Fredrik Saker’s beautifully-faked ID
Fredrik Saker's painted ID.
Fredrik Saker is a Swedish artist who paints hyper-realistic portraits.
People kept telling him that his paintings looked just like photographs, which gave him the idea for the ultimate test of his work: He would paint a self-portrait, take a picture of it, and send it to the Swedish Transport Authority to renew his license.
It worked.
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