They Saw Something Else (10 Photos)

Tanks, windows and ruins, seen differently

Most people saw tanks, windows, ruins and blank walls. These artists saw aquariums, faces, aircraft and entire worlds waiting to appear.

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🦖 Fossil Beast — By SCAF in Lorraine, France 🇫🇷

A ruined wall becomes a prehistoric trap. Painted bones, ground shadows and an enormous open jaw make the dinosaur seem to occupy the abandoned room. See SCAF’s post.

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🐠 Fish Tank Illusion — By SCAF

A plain metal tank becomes an aquarium, complete with a giant orange fish. The side-by-side image makes the transformation impossible to miss.

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✈️ Anamorphic Airplane — By Jan Is De Man in IJsselstein, Netherlands 🇳🇱

The sloping garage wall suggested a runway. Jan Is De Man used the recess, shadows and a bright orange plane to make the aircraft project into the courtyard. See the artist’s post.

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🥣 Porcelain Bowl and Swallow — By Odeith in Portugal 🇵🇹

A bowl, spoon and swallow seem to hover in front of a flat wall. Odeith’s shadows and perspective turn ordinary porcelain into an impossible object.

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🌇 Sunset Face — By Achilles in Athens, Greece 🇬🇷

Two windows become luminous eyes, with a painted face beneath them. The real sunset beyond the ruin completes a face that seems to look over Athens. See the artist’s post.

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🌬️ “Please Stand Here” — By Dennis Fauter in Lagos, Portugal 🇵🇹

The missing roof becomes part of the portrait. Broken masonry, blue sky and a calm upward gaze make the figure feel larger than the ruin.

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🌿 The Glasshouse from TIME — By RONE in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

A quiet portrait waits at the end of an overgrown glasshouse. RONE created the room for TIME, his installation in a long-abandoned wing of Flinders Street Station. Explore TIME.

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👁️ The Haunted Chapel — By Nikita Nomerz

Two window recesses become eyes and the central doorway becomes a mouth full of teeth. The whole brick building suddenly looks awake.

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🚪 The Prisoner — By Nikita Nomerz

Here the building becomes a body. A face appears between the openings while two painted hands grip the brickwork as if it were a cage. Read about the Living Walls series.

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🔥 “Enjoy Coca-Cola” — By ICY & SOT in New York City, USA 🇺🇸

A familiar drink crate becomes something dangerous. The stencilled carrier and real flames turn an abandoned interior into a sharp, unsettling intervention. Visit Oskouei Studio.

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