Laurent La Gamba es un fotógrafo francés que en sus fotos consigue lo imposible, ¡hace invisible a la gente!
Laurent utiliza como modelo a sus amigos y familiares, y tarda en pintarlos para la foto una media de ¡dos horas! Y en hacer la fotografía definitiva puede tardar un día porque lo que persigue Laurent es hacer una fotografía perfecta sin retoques por ordenador.
Esta increíble colección de fotos se llama Procryptic, una pablabra que define la coloración protectora en los insectos utilizada para el camuflaje contra los enemigos.
¡Impresionantes!
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- Manadatory Credit: Photo by Laurent La Gamba/Solent News / Rex Features (1490201g)
Camouflage Artist Knows How To Blend In
Artist Laurent La Gamba is a real Vince Van Gone - making people seem invisible thanks to his camouflage art.
He achieves his impressive disappearing act by painstakingly painting his model's clothing so that it blends in perfectly with the background.
Laurent travels to airports, shops and forests and spends an hour creating the "camouflage costumes".
The French artist carefully paints the arms, legs and torso in hundreds of colours to match the details of the backdrop before photographing the finished effect.
His body of work includes people blending into an airport departure board, cans of beer and cola in a supermarket and even a portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
Laurent must complete each image quickly because changing sunlight affects the appearance of the colours and can ruin the effect.
He says the idea for the works came from a childhood desire to "blend in".
"I wanted to get out of the studio and show people my ability to paint an illusion in the 'real world'.
"Sometimes I put the person in a suit and then paint them directly.
"Other times I paint the suit standing alone and then ask somebody to wear it when I am ready to take the final photograph.
"I want people to ask 'Is this real?'"
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Laurent La Gamba / Solent News / Rex Features
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