mick silver
6th October 2015, 10:21 AM
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Can YOU spot the photographer? The mind-boggling mirrored art installation which is still baffling viewers 50 years after it was made
Lucas Samaras's 'Mirrored Room' made its debut in New York in 1966 and it's blowing art fans' minds to this day
It comprises of a room with mirrors for its floor, ceiling and walls and filled with endless reflections
A clever optical illusion means that photographers can snap the entire structure and yet remain almost invisible
By Annabel Fenwick Elliott for MailOnline (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Annabel+Fenwick+Elliott+for+MailOnline )
Published: 09:12 EST, 6 October 2015 | Updated: 09:19 EST, 6 October 2015
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A Matrix-like installation baffled art lovers when it was unveiled in 1966 and it almost 50 years later, it is leaving modern audiences equally confused and asking how the photographer even managed to take the stunning image.
A photo has emerged on Reddit, via Imgur (http://i.imgur.com/tfZmnBM.jpg), which depicts the complex sculpture - actually the interior of an artwork by Lucas Samaras called Room No.2, or 'Mirrored Room' - and reveals a confined space in which the ceilings, walls and floors are mirrors and the furniture is transparent.
But the biggest puzzle is trying to spot the photographer who managed to fascinating structure - which is on display at New York's Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo - and yet remain entirely hidden in the space which appears to have nowhere to hide.
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The interior of an artwork by Lucas Samaras called Room No.2, or 'Mirrored Room', revealing a confined space in which the ceilings, walls and floors are mirrors and the furniture is transparent
But it seems eagle-eyed Redditors have solved the mystery.
The photographer is standing in the dark doorway of the room, so while his figure is hard to make out, his camera flash can be seen as just four dots of illumination.
Several Reddit users were puzzled by the optical illusion until one zoomed in on the doorway and posted a picture of it to the thread.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3261813/Can-spot-photographer-mind-boggling-mirrored-art-installation-baffling-viewers-50-years-made.html#ixzz3noFMurA9
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Can YOU spot the photographer? The mind-boggling mirrored art installation which is still baffling viewers 50 years after it was made
Lucas Samaras's 'Mirrored Room' made its debut in New York in 1966 and it's blowing art fans' minds to this day
It comprises of a room with mirrors for its floor, ceiling and walls and filled with endless reflections
A clever optical illusion means that photographers can snap the entire structure and yet remain almost invisible
By Annabel Fenwick Elliott for MailOnline (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Annabel+Fenwick+Elliott+for+MailOnline )
Published: 09:12 EST, 6 October 2015 | Updated: 09:19 EST, 6 October 2015
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A Matrix-like installation baffled art lovers when it was unveiled in 1966 and it almost 50 years later, it is leaving modern audiences equally confused and asking how the photographer even managed to take the stunning image.
A photo has emerged on Reddit, via Imgur (http://i.imgur.com/tfZmnBM.jpg), which depicts the complex sculpture - actually the interior of an artwork by Lucas Samaras called Room No.2, or 'Mirrored Room' - and reveals a confined space in which the ceilings, walls and floors are mirrors and the furniture is transparent.
But the biggest puzzle is trying to spot the photographer who managed to fascinating structure - which is on display at New York's Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo - and yet remain entirely hidden in the space which appears to have nowhere to hide.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/10/06/14/2D21953B00000578-3261813-The_interior_of_an_artwork_by_Lucas_Samaras_called _Room_No_2_or_-a-2_1444139450355.jpg
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The interior of an artwork by Lucas Samaras called Room No.2, or 'Mirrored Room', revealing a confined space in which the ceilings, walls and floors are mirrors and the furniture is transparent
But it seems eagle-eyed Redditors have solved the mystery.
The photographer is standing in the dark doorway of the room, so while his figure is hard to make out, his camera flash can be seen as just four dots of illumination.
Several Reddit users were puzzled by the optical illusion until one zoomed in on the doorway and posted a picture of it to the thread.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3261813/Can-spot-photographer-mind-boggling-mirrored-art-installation-baffling-viewers-50-years-made.html#ixzz3noFMurA9
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