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An extreme close-up of a person’s eye. Peering through the opening of the eyelid is another person, looking straight at the camera.

Surreal Photoshop and selfie skills from Izumi Miyazaki

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Date
17 February 2015

Life can be pretty boring when you’re a teenager. Rather than turning to the gory allure of video games and SnapChat, 18-year-old Izumi Miyazaki decided to take matters into her own hands and make a series of selfies that make yours look absolutely rubbish. By utilising household items and foodstuffs as props, and sometimes going as far as building her own sets (see head in the clouds photos below) Izumi transports herself into far off lands, so far off that they’re on a different world entirely. Her fixed, deadpan stare throughout makes the project not just endearing but also worth much more than if she was just larking about. It’s art, man. FYI she also sells badges and other small merch items – get ’em while you can.

A person with short black hair looks at the camera with a surprised expression. They hold a clump of white rice on chopsticks, while more rice grains rain down around them against a black background.
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Two hands hold a cracked egg shell high in the air, with the yolk dripping downwards. Below, a person in a red knit jumper stands with arms crossed, looking up.
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A person with a short black bob haircut wears a red textured turtleneck sweater and makes a peace sign. A Japanese yen banknote is tucked into their hair, partially covering one eye.
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A person with a black bob and blunt fringe looks directly at the camera against a black background. Clear droplets of water are suspended in the air above and across their face.
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A person with a dark bob haircut stands in front of floral curtains. Two slices of white bread are positioned against their head, one covering their right eye and one behind their left ear.
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A person with a short black bob and blunt fringe rests their chin in their hands. Two long baguettes are positioned on their head to look like rabbit ears.
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An extreme close-up of a person’s eye. Inside the eye socket, a smaller person is visible, peering out from the opening.
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Two people with matching black bob haircuts and blunt fringes stand against a pink and grey background. They wear identical sleeveless, cream-coloured dresses with white collars and pleated detailing.
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A person with short dark hair peers over a sea of fluffy white cotton wool. Above them, a small toy aeroplane hangs from a string against a bright blue background.
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A person peers over a sea of fluffy white clouds against a bright blue background. A small toy aeroplane with purple and blue wings floats in the air above them.
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A person with a dark bob haircut peers over a sea of fluffy white cotton wool. A small blue and pink toy plane rests on the clouds beside them against a bright blue background.
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A person in a white coat holds a plate of food in one hand and balances a foil-covered bowl on a fork held high in the air. They stand before a chain-link fence with industrial metal towers and a clear blue sky behind them.
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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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