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This is How Photoshop Artist Erik Johansson Creates His Mind-Bending Images

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Swedish photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson is well known for his mind-bending photo-manipulations and optical illusions, which are all made with careful photography and Photoshopping. If you’re wondering how the images are actually created, Johansson has been regularly release behind-the-scenes videos showing his techniques.

h/t PetaPixel

Here are a number of his photo-manipulation artworks accompanied by short but fascinating BTS videos:

Cut & Fold
1

Drifting Away
2

Soundscapes
3

Closing Out
4

Landfall
5

Endless Stories
7

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