JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by voodoomonkey

HTML

<a class="caption" href="http://cargocollective.com/jaimemartinez/Illustration" data-title="Cafe Race" data-description="They were few in number, but the look in their eyes told all who beheld them that they would leave this day only in victory or death."><img src="http://tympanus.net/Tutorials/PseudoElementsImageCaptions/images/2.jpg" alt="Illustration of Cafe Racer"/></a>

CSS

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400,700);
body {
	font-family: 'Lato', Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #89867e;
	background: #f9f9f9;
}

*, *:after, *:before { -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }

a {
    text-decoration: none;
    outline: none;
}

a img {
    border: none;
}

.caption {
	display: inline-block;
	position: relative;
	margin: 10px;
}

.caption img {
	display: block;
	max-width: 100%;
}

.caption::before,
.caption::after {
	opacity: 0;
	position: absolute;
	width: 100%;
	color: #fff;
	padding: 20px;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3s;
	-moz-transition: opacity 0.3s;
	transition: opacity 0.3s;
}

.caption::before {
	content: attr(data-title);
	top: 0;
	height: 30%;
	background: #a21f00;
	font-size: 40px;
	font-weight: 300;
}

.caption::after {
	content: '\201C' attr(data-description) '\201D';
	top: 30%;
	height: 70%;
	background: #db2e00;
	font-size: 16px;
	text-align: right;
}

.caption:hover::before,
.caption:hover::after {
	opacity: 1;
}