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Photographer Captures Girlfriend Leading Him Around the World

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Russian photographer Murad Osmann has been attracting quite a bit of attention this past week on the Internet for his images. No, it’s not his professional photos of people and places, but rather a clever project he has been putting together on his Instagram account.

It’s titled “Follow Me,” and features a unique perpective: each shot is from Osmann’s point of view, and shows the back of his girlfriend Nataly Zakharova’s body as she leads him by the hand through various locations around the world.

The locations include some of the world’s most famous and exotic places, ranging from Big Ben in London and Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland Hong Kong to a waterfall in Bali.

The project started during a vacation to Barcelona in 2011. Zakharova became annoyed that Osmann was so occupied with his camera and started pulling him by the hand… but it didn’t stop Osmann from snagging a shot. That shot would spark a project that has now spanned over a year and many different locations.

Regarding the look of the images: Osmann snaps the photos with his iPhone or DSLR, adds various effects to them using Camera+, and then uploads them to Instagram.

He’s based in Moscow, but it’s his job that has taken Osmann around the world. He’s the executive producer of the film company Hype Productions. Although the images make it seem as though Osmann spends his life satisfying his wanderlust, he typically only reserves a few days from each trip to explore with his girlfriend.

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You can see more images from the project and follow along through Osmann’s Instagram account, which has amassed tens of thousands of followers.

(via Mashable)


Image credits: Photographs by Murad Osmann and used with permission


 
 
  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Henry-Li/728844318 Henry Li

    I think this suggests that this was the ‘destination’ to which she was intending to lead him. Thus, she is letting go and probably going to turn to face him?

  • shokufe baghban

    <3

  • lucas israel

    pretty

  • amportfolio

    I personally like using HDR when I want to bring out details I couldn’t get in one shot. Even then, I always try to make it look more realistic than over-the-top.

    Some of these images look like some “Norman Rockwell” effect I’ve read about in a Scott Kelby book. I’ll have to play around and see what can work and what doesn’t work in my own photography.

  • jim

    that chick in the last picture. DAT ASS!

  • Lars

    Very interesting and fun. Those images have (to me) a nice surrealistic touch. It is the colours that are kind of surrealistic and yet the images show real places. I suppose that is because of this thing called HDR which many people have commented on, a term that I didn’t know until now (I googled HDR after reading this thread). Well, it seems to me that the HDR is what creates this surrealistic touch. It also reminds me of pop art. It might have nothing to do with surrealism and pop art, I am just saying that for me it does remind me of those art movements. Anyway, fun idea and fascinating pictures.

  • luiza

    that is awesome!

  • luiza

    but are these places real? i mean did they actually travel there?.. to them places?