JANUS

Photos of illusions related to the perception of the face are the main goal of this project. After observing the images, it is comprehensible that this project is named, Janus, as the Roman god represented with two faces, the god all beginnings, transition, time, and duality. Some of these illusions created with my face may make us laugh and, I hope, think about ourselves and how we see ourselves, and the potential illusions that may hide reality or create a new one that only exists within us. (click on the photo to view full size)

Diagonal hidden portrait

Fat-thin illusion - the upside-down version looks thinner

Tony Blair illusion - Reversing the contrast of reveals a grotesque portrait, with the whole face positive except for the negative eyes and teeth

Mirror reversal illusion - The right portrait (mirror reversed) seems to look to the right side

Blue eye illusion

Chess hidden portrait

Tatcher illusion - It is the same image in the top and bottom but the illusion happens when the mouth and eyes, are kept the right way up.

Ando dark sclera illusion - Gaze direction seems different in the same portrait with different shadows in the sclera

Wobbling illusion - Duplicating facial parts can cause an unstable feeling

Bogart illusion - The negative seems to look to the right

Valentine-Bruce illusion - If the positions of eyes and the mouth are interchanged, the face appears to be funny. But the inferior image is not so funny.

Circles hidden portrait

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