- Monica Carvalho gives her travel photos a "second life" with Photoshop.
- Her art often combines the human body and landscapes, thus creating incredible "bodyscape" illusions.
- Through her pieces, she primarily illustrates the endless possibilities of the imagination.
Monica Carvalho's photos aren't always what they seem.
The 25-year-old artist combines photos of the human body with landscapes to create stunning optical illusions that will make you look twice.
Her Instagram account, @mofart_photomontages, features original travel photography combined with self-portraits that are designed to illustrate the endless possibilities of the imagination to create new worlds.
Here are some of her most spectacular pieces.
Carvalho's passion for photography and the arts goes way back.
In an interview with INSIDER, Carvalho said she made photo montages as a hobby until around 2015, when she realized her art could become something more.
She started experimenting with photo manipulation when she got her first DSLR camera in college.
"I liked giving a 'second life' to my ordinary travel photos," she said.
She said she "decided to challenge the common perception on digital photographs" through her art.
Carvalho now uses Adobe Photoshop, which she has taught herself to use over the past few years.
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