CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Russian artist Ellen Sheidlin has amassed millions of followers on Instagram with her surreal photos. She combines body painting, props, and creative Photoshop use to create visual truths that go beyond the surface.
In the image above, she plays with perspective: her face appears upside down, with the nose and lips painted on the forehead. The two women with the inverted eyes seem to connect despite the distortion – an illusion reminiscent of the upside-down smiley emoji, a symbol of ironic detachment or goofy freedom. Perhaps the work also critiques how we “invert” ourselves in an inverted world – or simply that sometimes turning the perspective around is the only way to truly see.
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