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Mind-Boggling Painted Hands Illusions
They say that the human hands are the most difficult subjects to illustrate, but I wonder how it compares in difficulty to painting directly on them. Instead of simply drawing a pair of hands, these series of images by photographer Ray Massey use palms, fingers, fingernails, and fists as the canvas for some incredibly illusionary body art. As an advertising campaign for Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Massey teamed up with body paint experts Annie Miller and Annie Ralli to transform some patient Body London models’ hands into creatively deceiving objects, architecture, and scenes.
The campaign, headlined by the witty slogan You’re in Good Hands, presents eight craftily executed eye illusions that may draw anything from a simple smirk to a jaw-dropping state of awe from the viewer. Perhaps one of the most effective illusions in the series is the Finger Pen. You may have to do a double-take because that isn’t simply a hand holding a pen atop a blank sheet of paper. In fact, there is no pen. That hand is merely gripping its own expertly painted finger.
Check out the video, below, to take a look at the time and effort that went into the making of the photos.
Ray Massey website
Ray Massey on Tumblr
via [Amazing World Pictures]
Sequences of Extreme Sports Motion Merged Into One Image
Photo by Ray Demski (Vicky Arvaniti)
Extreme, risky sports are fun to watch but they generally involve accelerated, quick movements that speed right past the cheering crowds. Sometimes we don’t catch all of the cool moves, the power plays, or the incredible surfing flips that happen in a blink of an eye. Red Bull decided to partner with various photographers in order to capture a frame-by-frame sequence of energetic athletes at their best. The results are a visual display of motion as the athletes jump, flip, dive, spin, and take all kinds of risks right before our eyes.
The images include an intense volleyball serve by Vicky Arvaniti, Levi Sherwood’s freestyle motocross tricks, the simple, gliding descent through the air of championship cliff diver Orlando Duque, Robbie Maddison jumping, by motorcycle, 322 feet across a large canyon, and more. To create these spectacular displays, the photographers used a tripod, a long exposure, and some digital manipulation. Without having to move the camera, a ton of motion was captured across multiple frames and then merged together into one unique scene. Seeing every step of the process stitched together creates a lively and captivating final product. Viewers can almost hear the roar of a motorcycle zooming past, the rush of the ocean waves, or the crunch of skis across fresh snow.
For more extreme sports photography, check out this work by photographer Marcel Lammerhirt, winner of the Red Bull’s 2010 sports and adventure photography contest.
Photo by Brian Bielmann (Jordy Smith)
Photo by Predrag Vuckovic (Robbie Maddison)
Photo by Wojtek Antonow (Tanner Hall)
Photo by Agustin Munoz (Travis Pastrana)
Photo by Alfredo Martinez (Felix Baumgartner)
Photo by Agustin Munoz (Orlando Duque)
Photo by Rutger Pauw (Clemens Doppler)
Photo by Alex Schelbert (Levi Sherwood)
Photo by Garth Milan (Red Bull Art of Motion)
Photo by Justin Kosman (Chris Doyle)
Photo by Christian Pondella (Corey Bohan)
Photo by Agustin Munoz (Petr Kraus)
Photo by Predrag Vuckovic (Paul Bonhomme)
Red Bull website
via [FStoppers]
Flipping Through a Beautiful Rainbow Book
New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach dabbles in a little bit of everything, including painting, photography, book design, and musical performance. Her artwork challenges the expected norms and examines the systems that define our world. She says her work is an attempt to reveal “new spectral and dimensional richness…both within and beyond the limits of perception.”
RGB Colorspace Atlas is a collection of 8x8x8-inch casebound books that present viewers with the RGB (red, green, blue) color model. The model is defined by electronic systems such as computer and television screens, video cameras, and scanners, as well as digital photography, and the theory originates from basic human perceptions of color.
In this project, each book volume is covered in airbrushed cloth and consists of digital, offset printed pages. The collection is a tangible rainbow of colors in the color spectrum. As viewers flip through each volume, gradients of color are visible on the pages. Each book demonstrates a different RGB scheme where hues and shades blend together to form various vibrant color palettes. According to the Auerbach’s website, the books were bound by book artist Daniel E. Kelm at his bindery, Wide Awake Garage, with assistance by Leah H. Purcell.
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