More Composite Examples

This section provides additional examples of composite images we created for different purposes. We initially conjured up many of these composites just by looking through photographs and finding common visual threads or themes. Others are more academic in nature, but the point is that there are endless possibilities if you have a large collection of images to work with.

Figure A.15. The purpose of this image is to demonstrate how the human eye can be momentarily tricked into accepting what it sees. This concept includes a couple of (intentional) visual cues to tip the viewer off that it is, in fact, not a real place. From there you’re left to wonder what was added or subtracted as you scan the image, almost like solving ...

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