HTML :

<figure class="snip1401">
    <img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sample67.jpg" alt="sample67" />
    <figcaption>
      <h3>Eleanor Fant</h3>
      <p>Which is worse, that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low.</p>
  </figcaption><i class="ion-ios-home-outline"></i>
  <a href="#"></a>
</figure>
<figure class="snip1401"><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sample93.jpg" alt="sample93" />
    <figcaption>
      <h3>Eric Widget</h3>
      <p>I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.</p>
  </figcaption><i class="ion-ios-personadd-outline"></i>
  <a href="#"></a>
</figure>
<figure class="snip1401"><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sample87.jpg" alt="sample87" />
    <figcaption>
      <h3>Will Barrow</h3>
      <p>The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life. </p>
  </figcaption><i class="ion-ios-location-outline"></i>
  <a href="#"></a>
</figure>

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CSS :

.snip1401 {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Arial, sans-serif;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 10px;
  min-width: 230px;
  max-width: 315px;
  max-height: 220px;
  width: 100%;
  color: #000000;
  text-align: right;
  font-size: 16px;
  background-color: #000000;
}
.snip1401 * {
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.35s ease;
  transition: all 0.35s ease;
}
.snip1401 img {
  max-width: 100%;
  backface-visibility: hidden;
}
.snip1401 figcaption {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  opacity: 1;
  padding: 30px 0 30px 10px;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  width: 40%;
  -webkit-transform: translateX(150%);
  transform: translateX(150%);
}
.snip1401 figcaption:before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  right: 100%;
  content: '';
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 120px 120px 120px 0;
  border-color: transparent #ffffff transparent transparent;
}
.snip1401:after {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 50%;
  right: 40%;
  content: '';
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 120px 120px 0 120px;
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) transparent transparent transparent;
  -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  -webkit-transition: all 0.35s ease;
  transition: all 0.35s ease;
}
.snip1401 h3,
.snip1401 p {
  line-height: 1.5em;
  -webkit-transform: translateX(-30px);
  transform: translateX(-30px);
  margin: 0;
}
.snip1401 h3 {
  margin: 0 0 5px;
  line-height: 1.1em;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: 1.4em;
  opacity: 0.75;
}
.snip1401 p {
  font-size: 0.8em;
}
.snip1401 i {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  padding: 20px 30px;
  font-size: 44px;
  color: #ffffff;
  opacity: 0;
}
.snip1401 a {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 1;
}
.snip1401:hover img,
.snip1401.hover img {
  zoom: 1;
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
  -webkit-opacity: 0.5;
  opacity: 0.5;
}
.snip1401:hover:after,
.snip1401.hover:after,
.snip1401:hover figcaption,
.snip1401.hover figcaption,
.snip1401:hover i,
.snip1401.hover i {
  -webkit-transform: translateX(0);
  transform: translateX(0);
  opacity: 1;
}