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Clever Photos of People Casting Intricate Shadows With Their Bodies

Clever Photos of People Casting Intricate Shadows With Their Bodies nova

Earlier this year, we shared the photos of Tim Noble and Sue Webster, London-based artists who are well known for creating amazing shadows using piles of carefully arranged objects. Perhaps inspired by their work, photographer Julian Wolkenstein shot a clever series of photographs a couple of years ago that show three people contorting their bodies in various ways to create intricate shadows on the wall behind them. The project is titled, Nova.
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A Portrait Project Showing Subjects with Two Perfectly Symmetrical Faces

A Portrait Project Showing Subjects with Two Perfectly Symmetrical Faces face1

Symmetrical Portraits is a well-known and oft-imitated series of photos by photographer Julian Wolkenstein, shot back in 2010. After picking a number of subjects based on their facial features, he photographed them staring blankly straight-on into the camera. He then split the faces down the middle in order to obtain two separate “portraits” showing what the subject would look like if they had a perfectly symmetrical face.
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