Fête du Citron - The Lemon Festival in Menton

The Lemon Festival (or Fête du Citron® in French) is an annual celebration of citrus in Menton.

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It takes place between mid-February until March, featuring giant sculptures made with thousands of oranges and lemons.

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This exhibition required more than 300 professionals, 500,000 elastic bands and 145 metric tons of citrus fruit.

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To make the displays, first a metal frame is created, then wire netting is fixed to the frame. A teams of volunteers fix the lemons or oranges onto the wire netting using rubber bands.

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Each day of the festival, gardeners walk around the displays replacing any rotten fruit.

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When the event is over, the Department of Parks and Gardens have to remove everything in 5 days, including redoing the lawn in the Biovès gardens and replacing the plants.

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The citrus fruits which are still in good condition are sold off at token prices in front of the Palais de l'Europe for those who want to make them into jam and wine.

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Check the website: http://www.fete-du-citron.com/

Source: mentondailyphoto.com

The Garden Collection by Emily Blincoe

Austin-based photographer Emily Blincoe created a collection of plants that she arrange orderly within the same color range for her 'The Garden Collection' series.



She uses variety of plants such as flowers, leaves, and even vegetables.















Check her website: http://www.thesewoods.com/

Exploding Powder Photography by Marcel Christ

Dutch photographer Marcel Christ creates these impressive images by throwing colorful packets of powder against a solid black background for his ongoing series 'Powder'.



"I love to show things you can't see with the naked eye, combined with all different subjects and textures. That includes bursts of powder and explosions. The aesthetics of destruction are very beautiful. That specific moment you see in these images lasts barely 1/10 000 of a second. A few moments later, the studio is a mess."



















All images are © Copyright of Marcel Christ

Check his website: http://www.marcelchrist.com/

Source: artleague

Sugar Series by Emily Blincoe

Photographer Emily Blincoe arranged various candies by color in a symmetrical square for her Sugar Series.





















Check her website: http://www.thesewoods.com/

Sculptures Wrapped in Honeycombs by Aganetha Dyck

Canadian artist Aganetha Dyck working in a collaborative process with honeybees to creates these unique sculptures.



"I am not a beekeeper. I rent the colonies of honeybees, bee hives, and apiary space from a qualified beekeeper. All my work with honeybees is overseen by a scientist and is always completed under the direction of a beekeeper. The beekeeper takes care of the bees. I am an artist interested in environmental issues and in inter-species communication, specifically interested in the power of the small."



"To begin a collaborative project with the honeybees, I choose a slightly broken object or damaged material from a second hand market place. I choose damaged objects because honeybees are meticulous beings, they continuously mend anything around them and they do pay attention to detail."



"To encourage the honeybees to communicate, I strategically add wax or honey, propolis or hand-made honeycomb patterns to the objects prior to placing them into their hives."

















All photos courtesy Peter Dyck and William Eakin.

Source: Mason Journal