Wild Animals And The Forest Meet In Digitally Merged Photography
N orwegian artist Andreas Lies merged photographs look deceptively simple: the outlines of wolves and bears encompassing misty photographs of woody landscapes. A second glance, however, shows theres something more going on: a fox whose red fur melts into fiery orange treetops, a crow whose knobby feet give way to lonely tree trunks in the depths of a forest. The two photographs -- a wild animal and a wild landscape -- have been matched and blended with such subtlety that its difficult to tell where the fur ends and the leaves begin.
Lies works build from photographs, but he is careful to note that he is not a photographer. I am a digital artist, he clarified in an email to The Huffington Post, explaining that he uses stock photographs that fit his concept, then overlays them in Photoshop.
Though some of Lies work takes human or other subjects, he seems to have found a comfortable spot working with natural subjects. I started experimenting with merging landscape photography in humans, and I had also done some work with animal portraits before so it was a natural progression to combine the two, he says. Whats more, the untamed beauty of each animal -- a wolf, a fawn, a squirrel -- aligns with the stately wilderness Lie juxtaposes with their forms, making it seem as though the creatures are materializing like spirits from their habitats.
Lie says hes happy if his art has any impact (he mentions that people have gotten tattoos of his work), though he doesnt imbue it with a specific message. Despite this, a clear one seems to come through: The indomitable spirit and dignity of the wild animals and landscapes he celebrates in his art.
Check out more of Lie's art on his Tumblr .
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Beautiful images
My two favorites are the buffalo and the bear
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Animal cammo...
Great series of photos. Most interesting.
Kavika
Thanks for that perspective, the sheer beauty of the animas and creative blending with frest backgrounds was amazing.
Exactly he point of the collection.
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