Creative Impressions: VW Pics

21st October 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

Our creative spotlight falls on UIG collection VW Pics as we highlight images that have that special creative cross-over quality – they could be used for book covers, in marketing and design pieces for clients to express an idea or concept. They inspire ideas and express emotions. UIG contributing partner VW Pics collection features the […]

Imagining a book cover – Psychological Thriller

23rd October 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

With the vast array of images available in the archive at Universal Images Group our blog site Kaleidoscope set the challenge of finding suitable images for a book cover of an imaginary psychological thriller. Book covers, especially for fiction, allow for a creativity to flow. The cover design and imagery needs to draw in the […]

Jon Bower’s Abstract Photography

10th April 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Abstract photographers produce conceptual images that frequently do not associate with the tangible and physical components in the photograph. These highly conceptual photographs are not easily created – they often require technical mastery of lighting for example. Abstract photographers need to see what others miss within the shadows, forms and shapes of the everyday items they shoot. […]

The Color Red

14th February 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

By Francesca Lungarotti The color red’s history is as rich and meaningful as the color itself. Red was the first color developed for painting and dying. It symbolized the religious contrast between the blood of Christ and the fires of Hell, and as far back as the Middle Ages, red was associated with love, lust, and anger. […]