{"id":17204,"date":"2015-11-06T05:43:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17204"},"modified":"2015-11-06T06:00:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T14:00:53","slug":"friday-fun-paper-cutouts-transform-europes-iconic-landmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/06\/friday-fun-paper-cutouts-transform-europes-iconic-landmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun \u2013 Paper Cutouts Transform Europe’s Iconic Landmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say, boys and girls – what time is it?<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

No, not “Howdy Doody Time”<\/em> – it’s TGIF!<\/em><\/strong>  So let’s relax and maybe pop open a bottle of the bubbly to enjoy some of Europe’s great landmarks as re-envisioned by today’s travel guide, Rich McCor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. McCor<\/strong> is a London-based artist who believes you certainly CAN<\/em><\/strong> teach an old dog new tricks<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

He has combined his photographer’s eye with his extraordinary paper-cutting skills to reimagine some of Europe’s most familiar and famous landmarks, and then shares them on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n

But it’s not just the great inventiveness of his photos that’s an absolute delight, it’s also the fact he includes interesting tidbits in his captions.  It’s like getting an ice cream cone with a cherry on top!<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

There are many interesting little nuggets in his captions.  Like, did you know that the word “LEGO”™<\/strong> comes from the first two letters of the words “Leg Godt”<\/em> – which is Danish for “Play well”<\/em>?  And Denmark happens to be where LEGO™ was invented.<\/p>\n

Now you might think that you’d learn that juicy little tidbit with this photo …<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

But you’d be wrong!  His whimsical caption gems are as whimsical as his creative photos.  So be sure to read his captions for bonus fun!<\/p>\n

So no matter how you get around traveling through Europe …<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I can’t help but feel that remembering how Rich McCor’s eye for seeing things anew will put a smile on your face …<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, come on now.  It’ll produce a bigger smile than that!<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

That's better!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

RESOURCES USED:<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

His home on Instagram –you just have to scroll down to find them:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/instagram.com\/paperboyo\/<\/a><\/p>\n

These resources use his Instagram photos AND include his great captions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/websta.me\/n\/paperboyo<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/10\/22\/rich-mccor-photography-paper-cutouts\/#N9b_Fpd0DqqQ<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/fusion.net\/story\/220922\/london-artist-rich-mccor-instagram-paper-cut-outs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/design\/2015\/10\/paper-cutouts-vastly-improve-these-iconic-landmarks\/412384\/<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

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Say, boys and girls – what time is it? Photograph by Rich McCor (@paperboyo on Instagram) No, not “Howdy Doody Time” – it’s TGIF!  So let’s relax and maybe pop open a bottle of the bubbly to enjoy some of Europe’s great landmarks as re-envisioned by today’s travel guide, Rich McCor Photograph by Rich McCor […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}