Desiree Palmen, a talented Dutch artist, uses camouflage techniques to capture incredible photographs of people blending into their surroundings.
For each photo, the artist designs new camouflage suit which has to be made with the greatest precision or the illusive effect will not work.
Also check out: Invisible Man and Camouflage Art by Liu Bolin
Sachawinter
They saved the best for last for sure! All amazing though..
Jul 19th, 2009
Émile
Wow, superbe! Très original!
Jul 19th, 2009
shelly
excellent, loved the concept and well executed
Jul 19th, 2009
dr.dre
How many of these are real, any? Or are they all ps?
Jul 20th, 2009
Karin Stewart
Isn’t creativity a wonderful thing!
Jul 20th, 2009
ikhwan
human in disguise
Jul 20th, 2009
psychodork
These are amazingly well done =)
Jul 20th, 2009
pikori
this is amazing…if advert were produce using this style…im sure people will spend more time looking at it…great work :)
Jul 20th, 2009
matt
the last four pics are amazing!
Jul 20th, 2009
Rit
My God!! “What an idea Sir Ji”
Jul 20th, 2009
Lifephoto
Idea was executed very well! All the pictures were amazing.
Jul 20th, 2009
Betty Cires
I really love it. What a brilliant ideia!
Jul 20th, 2009
Austin Lefebvre
Oh my god, this is amazing! The one that surprised me the most was the bookshelf one, i didn’t even notice the person until I got a bit lower to the picture.
Jul 20th, 2009
Beezy
the last two are awesome
Jul 20th, 2009
karen
wow the book shelf one looks like the person doesnt even have a head!
Jul 20th, 2009
sara
@karen that’s because (s)he’s bent into the shelf. You can follow the curve of his/her back if you look closely.
Last two are my favorite! AWESOME!
Jul 20th, 2009
Luke Jones
The last two are amazing, the others are mediocre.
Jul 20th, 2009
mostafa
philosophic ideas
Jul 20th, 2009
robb
the book shelf part is the best one.
the rest are awesome, too.
Jul 21st, 2009
tasarhane
stairs and last one is pretty nice..
Jul 21st, 2009
JennyTAN
Phenomenal and thought-provoking.
Jul 21st, 2009
Steve
The book shelf is good…
Jul 21st, 2009
Mark Bellis
Wonderful! There were some sight gags in the Swedish film “The Adventures of Picasso”, 1978, with human camouflage.
Jul 21st, 2009
Giov
50% Idea 50% genius.. awesome
Jul 21st, 2009
delere
They got better toward the end. Very sweet idea and execution.
Jul 21st, 2009
Apple Man
wow, looks expensive, great job
Jul 22nd, 2009
Robert
Awesome, I love the last two!
Jul 22nd, 2009
ass
Sweet………Octo-camo !
Jul 22nd, 2009
Kurrus
The one with the books sure is top shelf.
Jul 22nd, 2009
Alok
The staircase one looks eerily like a ghost. And as many others have said, the last two are simply amazing.
All of it really is a brilliant idea, though!
Jul 22nd, 2009
Chad
OMG, these are AMAZING Kudos to the artist.
Jul 22nd, 2009
mykat
Just look for Mossy Oak camouflage to see people totally blend into the woods.
Jul 22nd, 2009
asdfsd
Its easy to reproduce. they are wearing a “blue” suit, thats the same as a blue screen in movies, and the artist just edits the pics. pretty uninspiring. if you actually think those are real clothes youre being duped.
Jul 22nd, 2009
Josh
Awesome! So precise! It really looks like the bookcase one doesn’t have a head! But the best one is the last one! Really good.
Jul 22nd, 2009
tt
this is good I’m pretty sure they’re all photoshops idk if they’re not supposed to be though…
Jul 22nd, 2009
Brennan
I’m about 95% sure that most of them, especially the last two, are all photoshoped..Not saying they aren’t awesome because they are quite decent..I’m pretty sure that they are made by having the person where a green suit and then having photoshop replace all the fluorescent green with whatever is on the layer directly behind it…
Jul 22nd, 2009
Brennan
craaapp… *wear haha…my 3rd grade teacher would hit me..
Jul 22nd, 2009
Adelle
the bookcase one is so SO good, and I love the one with the pile of newspapers on the table, too
very good
Jul 22nd, 2009
Adelle
oh, also…I think photoshop would be much more precise. The legs of the staircase one are just a little bit off, and many of the “street” ones are not precise at all. If it was shopped, the artist would have made it more perfectly precise, don’t you think?
