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Photographer Spends Eternity Waiting For Museum Visitors To Match Artworks And The Result Is Worth The Wait
Most of us were bored at some museum at least once in our lives - except this guy! France-based photographer Stefan Draschan always keeps himself entertained at famous art galleries with his creative photography ideas.
One of those projects is “People matching famous paintings”. Although at first Draschan’s cool pictures seem perfectly staged, the secret behind them is patience. The photographer enjoys visiting different museums mostly in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin where he waits for visitors to suddenly match with a piece of classical art in a funny way. The result of his bright idea is these humorous and unique pictures of unexpected harmony between people and the classical paintings they’re facing. It’s usually the outfits that match the art, but there are also people who match with the paintings because of their hairstyles and colors, or even beards.
Scroll down to see this ongoing project for yourself and beware – Stefan Draschan might be somewhere out there “hunting” for you!ng” for you!
More info: stefandraschan.com
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James Naron 7 years ago
Looks like she escaped from the painting and is trying to decide whether or not to go back.
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Talia Johnson 7 years ago
It looks like she pulled the missing bits off to make her shirt! :-)
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Richard Riepl 7 years ago
Here's an even better painting for this woman to be looking at (Woman with Cat by Kees van Dongen) Woman-with...c6027f.jpg 
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Lo'vyn Lai 7 years ago
Interesting how "because my scarf match the colour of the sofa" make us think those are the same girl.
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Greg Hoggarth 7 years ago
I'm wondering if they're actually staged, at least some of them. Like he sees someone come into the room he's waiting in, and so he asks them to stand in front while he takes the photo. Potentially he waits at the entrance of the gallery and then guides people to the appropriate painting - even better hit rate then.
Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
I'm wondering the same thing. Like maybe it started as a coincidence, but then he started staging.
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Bob Isme 4 years ago
Life imitates art, a f****d up world trying to be the perfect picture.
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varwenea 7 years ago
This photographer is insanely patient. And no one else nearby? Bonus! Those are busy museums!!
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
Have a look on how i work and decide for yourself. For me it's supersimple https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
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Suzanne Ally 7 years ago
So is the point that he was patient or that he is good at drawing comparisons? What makes good art? Is patience always necessary? Or is vision enough?
Don Lee 7 years ago
You can have all the vision you want, but execution takes patience.
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George Holmes 7 years ago
O.M.G. how wonderful. Staged, I don't think so, but even so it takes some insight, forethought and tons of patience to do what has been done here. Sorry if I sound like a Museum Snob, but I did retire from a Fine Arts Museum. Gotta go now and spread this URL around.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
i did this today so you can see how i silently work: https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
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Susette Horspool 7 years ago
I could see him knowing the museum intimately, then noticing a visitor coming in who matches one, and quietly following them around until they get there.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
exactly :-) https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
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Gina Horvat 7 years ago
The visitors are attracted to paintings according to their taste and their taste is visible on their clothing.
Fer Meza 7 years ago
Not sure how he made them. Most of the museums don't allow the use of professional cameras. But love the work.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
In europe it's allowed, the use of a tripod is not allowed. Have a look on how i work just from today https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
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Sisi Sam 7 years ago
They’re beautiful either way. And, from my own experience, I have to say it is amazing how often a person will get in front of a work of art and match exactly what they’re looking at. I have at least a half dozen images just like that. And that’s just from the moment I happened to walk by. I imagine, if I’d spent all day in museums that would happen much more often.
Diana Hatfield 7 years ago
Staged or not, makes me want to go to my local art museum and people watch <3
Misguided Ghosts 7 years ago
I can't say it's a coincidence, i say it's a long waited shot with much dedication. Great job
Rick Felbabel 4 years ago
This is actually me at Clink Prison, London. Totally genuine unplanned surprise. Rick-at-Cl...817dee.jpg 
Cory Shallow 6 years ago
people who go to exhibits tend to be aware of the contents of the exhibit. they probably naturally dressed for the occasion (as people interested in visual arts), which doesn't detract from the beauty of their apparent attraction to these images
Mariane Hufschmitt 6 years ago
I'm a photographer myself, and I know how har it is. The title is juste lying, it's a bait clic. The photographer ask the people to dress in a certain way, and to pause for him in front of the picture. No doubt !
