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“Lost in Wonder” Hides Body Painted Models in Modern Wonder’s Plain Sight

Dec 7, 2015 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments

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Giza Pyramids Web

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Somethings the things that elude us are the things that are right under our nose. Say a naked model. Artist Trina Merry (previously) examined how modern selfie-stick culture impacts the great wonders of the world. Her way to do so was to place a naked yet body painted model against Wonders of the Modern world and camouflage them to blend in with the background.

Each photo is not just a wonder of body-painting art, but also has a say about modern culture. So for example the Petra piece has the model climbing the walls of historical place.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge, UK

Petra Web

Petra, Jordan

Mexico Web

Chicen Itza, Mexico

Machu Picchu Web

Machu Picchu, Peru

Great Wall of China Web

Great Wall of China

Easter Island 3 Web

Easter Island

Easter Island 2 Web

Easter Island

Easter Island 1 Web

Easter Island

Colusseum Web

Colosseum, Italy

Here is how Trina describes the series:

In this series, “Lost in Wonder”, Merry travelled to the Modern Wonders of the World. Surrounded by the aged at the end of their lives climbing stairs with modified ski poles and honeymooners breezing past sites holding selfie sticks, Merry examines Western tourisms impact on memory making, bucket list dreams, and decaying architecture.
Merry included “wonder” as a part of her process to create these works. She and her model traveled to each site and took a historical tour of the site, often with a private guide. Merry then returned to the site to sit and observe the architecture, decay, energy of the people and effects of tourism on the sites. Finally Merry returned with her subject to create the work over a period of 1-3 hours onsite, creating and giving energy to the site

Here is a closer look at some of the makeup involved:

bts at Colosseum Merry and James at Machu Picchu

[Lost in Wonder | Trina Merry]

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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