of the people who were lost. More than two decades later, the project remains a remarkable example of how art can preserve memory, honor lives, and bring a community together through something as simple as tape. 🖤 #Memorial #StreetArt #TapeArt #NewYorkCity #Art