Ellen Euler 7 years ago
Great! I actually made a shot myself by case: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/static/files/styles/asset_image_full/public/assets/images/museumsselfie-ellen_0.png?itok=B5nrx4un How do you like it? Best
Malissia Simpson 7 years ago
I'm having a really, really hard time believing that at least a few of these aren't planned in advance. However, they are incredible......great job!
Shane Freund 7 years ago
Some of these are spot on but others seem way off the mark. I wonder why she chose them.
Maka Lowenstein 7 years ago
once my pants were matching to restaurant restroom floor :))) IMG_8341-5...54cb93.jpg 
Friedrich Krüger 7 years ago
Incredible. Staged or not, that is incredible. That is true art. :v
Paul Rogers 7 years ago
It does not matter how it is staged because at the end of the day the photographer needs to know the paintings incredibly well to even achieve this or at worst infinite patience to get one right before moving to the next. I suppose losers suspect artists copy, actors imitate and musicians reproduce moods. Thank you sr Diao for this most interesting exhibition.
Lewis Hizer 7 years ago
These coincidences all occurred at weddings. The only one I interfered with was the redhead by the Michelangelo print, who I asked to freeze as she was till I could switch to a different camera. 31474_6123...e64651.jpg 
Lewis Hizer 7 years ago
These all happened completely randomly while I was photographing weddings. The only one I helped was the redhead by the Michelangelo, in that I asked her to freeze like she was till I grabbed a camera with a portrait lens mounted on it. 31474_6123...52d1db.jpg 
Roz Pearson 7 years ago
OMG these photos are masterpieces in themselves. Hats off to the photographer.
Ondrej Ko 7 years ago
Here's another coincidence (from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin) coincidenc...b508dc.jpg 
Lori Beatty 7 years ago
who cares if it is staged, it is so awesome, being staged would be the last thing i would care about, really people, wow, some people always find something to be negative about
Magdalina Bitsadze 7 years ago
Nothing new!! Already done by Laurent Muschel ! http://www.laurentmuschel.com/fr/accueil.html
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 7 years ago
Very well done. A good eye, whether staged or not. He committed to his art and we get to see the end product. I enjoyed it. :) Always a surprise how well the person/clothing suited the painting. He must have studied all the paintings prior.
KATHY EWING 7 years ago
I don't care how it was done, these are wonderful! Brilliant! What total FUN to look at each one!
Jenny Statza 7 years ago
Does it matter if it’s staged? The premise is clever and the photos are enticing.
Fay Wilson-Rudd 7 years ago
I greatly enjoyed browsing these but was surprised how many of those photographed were, or had, photographed the picture they were studying - didn’t think that was allowed!
Nicole Luter 7 years ago
I'm wondering if some people linger at paintings without realizing that the pics they gravitate towards happen to be colors and patterns that they like (thus their similarity in attire).
Kenneth Stokes 7 years ago
Or you can pay actors to come in and stage it. Yes that would be a lot easier and no one would have to know.
Kenneth Stokes 7 years ago
Or you can pay actors to come in and stage the thing. Yes that would be a lot easier. And possibly no one would have to know.
Deidre McKannay 7 years ago
Possibly encouraged, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did happen fairly frequently. It actually makes sense if you consider many people go to museums to see artists they love. Why couldn't the colors, lines and patterns that bring us joy in art seep into our everyday lives?
Heather O'Connor 7 years ago
Some art appreciation type folks actually do this. Dress to match their fav pieces or in the colors that match the fav piece. It's a thing! Been going on for a long time now, even before the internet existed.
Roy Sonobel 7 years ago
These were incredible! Though towards the end, I think they were a bit of a stretch. I think he shot #103 just because the girl was hot LOL. He has a very sharp eye for color and hue. Seems like people are naturally chameleon-like or naturally drawn to particular colors and patterns.
