In this sculpture created by Japanese artist Kumi Yamashita, the shadows cast by a group of carved wooden letters form the profile of a face when lit by a single light source (from the right).  Her artwork frequently uses simple objects, light and shadow to form human profiles and other likenesses. More of her artwork […]

Below is an ambiguous picture of the face of Harry Houdini.  Is he facing you or are you looking at a profile shot of him staring to the right?  Try covering up the right side of the image with your hand or a sheet of paper and he will seem to be looking directly at […]

The painting below, by Russian artist Igor Lysenko, depicts a woman in a yellow dress and hat standing outside next to a bush.  Hidden somewhere in the painting is the face of a man.  Can you find him? The hidden face can be found by rotating the image 180 degrees.  When inverted, the landscape and […]

Do you notice anything peculiar about the kid in the hat?  Does he look a little too old to be carried through the water? The faces kind of merge together in an ambiguous way from the angle this photograph was taken.  It also looks like it might be time to get some sunscreen on that […]

A portrait of author Jules Verne can be seen below.  Turning the picture upside down reveals a small ship can be sailing past an opening in the rocks. This topsy-turvy image was created in 1979 by Hungarian artist Istvan Orosz.  Continue reading this post to view an inverted version of this image.

What do you see in the pencil sketch below?  Do you see a bearded elf or two birds in a nest? The artist, Humberto Machado, cites this ambiguous drawing as one of his personal favorites.

Using Google Earth, a mountain formation resembling the head of an Indian can be found near Alberta, Canada.  The image features a lot of facial detail including an eyebrow, an eye, a nose, lips, a chin and a neck.  Some people have even noted that it looks like the profile might be listening to an […]