WARNING : This page contains artistically taken pictures of nude bodies, when I say nude I am not talking vulgar, x rated pictures. To some these may come across as being just naked bodies, to me these pictures are awesome both from a graphic designer perspective and also from that of a photographer. Like I always say its okay for you not to like what I like, and its okay for you not to come back. Thanks anyways for stopping by :)
London-based photographer Carl Warner has turned nude, muscular bodies into these clever optical illusions that look like desert landscapes.
Warner's photographs for the series are made up entirely of naked forms and interestingly each picture is only made up of different angles of the same person.
Each composition is a single shot of one contorted volunteer, or a composition of different angles of the same body.
London-based photographer Carl Warner has turned nude, muscular bodies into these clever optical illusions that look like desert landscapes.
Warner's photographs for the series are made up entirely of naked forms and interestingly each picture is only made up of different angles of the same person.
Each composition is a single shot of one contorted volunteer, or a composition of different angles of the same body.
Shin Knee Valley: These 'bodyscapes' by London-based photographer Carl Warner look almost like sand dunes but are in fact legs manipulated by Photoshop
Valley of the Reclining Woman: Carl Warner photographs human forms then cuts them together to create new ways of looking at the body
Shoulder Hill Valley: This undulation of shoulders and backs looks like an arid landscape but is in fact a mixture of different backs
Headless Horizon: This desert terrain is the dip between a man's shoulder blades, lit from above
At first glance they are desert terrains and mountains but the longer viewers look the clearer the constituent body parts become.
Warner is best known for his visual trickery for years with his playful Foodscapes series, which featured landscapes constructed entirely from fruits and vegetables, cheeses, breads, fish, meat and grains.
Explaining his still life work, he explains that he want to focus attention on 'one person’s body, creating a sense of place so that a body that is lived in becomes a place to live.'
The Desert of Sleeping Men: This optical illusion of a valley is made up of the same volunteer's head reproduced and cut together
The Cave of Abdo-Men: Looking through toned torsos, the legs look like rocky outcrops in the distance
Twin Peaks: A pair of pointy elbows make for convincing mountains
Elbow points: This erotic print is a mixture of elbows and a man's back
Fingers Cave: This extraordinary still life is lit from unexpected angles to help create the illusion of landscape