Janette Perla 7 years ago
What does the actual photographer say? I can’t figure nd the link for more info.
Evelyn Powers 7 years ago
I took this last year at the Women Abstract Expressionists exhibit @denverartmuseum 14355635_1...1bf72c.jpg 
Mary Prevo 7 years ago
This was not staged. - Brooklyn Museum, NYC, Summer 2017 IMG_0359-5...d5cc7c.jpg 
Donal Heffernan 7 years ago
Not by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe the photo?
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Shanda Lear 7 years ago
I couldn't sit still that long, I would stage something like this and wouldn't blame the artist for doing the same. Just don't call it something else.
Mary Prevo 7 years ago
This was not staged. Brooklyn Museum: Georgia O'Keeffe show, summer, 2017 IMG_0359-5...f94388.jpg 
Sean Houck 7 years ago
Most if not all of these are staged. Plus, no art galleries I've visited let me take photographs. Kinda sketch.
Marci Timothy 7 years ago
Maybe not galleries where the art is for sale, but I've taken photos in art museums plenty of times. Sometimes they prohibit flash photography, so you need to be able to turn off the flash on your camera. In one museum I went to, they required a permit to take photographs, so one person in our group bought a permit and we had him take all the photos we wanted.
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Susanne Carvin 7 years ago
Staged? some of them maybe, but still beautiful. And powerful how some of the viewers become part of the art and in other paintings, the viewers beg comparisons between them and the subjects in the artwork - there are centuries between them, but still we can see the similarities/ their shared humanity. If those are staged, I might even respect them more - kinda part of a larger idea.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
Really none is staged, i'm a street photographer. This is from today, so you can guess how much is possible: https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
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Bainama Saintil 7 years ago
It's magnificent it seems to be a double art a painting with in painting.
Diana Hatfield 7 years ago
Staged or not. .....pretty cool. Makes me want to go to my local art museum and watch the people <3
Pobin Rice 7 years ago
Sooooo staged it hurts that you think otherwise............ and rather embarrassing. Call it what it is. Don’t lie
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
hahaha! Your statement says a lot about you and your knowledge https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
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Shelley Montroy 7 years ago
What is the true definition of the word 'eternity' because if it truly did take the photographer an eternity as the caption claims, then would we even be seeing these photos right now?' Anyone who believes that these are not staged is naive and mindless and blindly believes everything others tell them without using logic or common sense. I really enjoyed the work show but not the lies and deception. Ad Astra
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
? I dont know what you think but.. https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
Load More Replies...
Greg Hoggarth 7 years ago
I'm wondering if they're actually staged, at least some of them. Like he sees someone come into the room he's waiting in, and so he asks them to stand in front while he takes the photo. Potentially he waits at the entrance of the gallery and then guides people to the appropriate painting - even better hit rate then.
Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
I'm wondering the same thing. Like maybe it started as a coincidence, but then he started staging.
Load More Replies... Bob Isme 4 years ago
Life imitates art, a f****d up world trying to be the perfect picture.
Load More Replies... varwenea 7 years ago
This photographer is insanely patient. And no one else nearby? Bonus! Those are busy museums!!
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
Have a look on how i work and decide for yourself. For me it's supersimple https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
Load More Replies... Suzanne Ally 7 years ago
So is the point that he was patient or that he is good at drawing comparisons? What makes good art? Is patience always necessary? Or is vision enough?
Don Lee 7 years ago
You can have all the vision you want, but execution takes patience.
Load More Replies... George Holmes 7 years ago
O.M.G. how wonderful. Staged, I don't think so, but even so it takes some insight, forethought and tons of patience to do what has been done here. Sorry if I sound like a Museum Snob, but I did retire from a Fine Arts Museum. Gotta go now and spread this URL around.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
i did this today so you can see how i silently work: https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
Load More Replies... Susette Horspool 7 years ago
I could see him knowing the museum intimately, then noticing a visitor coming in who matches one, and quietly following them around until they get there.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
exactly :-) https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
Load More Replies... Gina Horvat 7 years ago
The visitors are attracted to paintings according to their taste and their taste is visible on their clothing.
