ricardo salamanca - salamagica

really great, cool photo editings. you can even see the pictures he have taken before he transforms them into his masterpieces if you visit his site~

recreating classic photos in lego

recreation of eddie adam's famous vietnam war photograph, 1968

UK photographer mike stimpson takes a lot of pictures of lego. in one of these series' he tries to

recreate iconic photographs using only pieces of lego. here are some examples from this series.

eddie adam's famous vietnam war photograph, 1968

'lunch atop a skyscraper' by charles ebbets, 1932

recreation of 'lunch atop a skyscraper' by charles ebbets, 1932

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fast sleep

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LEGO GOGO - electric chair

What.Went.Wrong!™
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LEGO GOGO - electric chair
Rejected (...why?) project for Lego. Package & manual design,
photography and children paint contest.

Spot the 'invisible' men and women in artist's amazing photographs

In the natural world, the chameleon blends in perfectly with its background.

In the urban jungle, Desiree Palmen decided to attempt the same visual deception.

And as these pictures show, the effect is amazing.

Miss Palmen, a 44-year-old Dutch artist, uses a method that requires a huge amount of effort and attention to detail.

She makes cotton suits and paints the camouflage on by hand, painstakingly matching it to the chosen background. Either she or a model then poses in the suit in the chosen place.

The scenes are photographed and filmed and then put on display.

"People always react strongly when they see my work," she said.

"They have mixed reactions: confusion, surprise and interest."

She added: "Mostly people like the idea of wearing garments that make them invisible."

It takes hours for her to paint the suits. First she takes photographs of the scene then, back in the studio, she meticulously transfers the detail on to the cotton suit with acrylic paints.

The match of colour, texture, light and hue is extraordinarily accurate but the artist remains modest.

"It's never perfect," she said. "But when it works that's enough for me. I like the fact people can see it's a real person in a suit and not a fake digital image."

She regularly displays her works on the streets of Jerusalem, Rotterdam and Berlin.

She has produced exterior and interior shots - in the latter she blends in with a bookcase, a desk and a flight of stairs.

She got the idea for her unusual art from the increasing use of "Big Brother" surveillance.

She said: "I'd like people to consider what it means to let the government control our daily lives.

"When we are controlled we hand over our individual responsibilities to the state. I wanted to make a suit for the non-criminal citizen whose house is being watched 24 hours by street surveillance cameras. I'm also responding to a wish to disappear."

Miss Palmen, who studied sculpture at The Academy of Art in Maastricht, sells her pictures for around £1,500.

She has enjoyed success at dozens of exhibitions around Europe but has yet to bring her work to Britain.

She finds that children are often fascinated by her work.

"There was one little boy in Jerusalem who kept coming back to the camouflaged figure over and over again," she said.

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painful typography by thijs verbeek

thijs verbeek is an amsterdam based graphic designer with a solid portfolio of work that includes what must be the most painful typeface ever designed. the 26 characters are each illustrated by pinching and pulling skin with the help of small clothespins. the letters in the series 'alfabet in huid' were then documented by photgrapher arjan bening.

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Eugenio Recuenco - the Dream collection

Dreams - a collection of photographs by Eugenio Recuenco. Very surreal and they looks like paintings too~~~ definiteleee very dreamy. what more the introduction is juz hillarious~~~ you get wut i mean if u continue reading ^_^


eugenio recuenco is a spanish photographer who is a pain in the ass because he always insists on doing whatever he wants. He works for quite a number of clients both in the advertising and editorial fields all over the World who are also a pain in the ass, because they always want to do whatever they want. Out of these fights between hardheadeds it has been possible to rescue the images for this web site, some better, some worse, but made with lots of enthusiasm and with the support of a great team who refer to themselves as "The Eye of Frosker". The latter is an entity that has came to the earth to bother some and also to amuse some others. If you are one of the latter, stop fooling arround and get in.

excerpt from : www.eugeniorecuenco.com

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