LA artist Fernando Riza has created
travel posters like this one, inviting tourists to check out mythical creatures
all over the world. Picture: Fernando Riza
Los Angeles-based artist Fernando Reza has produced these whimsical,
retro-style travel posters enticing travellers to seek out some of the world's
most-talked about mythical creatures.
Featuring Big Foot, the alligators of New York's sewers and the Loch Ness monster, Reza says the photos were born of his childhood fascination with these mystical stories.
"As a kid I was pretty fascinated by urban legends and mythic beasts," he said. "I think most kids are. "Specifically, I loved the feeling that anything could be out there. Big Foot, the Loch Ness monster, they made the world feel really big, and mysterious. When you grow up that feeling becomes a bit harder to tap into."
Reza says he used the style of old-world travel posters to capture that
feeling of emotion and excitement.
"I thought a good way to capture that would be through the aesthetic of old travel posters that were made specifically to give that feeling to people, that the world is big and exciting," he says.
Featuring Big Foot, the alligators of New York's sewers and the Loch Ness monster, Reza says the photos were born of his childhood fascination with these mystical stories.
"As a kid I was pretty fascinated by urban legends and mythic beasts," he said. "I think most kids are. "Specifically, I loved the feeling that anything could be out there. Big Foot, the Loch Ness monster, they made the world feel really big, and mysterious. When you grow up that feeling becomes a bit harder to tap into."
"I thought a good way to capture that would be through the aesthetic of old travel posters that were made specifically to give that feeling to people, that the world is big and exciting," he says.
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The legendary chubacabra is rumoured
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Fighting
for the First Amendment can often mean confronting and defending vile, caustic,
hurtful, and downright disgusting speech. But not all free speech cases address
the words of the most hateful or offensive amongst us. Every once in a while you
get a case concerning speech at its most fun and playful. In that spirit, and in
light of tomorrow's holiday, I'd like to share an update from a case in New
Hampshire that Marc Randazza 
