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Some men play hide n’ seek like their lives depended on it. And they do. Berlin-based photographer Simon Menner decided to showcase just how good snipers’ disguises are, and his series Camouflage has the internet baffled.


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To the artist’s surprise, the German army was really open to collaboration. He sent a letter to the German Defense Secretary explaining his project and shortly after was contacted by high-ranking army officials to arrange everything.

“I think part of the reason it was so easy was because there is a general lack of interest in society about the army,” Menner told Wired. The first photo shoot took place in Northern Germany near the Baltic Sea, the second one was done in the Alps, and the German army even offered Menner to go to Afghanistan.

In some photos, there are little details that give the snipers away (like a gun barrel). In others it’s simply impossible to locate the deadly shooters. However, Menner points out that in most of the images the snipers are hiding 30-50 feet away from the lens of the camera, but in reality they would set up about half a mile from their target.

For Menner himself, finding the snipers isn’t the most important thing in his series; his work comments on terror, surveillance, and the fear these things bring to our lives. “I’m playing with this notion that you always have to be afraid of something that is not visible,” he says. Whether it’s terrorists about to blow up an underground station or the NSA tapping our phones, Camouflage tells us that we constantly have to keep our eyes open.

More info: simonmenner.com (h/t: wired)

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

Spot The Snipers

Image credits: Simon Menner

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