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Artistic images with an unexpected perspective

Appears to be a broken mirror with faces in each of the facets

Family Portrait a la Kapoor

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Adina Brosnan-McGee

We are avid museum goers. I snapped this family portrait in the reflection of an Anish Kapoor sculpture at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Besides the obvious fun-house quality to play with as you stand there, the piece also engages you with an acoustic effect.

A pile of white elk antlers

Tangled Beauty

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Adrienne Stelmach

A close-up of sun-bleached elk antlers, taken in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

A road through two mountains

Sideling Hill Overlook

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3
Mackenzie Risher

Sideling Hill Overlook in Cumberland, MD. In the photograph there is a curving road that cuts between two mountains. This photo was a long exposure that was taken at sunset. The long exposure caught the lights from the passing cars headlights and taillights which made beautiful ribbons of light that run along the road.

A painted model is both the art and the canvas.

Namaste

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4
Rebecca Rose

"Artist Rebecca Rose’s canvas can sing, laugh, scream and dance, as her canvas is living art! Rose aims to explore and expand the perceptions and boundaries of the ancient and alluring art form of body painting, as her work is a fusion of art; from traditional canvas backgrounds, to dance, found objects and photography."

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