Fer Meza 7 years ago
Not sure how he made them. Most of the museums don't allow the use of professional cameras. But love the work.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
In europe it's allowed, the use of a tripod is not allowed. Have a look on how i work just from today https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
Load More Replies... Sisi Sam 7 years ago
They’re beautiful either way. And, from my own experience, I have to say it is amazing how often a person will get in front of a work of art and match exactly what they’re looking at. I have at least a half dozen images just like that. And that’s just from the moment I happened to walk by. I imagine, if I’d spent all day in museums that would happen much more often.
Diana Hatfield 7 years ago
Staged or not, makes me want to go to my local art museum and people watch <3
Misguided Ghosts 7 years ago
I can't say it's a coincidence, i say it's a long waited shot with much dedication. Great job
Rick Felbabel 4 years ago
This is actually me at Clink Prison, London. Totally genuine unplanned surprise. Rick-at-Cl...817dee.jpg
Cory Shallow 6 years ago
people who go to exhibits tend to be aware of the contents of the exhibit. they probably naturally dressed for the occasion (as people interested in visual arts), which doesn't detract from the beauty of their apparent attraction to these images
Mariane Hufschmitt 6 years ago
I'm a photographer myself, and I know how har it is. The title is juste lying, it's a bait clic. The photographer ask the people to dress in a certain way, and to pause for him in front of the picture. No doubt !
Ellen Euler 7 years ago
Great! I actually made a shot myself by case: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/static/files/styles/asset_image_full/public/assets/images/museumsselfie-ellen_0.png?itok=B5nrx4un How do you like it? Best
Malissia Simpson 7 years ago
I'm having a really, really hard time believing that at least a few of these aren't planned in advance. However, they are incredible......great job!
Shane Freund 7 years ago
Some of these are spot on but others seem way off the mark. I wonder why she chose them.
Maka Lowenstein 7 years ago
once my pants were matching to restaurant restroom floor :))) IMG_8341-5...54cb93.jpg
Friedrich Krüger 7 years ago
Incredible. Staged or not, that is incredible. That is true art. :v
Paul Rogers 7 years ago
It does not matter how it is staged because at the end of the day the photographer needs to know the paintings incredibly well to even achieve this or at worst infinite patience to get one right before moving to the next. I suppose losers suspect artists copy, actors imitate and musicians reproduce moods. Thank you sr Diao for this most interesting exhibition.
Lewis Hizer 7 years ago
These coincidences all occurred at weddings. The only one I interfered with was the redhead by the Michelangelo print, who I asked to freeze as she was till I could switch to a different camera. 31474_6123...e64651.jpg
Lewis Hizer 7 years ago
These all happened completely randomly while I was photographing weddings. The only one I helped was the redhead by the Michelangelo, in that I asked her to freeze like she was till I grabbed a camera with a portrait lens mounted on it. 31474_6123...52d1db.jpg
Roz Pearson 7 years ago
OMG these photos are masterpieces in themselves. Hats off to the photographer.
Ondrej Ko 7 years ago
Here's another coincidence (from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin) coincidenc...b508dc.jpg
Lori Beatty 7 years ago
who cares if it is staged, it is so awesome, being staged would be the last thing i would care about, really people, wow, some people always find something to be negative about
Magdalina Bitsadze 7 years ago
Nothing new!! Already done by Laurent Muschel ! http://www.laurentmuschel.com/fr/accueil.html
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 7 years ago
Very well done. A good eye, whether staged or not. He committed to his art and we get to see the end product. I enjoyed it. :) Always a surprise how well the person/clothing suited the painting. He must have studied all the paintings prior.
KATHY EWING 7 years ago
I don't care how it was done, these are wonderful! Brilliant! What total FUN to look at each one!
Jenny Statza 7 years ago
Does it matter if it’s staged? The premise is clever and the photos are enticing.
