Mysterious Shadow People (6 total)

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Kumi Yamashita has a secret power. She can place wood or metal objects in just the right light to make mysterious shadow people show their true selves. The genius of it all lies in the fact that without the lighting and shadows the objects would never give away her secret. These surprising silhouettes only come out when beckoned to do so.

Above: The numbers scattered on the wall, lit from the right, cast a silhouette of a woman.

Glider

The thin metal object on the wall casts the silhouette of a girl when lit from above.

Lovers

Created by aluminum sheet, light, and cast shadow, the two silhouettes are connected together when lit.

Feather

Created by light, wood and shadow, the wooden object on the wall, lit from below, casts a silhouette of a figure.

Profile

The number and the alphabet blocks, lit from the left, cast a silhouette of a man's profile.

Clouds

The thin metal object on the wall, lit from above, casts the silhouette of a couple.

Kumi Yamashita

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Tags: art, artist, kumy, shadow, yamashita

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Comment by Denis Beyer on March 26, 2010 at 10:45am: awesome!!!! :) saw it several times in blogs already.. but only 1-2 pics... thats a great selection here!

Comment by Eugene on February 9, 2010 at 11:58pm

I like these ones from the artist too...

Comment by Hanspeter Schmid on February 9, 2010 at 6:51am: brilliant! bravo

Comment by Eugene on February 7, 2010 at 2:16pm: So cool! Nice post!

Comment by simonahartner on February 5, 2010 at 4:56pm: it's great indeed !!! bravo

Comment by Christopher Ronk on February 4, 2010 at 8:14am: I second that... bravo!

Comment by Franie on February 1, 2010 at 6:44pm: bravo!!!! amazing

Comment by Aubree on February 1, 2010 at 1:47pm: It would be so cool to have this in your house!

Comment by Inka Leoni on January 31, 2010 at 5:07pm: Wow that's very very good. Very very creepy...but good.

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