Trina Merry is an artist who uses models as her canvas, combined with backdrops of the city. For someone passing by, it would be hard to spot the model from the image in the background.
What's amazing is that these images are not digitally manipulated, but are actually captured with a model being painted on site. The painting is done on location because Trina Merry is then able to completely blend the person in with the background. The New York cityscape is a common backdrop used by Merry, but she also uses places like the park and even a carnival. No matter what she chooses for a background, everything is so seamlessly integrated that the subject is completely lost in the rest of the picture. In some photos the subject even takes on a ghostly look.
Photo Credits: designboom, trinamerryartist
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Blended Body Art
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore the use of body painting as a way to seamlessly integrate models with different backgrounds and landscapes, creating visually stunning photographs.
- Invisible Subjects
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Experiment with techniques to make subjects appear ghostly or fade into the background, creating an ethereal and mysterious effect in photography.
- On-location Photography
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop techniques for capturing immersive and realistic photographs by painting models directly on site, incorporating the surrounding environment into the artwork.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Art and Photography
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Combine traditional art forms with photography to create innovative and immersive experiences that challenge perceptions of reality.
- Fashion and Beauty
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Collaborate with body painters and photographers to explore new ways of showcasing fashion and beauty through unique and visually striking campaigns.
- Advertising and Marketing
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilize body painting and blended body photography techniques in advertising and marketing campaigns to create attention-grabbing and memorable visuals that stand out from the crowd.