Fay Wilson-Rudd 7 years ago
I greatly enjoyed browsing these but was surprised how many of those photographed were, or had, photographed the picture they were studying - didn’t think that was allowed!
Nicole Luter 7 years ago
I'm wondering if some people linger at paintings without realizing that the pics they gravitate towards happen to be colors and patterns that they like (thus their similarity in attire).
Kenneth Stokes 7 years ago
Or you can pay actors to come in and stage it. Yes that would be a lot easier and no one would have to know.
Kenneth Stokes 7 years ago
Or you can pay actors to come in and stage the thing. Yes that would be a lot easier. And possibly no one would have to know.
Deidre McKannay 7 years ago
Possibly encouraged, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did happen fairly frequently. It actually makes sense if you consider many people go to museums to see artists they love. Why couldn't the colors, lines and patterns that bring us joy in art seep into our everyday lives?
Heather O'Connor 7 years ago
Some art appreciation type folks actually do this. Dress to match their fav pieces or in the colors that match the fav piece. It's a thing! Been going on for a long time now, even before the internet existed.
Roy Sonobel 7 years ago
These were incredible! Though towards the end, I think they were a bit of a stretch. I think he shot #103 just because the girl was hot LOL. He has a very sharp eye for color and hue. Seems like people are naturally chameleon-like or naturally drawn to particular colors and patterns.
Janette Perla 7 years ago
What does the actual photographer say? I can’t figure nd the link for more info.
Evelyn Powers 7 years ago
I took this last year at the Women Abstract Expressionists exhibit @denverartmuseum 14355635_1...1bf72c.jpg
Mary Prevo 7 years ago
This was not staged. - Brooklyn Museum, NYC, Summer 2017 IMG_0359-5...d5cc7c.jpg
Donal Heffernan 7 years ago
Not by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe the photo?
Load More Replies... Shanda Lear 7 years ago
I couldn't sit still that long, I would stage something like this and wouldn't blame the artist for doing the same. Just don't call it something else.
Mary Prevo 7 years ago
This was not staged. Brooklyn Museum: Georgia O'Keeffe show, summer, 2017 IMG_0359-5...f94388.jpg
Sean Houck 7 years ago
Most if not all of these are staged. Plus, no art galleries I've visited let me take photographs. Kinda sketch.
Marci Timothy 7 years ago
Maybe not galleries where the art is for sale, but I've taken photos in art museums plenty of times. Sometimes they prohibit flash photography, so you need to be able to turn off the flash on your camera. In one museum I went to, they required a permit to take photographs, so one person in our group bought a permit and we had him take all the photos we wanted.
Load More Replies... Susanne Carvin 7 years ago
Staged? some of them maybe, but still beautiful. And powerful how some of the viewers become part of the art and in other paintings, the viewers beg comparisons between them and the subjects in the artwork - there are centuries between them, but still we can see the similarities/ their shared humanity. If those are staged, I might even respect them more - kinda part of a larger idea.
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
Really none is staged, i'm a street photographer. This is from today, so you can guess how much is possible: https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
Load More Replies... Bainama Saintil 7 years ago
It's magnificent it seems to be a double art a painting with in painting.
Diana Hatfield 7 years ago
Staged or not. .....pretty cool. Makes me want to go to my local art museum and watch the people <3
Pobin Rice 7 years ago
Sooooo staged it hurts that you think otherwise............ and rather embarrassing. Call it what it is. Don’t lie
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
hahaha! Your statement says a lot about you and your knowledge https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
Load More Replies... Shelley Montroy 7 years ago
What is the true definition of the word 'eternity' because if it truly did take the photographer an eternity as the caption claims, then would we even be seeing these photos right now?' Anyone who believes that these are not staged is naive and mindless and blindly believes everything others tell them without using logic or common sense. I really enjoyed the work show but not the lies and deception. Ad Astra
Kindliche Kaiserin 7 years ago
? I dont know what you think but.. https://peoplematchingartworksdiy.tumblr.com/
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