Made in Tokyo :: Frédéric Gautron

Photographer Frédéric Gautron lives and works in Japan, bringing the Japanese art scene to the masses through his blog, Tokyo Bling. But he also offers a series of photo books called Made In Tokyo which display his own views of the city, sometimes distorted. Of note is his Urbano-Végétal series, Frédéric's vision of a floating city.

The easiest way to see the green floating architecture is to scroll through the book preview to page 64 for 16 pages of distorted photography. LINK

A World of Projections :: Sébastien Pérez-Duart

Flickr user Sébastien Pérez-Duart has uploaded a whole slew of distorted images. From stereographic images of his baby on a beach to conformal mapping, from fractals to more than two dozen methods to map his living room onto a sphere. You can check out all of his photosets but a good starting point is his best pictures set. LINK

Slitscan Carnival :: Carl Rosendahl

This video is pretty wild, distortions of footage shot at a carnival. The colors and movements are fabulous! LINK

Quase-Cinema :: Lucas Simöes

Artist Lucas Simöes has a few photosets on flickr worth checking out. The first, Quase-Cinema displays a series of images, folded, side by side, to add elements of time and movement to still images. LINK

The other series that caught my attention were his Unportrait and Unmemory portraits, cut apart and repositioned to create a distorted gallery of his family and friends.

Unmemory is incorporates geometric shapes. LINK
Unportrait is a mix of organic and chaotic forms. LINK

Slithering :: Lucas Simöes

Worth a separate mention is Lucas Simöes' Slithering videos, distorted views of dance and movement. You may want to turn down your speakers if you're at work because the soundtrack is equally distorted.

Slithering Solo LINK
Slithering Group LINK

Chronotopic Anamorphosis

A cool idea, digitally manipulating a video by fragmenting it horizontally then modifying the element of time in each strip. See the distortions for yourself. LINK

Postcards from Google Earth, Bridges :: Clement Valla

Artist Clement Valla created a project that calls attention to the distortions created by applying 3D mapping in Google to 2D satellite images of bridges. Some are pretty far out, the higher the bridge, the more distorted it appears. LINK

Distortions :: Ross Ching

Inspired by reflective art, Ross Ching created this video by making a video of distorted images to be played on a monitor, laid flat. The reflection of images on a chrome cylinder placed in the middle of the images is supposed to reflect a corrected image. Though his nature photography is very forgiving, it is still visually interesting and a quick watch. LINK

We've Got Time

This music video uses multiple praxinoscopes to tell it's story. Making use of illustrations reflected by mirrors, side-by-side and stacked, this is an interesting take on the zoetrope. LINK

Zoetrope Studies :: Retchy

Artist Retchy has a whole slew of zoetrope videos covering everything from shape, patterns, the third dimension, and even light. Peruse his vimeo selections for a whole slew of creativity. LINK

The Largest Zoetrope

A promotion for Sony, this video zoetrope was officially verified by Guiness World Record Book as the largest zoetrope. LINK

Phonotrope :: Jim le Fevre and Malcolm Goldie

Two guys, a phonograph, some clay, and some cameras. See what they came up with playing around one night. I think they also did a great job of synching their animation to a fun music clip. LINK

Alimation :: Alecandre DUBOSC

This projects takes the idea of a zoetrope in a different direction, using food as the medium. My favorite is the last one in the video, a cake whose decoration is animated in both two and three dimensions. LINK

Cyclotrope :: Tim Wheatley

Tim Wheatley zoetrope made from a bicycle wheel does a good job of reminding us that we don't need a computer, camera, or even a record player to create fun animations. Check out the video on vimeo. LINK