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HTML

<div class="grids columns2">
    <div class="gridElement animate zoomIn brightFrame">
        <img alt="image" src="assets/images/image.jpg">
        <div>	<span class="background"></span>
	<span class="icon-magnifier1"></span>

            <p>Short Description</p>
        </div>	<a href=""></a>

    </div>
    <div class="gridElement animate zoomIn brightFrame">
        <img alt="image" src="assets/images/image.jpg">
        <div>	<span class="background"></span>
	<span class="icon-magnifier1"></span>

            <p>Short Description</p>
        </div>	<a href=""></a>

    </div>
    <div class="gridElement animate zoomIn brightFrame">
        <img alt="image" src="assets/images/image.jpg">
        <div>	<span class="background"></span>
	<span class="icon-magnifier1"></span>

            <p>Short Description</p>
        </div>	<a href=""></a>

    </div>
    <div class="gridElement animate zoomIn brightFrame">
        <img alt="image" src="assets/images/image.jpg">
        <div>	<span class="background"></span>
	<span class="icon-magnifier1"></span>

            <p>Short Description</p>
        </div>	<a href=""></a>

    </div>
</div>

CSS

/*Grids System*/
 .grids {
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
    -webkit-column-count: 3;
    -moz-column-count: 3;
    column-count: 3;
    -webkit-column-gap: 10px;
    -moz-column-gap: 10px;
    column-gap: 10px;
    -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
    -moz-backface-visibility: hidden;
    -ms-backface-visibility: hidden;
}
.grids.columns2 {
    -webkit-column-count: 2;
    -moz-column-count: 2;
    column-count: 2;
}
.grids.columns4 {
    -webkit-column-count: 4;
    -moz-column-count: 4;
    column-count: 4;
}
.grids .gridElement {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}
.grids .gridElement:last-child {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}
.grids .gridElement img {
    min-width: 100%;
    -webkit-transition: all .9s ease;
    -moz-transition: all .9s ease;
    -o-transition: all .9s ease;
    transition: all .9s ease;
}
/*Grids System > Animated Sections (.animate)*/
 .grids .gridElement.animate div {
    color: #fff;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
    padding-top: 20%;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-align: center;
    filter: alpha(opacity=0);
    opacity: 0;
    -webkit-transition: all .4s linear;
    -moz-transition: all .4s linear;
    -o-transition: all .4s linear;
    transition: all .4s linear;
}
.grids .gridElement.animate div span.background {
    background-color: #5A5FB4;
    filter: alpha(opacity=70);
    opacity: 0.70;
}
.grids .gridElement.animate:hover > div {
    filter: alpha(opacity=1);
    opacity: 1;
}
.grids .gridElement.animate div span {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
    padding-top: 20%;
    font-size: 2em;
}
.grids .gridElement.animate a {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
}
.grids .gridElement.animate div a * {
    cursor: pointer;
}
.grids .gridElement.animate div p {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
    padding: 0 15px 15px 0;
}
/*Grids System...