More Urban Camouflage PhotographyĬhinese artist Liu Bolin stresses the use of camouflage as a survival technique, mimicking nature.
The exterior is designed to fit in among the greenery that surrounds it, and will seemingly disappear into the forest once the budding fir trees on all sides of it grow to their full height. Camouflaged HouseĬamo print has been applied to many objects, but this modern home covered in images of trees certainly seems to be a first. Palmen’s subjects are painted to blend into their environments, from park benches to bus seats. They really only work if you stay completely still, but these camouflage outfits – created and photographed by Desiree Palmen – are definitely trippy to look at. It may not be terribly convincing – especially when your shoes are poking out of the bottom – but it’s certainly a creative idea. Made by designer Aya Tsukioka, it unfolds from a red skirt into a full-sized replica of a vending machine. Trying to avoid a stalker? Perhaps this Coke machine suit is just what you’re looking for to get around on the street without being spotted. It’s certainly a creative interpretation of camo print, but we doubt that it’ll help the car blend in. BMW is reportedly testing out new ‘camouflage systems’ for future prototypes. This BMW E65 7-Series was spotted out and about in Munich with a psychedelic camouflage paint job. It’s quite a fun and beautiful use of art to minimize the ugliness of these big, gray boxes.
Artist Joshua Callahan employed trompe l’oeil painting techniques to help them practically disappear into the background. Utility boxes become far less of an eyesore when they’re painted to resemble their surroundings as artfully as these ones seen in Los Angeles. In several of the photos, her models hold birds, creating an eerie sort of floating effect.
These examples of unusual use of camouflage show how versatile the concept is, from making homes blend into forest environments to creating eerie optical illusion effects in photography.īody artist Emma Hack blends models seamlessly into wallpaper backgrounds in a series of photographs entitled ‘Wallpaper Collection’. Camouflage isn’t just for hunters and the army anymore – it’s being used to make artistic statements, beautify urban environments, make ugly cars look nicer and for shock value.