Artist Creates Remarkable Photo Manipulations Without Using Photoshop

Tiago Silva is a talented Portuguese artist who creates optical illusions without photo manipulation. He says that “he sees the world through his perspective by playing with optical illusion, shadows, perspective, colors by using a lot of creativity.”

Also known as Umtiago on Instagram, the artist finds inspiration everywhere, from graffiti and landmarks to objects, shadow, or a piece of cloth.

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See you, Berlin 👓

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“Every photo is a challenge where I always try to see something unusual. Something that no one has ever seen before. And that could happen everywhere. Most of the time it’s very spontaneous: when I’m walking through the city, traveling or at the beach,” the artist shared on Bored Panda.

Hw added that during the shoot people sometimes think he is ‘crazy’. “But when I show them the photo, they realize why I was doing all that and laugh, start following me and sometimes even trying to take the same picture.”

Scroll down and check out his remarkable photo manipulations below. Do you have a favorite?

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Pick a book 📚

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Human flashlight 🔦

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Complete the puzzle. 🧩 Azores, 2015.

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See you on the other side. 👽

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Sleep tight. 😴 🛌

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Tower head. #headownproject 🗼

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