Chinese photographer Liu Bolin is meticulously covered in paint so that he disappears into his surroundings. Apparently, it can take up to 10 hours to prepare for a single shot. Aren't his photographs mind-blowing?! You can barely see him!P.S. Remember these painted people?
(Photos by Liu Bolin. Via Honestly...WTF. Thanks, Leigh)
Oh my gosh! It took me a few minutes to even find him in the bull-dozer photo. Crazy!
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WOW..that is so creative. I had such a hard time finding him on the 3rd photo. Such a cool project! Have a lovely Monday, Joanna
ReplyDeleteomg! I could barely find him in the tractor picture. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteI love these photographers!!! And love your blog!!!!!
ReplyDelete<3 Alex
The shoes are what give him away. Otherwise, it's practically flawless.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA This is so coooooool!!! Isn't it???? Some people I tell you! How creative! How many hours to plan and achieve this result. Pretty cool!
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These are amazing! I'm actually shocked it only takes him 10 hours!
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This is absolutely amazing. Such a great find and so incredible! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat is brilliant!! Wow what dedication.
ReplyDeleteThis is great. You can hardly see him!!!
ReplyDeletei know, the tractor is the craziest one by far. SO amazing!!!
ReplyDeletebrianne, i agree!
ReplyDeleteThese are great, especially in the trees! I can't believe he's able to blend in so well.
ReplyDeleteMay be he could give me a little piece of his patience! Admirable!
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Wow I think the hardest one for me was the tractor and the soda bottle pictures. These kinds of pictures are so crazy!
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What an amazing idea! That guy has patience! :D
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Wow, these are great! It took me a while to find him in the tractor photo!
ReplyDeleteNo, that is just crazy. and brilliant. wow!!! on the third one I really had to look 5 times before I saw him!!
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Amazing!
ReplyDeleteAMAZING! I couldn't find him on the third one! haha
ReplyDeletethese are crazy good!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant - I can't actually see him in the bulldozer photo, could be here for hours!
ReplyDeleteNice shots!!
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WOW! Incredible. I'd love to see the actual painting process. How does he get it so exact?!
ReplyDeleteHOLY COW!!!!!!
ReplyDeletei know, liz, it's amazing. i think he has a team of people to help. it's exact to the centimeter!
ReplyDeleteSo stunning. It took me several minutes to find him in the tractor photo. I can't imagine how long it takes to paint him so exactly, much less stage him just so and then get such a wonderful shot...now that's dedication!
ReplyDeleteWow, it took me some time to find him in the third photo, unreal!
ReplyDeleteoh MY GOD!! this is so amazing!!!!
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Such a cool project! I love it!
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This is SO COOL! thanks for sharing! xo
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What?!!! Oh my goodness this man is a genius. He needs to work for the government or something and be a spy. Speaking of, my word verification is "unspy".
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh! it took me a minute to figure out what this was! so neat :) :)
ReplyDeleteCool, but also a little creepy.
ReplyDeletewow!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a mind blowing hobby, he must have a very patient partner! Or maybe a partner that likes someone who disappears?!
ReplyDeletetruly mindblowing.
ReplyDeleteThis may have been a bit much before my morning coffee ;)
ReplyDeleteThe bulldozer picture is amazing---it took me so long to find him! What cleverness!
ReplyDeleteYea, I won't lie, it took me a bit to find the man in #3. Haha. These are great!
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing! I had to stare at that third one for a couple of minutes before I could make him out.
ReplyDeletei love the one with the soda cans, so cool.
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amazing!
ReplyDeletei had to look really hard for him at the tractor photo LOL
ReplyDeleteAmazing. I almost couldn't find him in the third photo.
ReplyDeleteWow. That is amazing! What people come up with these days! :-D I really had a hard time with the 3rd picture, too, glad I'm not alone ;-)
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i couldn't find him for the life of me in the bulldozer photo, either. glad to read everyone had the same problem!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! Like others, I had a really hard time with the bulldozer picture -- had to enlarge it and get really close to the screen before I found him, haha. How fun!
ReplyDeleteSo amazing!!! It's hard to believe he painted himself. Love this.
ReplyDeletehe is so epic ^_^
ReplyDeleteWoah...I it took me a minute to find him in the tractor shot! These are crazy!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that is awesome!
