Optical Illusions Photographers
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Ballerina in containers, on the edge, le Havre, France
JR
Print - 70 x 100 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$3,927
Sick Bacchus, after Caravaggio (Pictures of Magazine 2)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 132 x 101.6 cm Photography - 52 x 40 inch
$37,000
Hiding in the city, Paris - n°14, Pharmacy
Liu Bolin
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
$16,268
Migrants, Mayra, Picnic Across The Border. Tecate, Mexico–USA (2017)
JR
Design - 20 x 80 x 1 cm Design - 7.9 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$668
Untitled II. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,250
Retrato do artista a beira do abismo
Paulo Abreu
Photography - 70 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22 x 0 inch
$662
Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro
JR
Print - 64 x 96 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 37.8 x 0.4 inch
$12,902
The Wrinkles of the city, La Havana, Antonio Cruz Gordillo
JR
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,132
Migrants, Walking New York City. New York, USA (2015)
JR
Print - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,116
Inside Out, Times Square, Close Up, USA, 2013
JR
Print - 100 x 70 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$1,144
Le petit oiseau va sortir
Samsofy
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$67
Finding Hope, Night View, Paris, France
JR
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,681
28 Millimètres, Face 2 Face, Separation Wall, Security fence, Palestinian side, Bethlehem, 2007
JR
Print - 70 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,244
Unframed, Charlie Chaplin revu par JR, The Kid, Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, USA, 1923, de jour Paris
JR
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$2,244
Retour à la Caverne - Acte I, 12 septembre 2023, 20h40, Palais Garnier, Paris, France, 2023
JR
Print - 70 x 100 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,346
Retour à la Caverne - Acte I, 7 septembre 2023, 06h52, Palais Garnier, Paris, France, 2023
JR
Print - 70 x 100 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$1,346
Action in Phnom Penh, Peng Panh, Cambodia
JR
Print - 72.5 x 103 x 0.2 cm Print - 28.5 x 40.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,132
Giants, Brandenburg Gate, September 27, 2018, 18h55, © Iris Hesse, Ullstein Bild, Roger-Viollet, Berlin, Germany, 2018
JR
Print - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,896
JR au Louvre, 29 Mars 2019, Paris, France (19h45)
JR
Print - 35 x 46 cm Print - 13.8 x 18.1 inch
$2,132
The Wrinkles of the City, Los Angeles, Œil froissé 3
JR
Print - 89.5 x 67 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.2 x 26.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,132
New York City Ballet Art Series, Paper Interactions 13, 2014
JR
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,132
The Great Turf, after Dürer (Pictures of Paper)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 136.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 53.7 x 40 inch
$42,000
JR au Palais de Tokyo, 29 Août 2020, 6h42, Paris, France, 2022
JR
Print - 36 x 46 cm Print - 14.2 x 18.1 inch
$1,066
JR au Louvre, 29 Mars 2019, Paris, France (19h45)
JR
Print - 35 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$2,233
152 - Van Gogh
Bernard Pras
Photography - 106 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,609
28 Millimètres, Women are Heroes, Eyes on bricks, New-Delhi, India
JR
Print - 37 x 112 cm Print - 14.6 x 44.1 inch
$1,324
Optical Illusions Photographers
Since its development in the 19th century, the medium of photography has altered our sense of reality. Entrusted with capturing what we can see, the artist behind the camera has the power to alter that vision. Enter, optical illusion. Optical illusion photography is an impression of a visible object or phenomenon that is not appropriate to reality. An optical illusion of sight is purposefully photographed to make us take a closer look, examine the perspective and monitor how the eye and its trajectory is molded to the artist's intention. Often naturally occurring, these phenomena provide the perspective in photography to create optical illusion. It allows for volume and expressiveness in a picture, the impression of the depth of space that goes into the distance. Optical illusions in street art combined with photography can be found in our works, such as that of JR, whose staging of gigantic photo collages dot the urban landscape depicting individuals in black and white. His massive works demand your attention, being immense in both size and technique whilst the work of Charles Pétillon invades his photographs with clusters of white balloons to make the public view the world around them with a different eye - albeit guided by the artist…