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Mind-Bending Optical Illusions by Erik Johansson

Jazlyn

24 Feb, 2015

You may have seen several awesome works of optical illusions on the web but none as great and masterfully crafted as Erik Johansson has done in his recent collection of surreal photo manipulations. Berlin based photographer and retoucher creates mind-bending illusions by combining real images and some digital manipulating techniques. Check out some of his stunning and most beautiful illusions that you may have not seen before.

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