hayashi natsumi: levitation self portraits
image © hayashi natsumi
elevating the art of self-portraits to a new level – literally – tokyo-based photographer hayashi natsumi‘s work consists of the artist seemingly floating in midair within conventional settings in and around the japanese city. entitled ‘today’s levitation’, the series is updated daily with new photographs set in a variety of locations from a desolate street to a busy train platform.
using the aid of a simple tripod, the self-portraits are taken with a 10-second timer from a distance. all the poses are captured in mid-jump with no aid of a rigging system or photoshop. impossibly relaxed and composed, the floating subject injects a surreal atmosphere to the often normal set, rendering an image devoid of gravity or physics.
to see many more images from the series, click here to natsumi’s daily blog.
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
image © hayashi natsumi
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her job title and salary may not be as flashy as it once was, but her story and her art inspires something much greater.
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If its not fake, we’ve achieved a weightless society? Since when and how?
@Charles, she just jump. No need to use computer.
http://yowayowacamera.com/
actually
its real photo
you can see some motion blur in end of some part that are oposite of direction of movement
like end of fits and hands
look at the hairs…they;ll tell you many thing
@Charles: It’s explained in the second paragraph.
Mary Poppins, eat your heart out!
And those production values- wow. Hair, costume, makeup, shoes, EVERYTHING- they all go into making these stunningly stylish.
I wanna be like Hayashi Natsumi!
Um.. how does she not fall on her face? Several poses look like the very next frame would show her face down in some very uncomfortable poses. Artistic, Acrobatic, and very dedicated to Art!
ADORE!
WOWWOWWOWWOWWWWW
i like her outfits ~_~
bravissima…
These are awesome!
Wow!! this is brilliant!!
Nice effect!!
She is effing adorable and this series is bomb
Now, this is some awesome, fresh photography. Congratulations to the author!!!
love it!
Beautiful work. The absence of shadows beneath the levitating lady on several of these make the images, for me, even more memorable and meaningful.
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Looks great, but [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Li+Wei&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1888&bih=1232]Li Wei’s work[/url] is more interesting.