Showing posts with label Monuments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monuments. Show all posts

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Artistic Brilliance

Check out these really interesting photographs of the world's most famous landmarks. Apparently, there's a Switzerland-based artist by the name of Corinne Vionnet who scoured the internet for hundreds of amateur photos - yes; tourist snapshots - of these monuments then superimposed them into final pieces of art. The results are brilliant.


World Trade Center [New York]

If you look closely, you can see different shades + shadows that represent the vague silhouettes that exist in the original photographs. For me, the vague silhouettes serve as a reflection of the footprints we leave behind - both the living + deceased. It's a truly beautiful thing.

Acropolis of Athens [Greece]

Chichen Itza [Mexico]

Coliseum [Rome, Italy]

Eiffel Tower [Paris, France]

Louvre Pyramid [Paris, France]

Himeji Castle [Japan]

 
Mount Fuji [Japan]
 
Stonehenge [England]

Saint Basil's Cathedral [Moscow]

 Taj Mahal [India]

Tiananmen Square [Beijing, China]