Jul 23rd, 2009
Ivy
cool! you’re a genius! :)
Jul 23rd, 2009
arun
good creativity
Jul 23rd, 2009
GPL2
Fun, but is it art? Yes, beauty is, indeed, in the eye of the beholder and these are quite beautiful, but again, are they artistic? Your call!
Jul 23rd, 2009
djashish
Camouflage is something soldiers do before going in enemy’s territory,but Camouflage photography is something awe-inspiring.great work.
Jul 23rd, 2009
Solid Snake
Umm Solid snake has been doing this for like ever. Come on people, everything cool is obviously rooted in a video game. JK. Very creative, cool, and well executed. Who made the garmets and how?
Jul 23rd, 2009
Josh
Pretty freakin’ sweet! What motivates people to do this?
Jul 23rd, 2009
Roach
The bookshelf one certainly threw me off at first! All of them are amazing though, fantastic job!!
Jul 23rd, 2009
shaunjudy
These are some really cool pics…I love the last two!
Jul 23rd, 2009
yuva
They are interesting……..nice pictures
Jul 24th, 2009
alicia
the book one freaks me out he looks like he has no head its crazy! crazy GOOD!
Jul 24th, 2009
Can
wow…thats amazing!!!
Jul 24th, 2009
Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka
Superb ….: )
Jul 24th, 2009
Max
Last two are really gr8 ones!
Jul 24th, 2009
MicroWise
brilliant brilliant brilliant i say! genius i tell ya! i agree to most of the comments here. the last four is the best!
Jul 24th, 2009
jim w
these are great, that last one is crazy, you’d never know!!
Jul 24th, 2009
Nora Coates
ummm….this is not that original…i have seen this many times before
Jul 24th, 2009
prufrock
Nora, shut up. Please.
This is great work, and really worth seeing.
Jul 24th, 2009
Gymnastics Leotards
Amazing work of careful design and execution. The result is astonishing. I would certainly like to see more.
Jul 25th, 2009
Loren
what fun … and it doesn’t matter how they were created, they are wonderfully creative and inspiring. Fun, good work!
Jul 26th, 2009
doruk
the last one is so cool!
Jul 27th, 2009
amit
its all of photoshop work. nothing real!!!
Jul 27th, 2009
Pig
Wow!I like them very much.How do you it superbly?
Jul 28th, 2009
sdgfdh
This makes me proud to be an artist. Like I got something to show people thats recent and be like “This is what artists do. Don’t tell me to be a lawyer.”
Jul 31st, 2009
phoemous5
Excellent, magnifique
Aug 11th, 2009
VH
These are too cool! Very creative photography.
Aug 15th, 2009
ben
very cool,so creative
Aug 19th, 2009
Man
Isn’t that what life is about, blending in.
Aug 20th, 2009
JOYE 510
These were phenomenal. The last one is the best. You could scare the hell out of anyone walking by w/ these cami clothes.
Aug 26th, 2009
Harry Barracuda
‘Shopped dude.
Sep 14th, 2009
Tyler
Can I get a bookcase suit? Of course, it must be custom-tailored to my size in relation to the average bookcase…
Sep 15th, 2009
Ampayeen
I think the book one was the best :)
Oct 12th, 2009
JTDC
Only two were any good, in terms of camouflaging the target. If you can discern a shape, you fail at it. When you try and match the surroundings exactly, you bring in specific shapes, which in almost all of these cases, brought out the person’s shape.
Modern camouflage acts primarily by breaking up the shape of the individual, not merely matching colors to backgrounds.
Oct 21st, 2009
That Asian Guy
Y’know, the one that stands in front of the tread on that old construction machine in a suit like that?
He did it much better, and first.
Apr 6th, 2010
JackStraw
Wow, these are really cool! I like the newspaper one.
It looks great.
Jul 24th, 2010
the asian guy is the best
I agree, the asian guy is way better.
Just sayin…
Sep 20th, 2010
kristina
Ok this has already been done by that asian guy.. a talented artist doesn’t straight up copy someone else
Nov 13th, 2010
Steve
Only unimaginitive people cry “Photoshop!” when they see something as creative as this. People who accuse everything of being photoshopped should be banned from the internet and get out more.
Nov 15th, 2010
Ghost
I’m entertained that I see not a single comment here to remark this artist’s… “similarity”… to Liu Bolin.
Feb 5th, 2011
j
first half not that good, towards the end becomes a lot better
Mar 2nd, 2012
Thomas P. McHugh
Yes, you needed to paint your shoes. Chalk it up as a learning experience. Paint on my friend.
Oct 26th, 2012