The Hidden Art of Camouflage Photography

Camouflage has always been a wonder to us.

It allows animals and plants to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment through deception.

Adopting this concept, a new wave of camouflage artists use special techniques for their photographs that allow them to show people blended into their surroundings.

For each photo, the camouflage artist must meticulously design a new camouflage suit in order for the effect to work.

This article features the work of two prominent camouflage artists: Liu Bolin and Desiree Palmen. See if you can find the people in these photographs…

Liu Bolin

Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist who creates art in protest to the actions of the Chinese government, who shut his studio down in 2005. He will work on a single photograph for up to ten hours, and often pedestrians will not notice him until they actually run into him.

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Desiree Palmen

Desiree Palmen is a talented Dutch artist who also uses photography to produce her camouflage art. She patiently paints the camouflage on by hand on cotton suits, matching them to the background.

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Compiled exclusively for WDD by Zoe Ajiboye.

Which ones did you like best? What do you think of this type of art?

 

WDD Staff

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