Creative Photos
Posted by Amy | Filed under Photography
I recently discovered photographer Michael Hughes, who is known for taking photos of the world’s most famous landmarks – perfectly blended with cheap souvenirs. I wanted to share a few of my favorite photos and bits of the article I read about him.
“I was on the tourist platform at the Lorelei cliffs next to the river Rhine when I held up a postcard I bought for my daughter. I was amazed because it just seemed to fill a massive gray hole that was in the sky and it was the exact position the photographer had taken the picture from.” – Michael Hughes
“After that I noticed coffee cups from a shop near the Statue of Liberty had the statue printed on so I poured my drink on the floor, and position it in front of the statue.
“Since then taking the pictures has developed into a hobby and a passion to the point where I have been taking trips recently just to photograph a souvenir next to its landmark.”
Michael’s photos have earned him over 5 million hits on Flickr and an invite to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Visit Michael’s Flickr Set to see all the amazingly creative photos. Read the entire story at DailyMail.co.uk
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April 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 am
LOVE those photos, what a clever idea! I can’t wait to check out his FLICKR photo set!
Robin
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April 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 am
Oh, those are very cool! I hadn’t seen these before. Thanks for joining my party, Amy! Always fun to have you with us.
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April 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 am
Those are too fun! Now I will be obsessed with finding the point of photo or painting if I ever pick up a postcard!!
Great post Amy,
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April 3rd, 2009 at 9:25 am
How clever- I may need to try that sometime-
Have a great weekend.
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April 3rd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
How creative is that?! So fun!
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April 3rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
thanks for sharing this, Amy. I LOVE these! And thanks for your words of congrats.
xo
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April 3rd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I love photos like this! So cool!!
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April 3rd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
That is very neat… off to add another hit to his Flickr photostream.
Thanks!
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April 4th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Those photos are great. We are planning a holiday in July so might buy some postcards and try that myself! I’ll go over and have a look at others on flickr.
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April 4th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
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