Surreal World (25 photos)

Spanish photographer Chema Madoz creates twisted, mind-bending images using everyday, ordinary objects. Placing the objects into surreal scenes, he fools our minds by changing the context of everything we know, and creates an alternate universe which he convinces us to be real.

"Not everything is what it seems to be," says Mexican artist Fernando Castro of Madoz's work. "Hidden among daily things arises new worlds, new dimensions that alter the perception of an immediate reality. The irony with which Madoz assaults recognizable objects creates a relationship with viewers that leads to paths of a parallel universe."

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/surreal-world-25-photos

Something About these Objects is Not as it Seems: New Anamorphic Illusions by Brusspup

Master of optical illusion Brusspup has a new video out today showing some really fun optical illusions using anamorphic projections. The trick is pretty simple: the photographs are skewed but then filmed at an angle where everything looks normal, but when the illusion is revealed it’s still pretty mind-bending. Brasspup also provided downloadable high resolution files of the Rubik’s cube, shoe, and tape so you can print them out on 8×11″ paper, trim, and try for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNHPk-Lnkk&feature=share&list=UUeQEKFH31vvD-InkTGSvCrA

Time-Traveling photographer goes back to history's most iconic moments to add herself

Many of us have dreamed of going back in time to see the Beatles or Marilyn Monroe, but one photographer has dialed back the clock (well, at least on celluloid).

Flora Borsi, a photographer based out of Budapest, has created a series of photographs dubbed the 'Time Travel Project' that show her in some of the most iconic photos of all time.

Borsi and her cellphone can now be seen mixing with the likes of Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley at the height of their fame.

The photographer says she was inspired by Charlie Chaplin's film 'The Circus,' and wondered whether with time-travel we could 'capture the most important events and history.'

In My Life: Borsi's photo manipulations find her and her phone in some of history's most recognizable scenes

Up close and personal to that famous hip-shaking

Silent film actor Harold Lloyd dazzled audiences with this infamous scene from 'Safety Last!'

The original blonde bombshell

Pop artist Andy Warhol would surely appreciate Borsi's photographs

Quiet on the set

A witness to another era (at least in photographs) 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312370/Flora-Borsi-Time-Traveling-photographer-goes-historys-iconic-moments-add-herself.html