Instagram from a Surreal Universe
Jati Putra Pratama’s Instagram accountis full of photos that look like travel brochures froman alternate universe. There’s a woman sitting poolside, her wet hair slicked back, but instead of staring down into blue water, she’s gazing at a milkyswirl of clouds and distant landscape below. A dog sits on the beach, his gaze following thesand asit makes a sharp perpendicular turn straight up into the sky. Pedestrians walk over a steel footbridge that vanishes into puffs of fog and a candy colored sunset.
Pratama is an Indonesian graphic designer who combsstock photos online andmanipulates theimageshe finds into dream-likestillsand GIFs. So far he’s been posting nearly every day — you can see more below, and follow his Instagram account here.
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