Gianluca Drago
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Say: 'Hi, ∩O˥'.
This guy is ∩O˥
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Say: 'Hi, ∩O˥'.
Peter Roberts
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Hi, ∩O˥
I can't make up my mind about the reflections in this one, Gianluca, not sure whether they make it or break it
I can't make up my mind about the reflections in this one, Gianluca, not sure whether they make it or break it
Gianluca Drago
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Thank you, @Peter Roberts, for your time. And for having said 'Hi, ∩O˥' 
I’ll try to explain what you’re seeing here. It was a morning I had set aside mainly for photographing reflections in shop windows. I’ve always been fascinated by those reflections, especially on a sunny morning.
I believe this was a LOUis Vuitton shop—you can make out “LOU” in the image, but reversed.
It’s a triple reflection:
1- the photo is taken from outside, where you can partly see the buildings reflected on the glass along with the scene inside;
2- that interior is itself mirrored on a reflective, slightly distorting ceiling. The shop assistant, stretched, sliced, and warped by the lines of that reflective surface of the ceiling, ends up looking almost like an alien—someone who ought to have an unpronounceable name.
3- Finally, I turned the image upside down, rotating it by 180 degrees.
The title of my post was a small hint to help decipher the puzzle, writing “LOU” in reverse as “∩O˥”.
But you had probably already worked all that out.
It was simply meant to raise a smile, with no artistic pretensions.
I’ll try to explain what you’re seeing here. It was a morning I had set aside mainly for photographing reflections in shop windows. I’ve always been fascinated by those reflections, especially on a sunny morning.
I believe this was a LOUis Vuitton shop—you can make out “LOU” in the image, but reversed.
It’s a triple reflection:
1- the photo is taken from outside, where you can partly see the buildings reflected on the glass along with the scene inside;
2- that interior is itself mirrored on a reflective, slightly distorting ceiling. The shop assistant, stretched, sliced, and warped by the lines of that reflective surface of the ceiling, ends up looking almost like an alien—someone who ought to have an unpronounceable name.
3- Finally, I turned the image upside down, rotating it by 180 degrees.
The title of my post was a small hint to help decipher the puzzle, writing “LOU” in reverse as “∩O˥”.
But you had probably already worked all that out.
It was simply meant to raise a smile, with no artistic pretensions.
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