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Trompe l’oeil: The Art of Illusion

Post author By Steve McCurry
Post date February 26, 2019
13 Comments on Trompe l’oeil: The Art of Illusion

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion.
The great task in life is to find reality.
– Iris Murdoch

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’m obsessed with trompe l’oeil –
the idea of something that is existing and
is not existing.
– Alessandro Michele

Is not this whole world an illusion?
– Angela Carter

USA-11529NF — *Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA*

What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story.
And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream,
and dreams themselves are only dreams.
– Pedro Calderon de la Barca

INDIA-11401 — *Illusionist/ Entertainer in Rajasthan, India*

By Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than thirty years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name.

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13 replies on “Trompe l’oeil: The Art of Illusion”

As always fascinating. I spend the better portion of on hour looking at your photos and posts. Then. At a later time I go back and look again. Always so beautiful, and interesting.