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Photographer Uses His Own Nude Body To Create Surreal Worlds
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Photographer Uses His Own Nude Body To Create Surreal Worlds

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Arno Raffael Minkkinen, a photographer based on the East Coast in the U.S., has spent the last 40 years creating surreal self-portrait photos in which his nude body becomes an element of the landscapes that surround him.

What’s even more striking about his extraordinary compositions is that they are all real, which is impressive given that some of his photos have him lying in or even under the snow. Minkkinen prides himself on working without Photoshop. “Some of my pictures might look simple, but in reality they can test the limits of what a human body is capable of or willing to risk,” he writes on his website. “I began decades before Photoshop was invented. What you see happening in the frame of my image happened inside the viewfinder of my camera.”

If you love Arno’s work, be sure to check out his books – he has published quite a few of photo collections that are available on Amazon. These photos are just the tip of the iceberg!

More info: arno-rafael-minkkinen.com | Amazon | Facebook (h/t: mymodernmet)

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    There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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    Dovas

    Dovas

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    There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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    SallyDrury
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are certainly different. He has an amazingly tall and supple body. His poses are very dance-like. Wonder if he ever studied ballet? I cannot conceive how he can shoot these images without the help of another person unless he uses a timer and gives himself plenty of time to get the position correct.

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    SallyDrury
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are certainly different. He has an amazingly tall and supple body. His poses are very dance-like. Wonder if he ever studied ballet? I cannot conceive how he can shoot these images without the help of another person unless he uses a timer and gives himself plenty of time to get the position correct.

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