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AMAZING!! Thanks so much for sharing--- I'm seriously blown away!!!!
ReplyDeleteI saw this and literally said "WTF" out loud! The tractor and juice aisle are the best. Imagine the patience?
ReplyDeletedifficult to spot him in the bulldozer picture! amazing work!
ReplyDeleteMy word, it seems like a photoshop trick, but it's REAL?!
ReplyDeleteomgosh it kinda freaked me out haha
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I literally could not find him in the bulldozer photograph, it took me at least a minute. This is too cool. Thanks, Jo!
ReplyDeleteWhaaaa that's crazy! I just stared for what felt like forever at the third image trying to find him. I was nearly convinced he wasn't even in it! So cool.
ReplyDeleteI've seen these before, they are very cool aren't they? The only problem I have with when these pictures are posted is that everyone keeps saying that he *painted himself*. But he has a team of assistants that paint him. He's the conceptual artist and he directs them but he doesn't actually paint himself -it would be a near impossible feat. Sorry to split hair, but as an art teacher I try hard to distinguish who gets the correct credit for the work they actually do.
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wowza. Talk about talent! These are crazy. I had the hardest time finding him in the first picture. I thought I was losing my mind for a minute there.
ReplyDeletemadness! this is so interesting - where do you find this stuff!? haha
ReplyDeletewow...this is amazing!
ReplyDeleteomg! i couldn't even find him in the picture with the bull dozer! very talented, and quirky!!
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ReplyDeleteyeah, i flipped over these when I saw hem over at honestly wtf. I'd also like to say thanks to cgw for that correction, cause I was sort of going out of mind mind trying to figure out how he would paint himself while seeing what exactly needed to be painted. Doesn't take away any merit from the artist to know he has a team helping him, just helps us make sense of the process a bit more.
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Glad to see I am not the only one who couldn't find the guy in the dozer photo!! I had to click on it to make it larger and then I saw it! There are freaking awesome! I would love to come across this in real life!
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So spooky! The bull dozer one was really hard to find him! Very cool though!
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I thought it was just digital effects before reading. That was cool, this is mind-blowing!
ReplyDeleteThese are incredible! I've actually been painted 'into a wall' before and hell even though that was 8 hours it didn't look close to this quality! the man is incredibly gifted :)
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Wow! Crazy! The bulldozer pic took me awhile...
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these are incredible! i had to stare at the bulldozer photo for a good minute before i even saw him!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's awesome! It took me FOREVER to find the bulldozer one!
ReplyDeletethat is frickin' incredible.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is so cool!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that's weird!!
ReplyDeleteKind of creepy, eh... LOL
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It's fantastic isn't it. Then also quite a critic against society that tries to make us into things, to adapt, to blend in so much that we lose ourselves
ReplyDeletethis + the painted people one are super cool.
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing... I could hardly see him in the bulldozer pic!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! These are amazing! The tractor trailer one blew me away.
ReplyDeleteSo creative! The bull dozer one is so good, took me a while to spot him!
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i seriously cannot find him in the tractor picture...i am bliiiiiiind. help a sister out!
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Wow!! That is cool! It actually took me a minute to find him in the tractor picture. :)
ReplyDeletehaha, arom, look for the feet! :)
ReplyDeleteI thought this was so cool I had to post it on my blog...with all credit given to appropriate sources of course...thanks!
ReplyDeletethis is absolutely incredible! Literally, it seems to good to be true. I'd love to see the painting process from A to Z!
ReplyDeletethat's so awesome! xo
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Just got one of his prints!! Obsessed.
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Ahahah i didn't find the man in the 3 photo! love him.
ReplyDeletewow, beyond cool!! I too did not find him in the last photo for a few minutes. What crazy creativity!!
ReplyDeleteamazing work...maybe someone told him he should try to fit in.
ReplyDeleteoh my heck. How on earth was he able to do that? Talk about a good paint job.. this is seriously phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteThis is truly amazing! I can't even imagine how much patience and attention to detail it must take to get it just right. Thank you for sharing this :-)
ReplyDeletebull dozer guy took me a long time to find.
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Amazing work.
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Veruschka is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Her work is fascinating.
What a interesting post and i love these pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe tractor is the toughest one because the deep shadows cast by the tractor help conceal what can't be painted away, like the shadows cast by the man's feet. These are the easiest things to spot in the other photos.
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