Erik Johansson's Impossibly Amazing and Mind Boggling Scenes

This is the amazing work of Erik Johansson, a photographer and retoucher from Sweden who works out of Germany. Johansson's impossible scenes are full of fantasy and magical realism and they remind of the mind boggling work of Belgian photographer Christophe Gilbert who has been featured on LD before. Trippy stuff.

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Fantastic Fusion of Drawing and Photography--Ben Heine's Amazing "Pencil Vs Camera"

"Pencil Vs Camera" mixes drawing and photography, imagination and reality. It’s a new visual concept invented and initiated by Ben Heine in 2010. It's full of magic, illusion, poetry and surrealism. Ben published his first "Pencil Vs Camera" image in April 2010 but the series is the result of a long graphic exploration and a logic consequence of his personal artistic development. Ben usually integrates an inventive hand made drawing in front of a realistic background. There are several methods to achieve the same effect (see "Interviews" for more info). Ben’s hand is always clearly visible; it represents the close connection between the viewer, the artist and the artwork. The drawing is always in black and white while the photo is often very colorful, this amplifies the contrast between the two mediums. In this series, Ben likes to focus on people’s life, portraits, nature, animals, architecture... Among others, the main themes approached in "Pencil Vs Camera" are: Love, Freedom, After Life, Friendship and Nature. Ben says: "I just make art for people. I want them to dream and forget their daily troubles. I used to write poems many years ago, I want to convey a poetic and philosophical meaning into my pictures, each new creation should tell a story and generate an intense emotion, like a poem, like a melody". Because of their originality and the visual innovations Ben brought in his artworks, this series has had a huge impact on the graphic design community and has generated several buzz on the Internet. Ben says the initial idea of this "Pencil Vs Camera" concept came by coincidence while he was writing a letter in his family house in Braives, Belgium.

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Christophe Gilbert's Amazing Illusionist Photography

Christophe Gilbert is a Belgian photographer whose amazing art which is centered on optical illusions, can be appreciated below. My fave is the hair with the running horses.

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Andrey Razumovsky's Ultra Sensual "Milk Dresses"

These sensual and artistic women in "milk attires" represent the gorgeous work of Russian photographer Andrey Razumovsky. If you're offended by partial nudity please stop right here and go read The Readers Digest.














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In NSFW Photo, Sean Lennon Recreates John and Yoko Iconic Rolling Stone Mag Cover

Sean Lennon and his model girlfriend Kemp Muhl have recreated the iconic Rolling Stone cover of Yoko and John where The Beatles legend is curled up naked beside his wife. The shot, which was lensed by legendary photographer Annie Leibovits, was taken in 1980 hours before Lennon was assassinated in NYC.

The snap below was taken by Terry Richardson the fall issue of Purple magazine. In the picture, roles are reversed with Sean remaining fully clothed as his mother had done 28 years ago, and his GF Kemp taking it all off and even showing some nip.






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Dimitri Daniloff's Disturbing and Racy Shockvertising Concepts

Artist Dimitri Daniloff is a veritable photoshop wiz in the commercial advertising business; his carefully orchestrated visuals bring creepy and shocking advertising concepts to life. The first two eerie and racy images below where two women are having sex with two ginormous bugs, were designed to promote protection against the HIV virus. Other shocking visuals include two individuals tongue-kissing animals to "literally illustrate the effects that smoking can have on your breath."































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