Posts Tagged ‘figurines’

Epic Action Photos of Porcelain Figurines Shattering Against the Ground

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For his project titled “Porcelain Figurines”, photographer Martin Klimas dropped various porcelain figurines onto the ground from a height of 3 meters and set up a camera to capture photos triggered by the sound of the crash. The result are razor-sharp images of exploding figurines frozen in time — “temporary sculptures made visible to the human eye by high-speed photography”.
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Toy Camera Modded with Figurines to Add Tourist Silhouettes to Photos

Toy Camera Modded with Figurines to Add Tourist Silhouettes to Photos tourist1

San Francisco-based photographer Ian Tuttle came up with this funky way of adding silhouettes to his Diana F+ photos without Photoshop — using some Elmer’s glue, he attached a couple 1/8” figurines (the kind meant for model railroads) inside the camera upside down. The resulting photographs show a couple shadowy tourists looking at each scene!

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