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Photographer Uses 17 Square Meters Of Mirror For This Epic Shot

Regular visitors to Bored Panda will no doubt be familiar with Erik Johansson’s surrealist images. For those of you who haven’t yet been acquainted with this master of manipulation however, take a look below to see what makes this photographer and digital artist so special.

This latest mind-bending shot is called Impact. It took months to create and used over 17 square meters of real mirror. The picture made use of both practical effects and photo-editing in order to produce the twisted effect that you can see in this final warped image merging the real with the surreal.

For this latest project, Erik decided to film a behind-the-scenes video to provide an insight into his artistic experiences. “I thought it could be fun to share the process and to show how much work there is behind creating just one piece,” he says. See for yourself in the video below. You can also see more of Erik’s work here, here and here.

More info: Erik Johansson | Facebook | Instagram (h/t: demilked, petapixel)

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See how he did it in this video below:

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Arty 8 years ago

why taking so much time with the picture itself if you are going to completely photoshopped it? The result itself is not bad but I don't like the line/fracture in the middle of the sky

27points

LaDarrylHollingsworth 8 years ago

The line in the sky is kinda throwing me off. It wouldn't be a hard thing to fix in photoshop so I'm wondering if it's on purpose for some reason.

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JerieRagsac 8 years ago

ikr? The idea is great, but the method of doing it is flawed. He couldve placed the glass on a real lake as an installation to his pic. OR he couldve just used photoshop altogether and invert the image oh him boating in a lake, cut it in shatters, then arrange it as if it were broken glass. but nice job for the result though

1point

Naima 8 years ago

Haters gonna hate....

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AlexLeith 8 years ago

Love the effort AND the result. Nice.

1point

SimonGerber 8 years ago

Really cool project. May be producing the video tooks more time than editing the picture.

1point

BobbiNewell 8 years ago

The world is broken. The fish is a casualty, as is its ecosystem, the lake. People are simultaneously cause and casualty.

1point

Mario Dinis 8 years ago

I see no purpose on this, so maybe this is art

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Iske Ske 8 years ago

You could just photoshop all of this, sorry but this is so lame, and not epic at all. Even it is not creative...

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Alex 8 years ago

You guys are something else, Excellent work, Love it

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Shubham Vermani 8 years ago

mind blowing !!

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Maggie Dee 8 years ago

Wonderful

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Kyo Renga 8 years ago

Great!

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Kevin Allen 8 years ago

Well done on all the effort that it takes to do this. Amazing!!!

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PeterSchenckJr. 8 years ago

Someone ran into the Universe and cracked it! Oops sorry.

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WongClark 8 years ago

This is amazing!

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TashaHarris 8 years ago

I like it, it's not as unnerving as most surrealism, it's tranquil but with a dreamy disjointed feeling.

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TinyDynamine 8 years ago

17m2 isn't anything to be awed by. It's not that much!

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LouWow 8 years ago

I like it. I think the resulting image says something very profound.

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RomanRomain 8 years ago

It would have been really cool if he had just put mirrors on the beach. Photoshopping 90% of a photo has no point.

-1point

ArnaudRouviere 8 years ago

WOW so much work for something that doesn't really work in my opinion.

-1point

MargaretAltheaElvenshadow 8 years ago

I'm sorry that you're so close-minded. This is a beautiful photo, and even if it doesn't have a "meaning" behind it, it's still surreal and involves a whole lot of dedicated effort.

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Arty 8 years ago

why taking so much time with the picture itself if you are going to completely photoshopped it? The result itself is not bad but I don't like the line/fracture in the middle of the sky

27points

LaDarrylHollingsworth 8 years ago

The line in the sky is kinda throwing me off. It wouldn't be a hard thing to fix in photoshop so I'm wondering if it's on purpose for some reason.

5points

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JerieRagsac 8 years ago

1point

Naima 8 years ago

Haters gonna hate....

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AlexLeith 8 years ago

Love the effort AND the result. Nice.

1point

SimonGerber 8 years ago

Really cool project. May be producing the video tooks more time than editing the picture.

1point

BobbiNewell 8 years ago

The world is broken. The fish is a casualty, as is its ecosystem, the lake. People are simultaneously cause and casualty.

1point

Mario Dinis 8 years ago

I see no purpose on this, so maybe this is art

0points

Iske Ske 8 years ago

You could just photoshop all of this, sorry but this is so lame, and not epic at all. Even it is not creative...

0points

Alex 8 years ago

You guys are something else, Excellent work, Love it

0points

Shubham Vermani 8 years ago

mind blowing !!

0points

Maggie Dee 8 years ago

Wonderful

0points

Kyo Renga 8 years ago

Great!

0points

Kevin Allen 8 years ago

Well done on all the effort that it takes to do this. Amazing!!!

0points

PeterSchenckJr. 8 years ago

Someone ran into the Universe and cracked it! Oops sorry.

0points

WongClark 8 years ago

This is amazing!

0points

TashaHarris 8 years ago

I like it, it's not as unnerving as most surrealism, it's tranquil but with a dreamy disjointed feeling.

0points

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TinyDynamine 8 years ago

17m2 isn't anything to be awed by. It's not that much!

0points

LouWow 8 years ago

I like it. I think the resulting image says something very profound.

0points

RomanRomain 8 years ago

It would have been really cool if he had just put mirrors on the beach. Photoshopping 90% of a photo has no point.

-1point

ArnaudRouviere 8 years ago

WOW so much work for something that doesn't really work in my opinion.

-1point

MargaretAltheaElvenshadow 8 years ago

I'm sorry that you're so close-minded. This is a beautiful photo, and even if it doesn't have a "meaning" behind it, it's still surreal and involves a whole lot of dedicated effort.

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Photographer Uses 17 Square Meters Of Mirror For This Epic Shot

See how he did it in this video below:

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