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Old 01-14-2012, 10:20 AM   #1
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Japanese artist Photographer Hal covers his models with a plastic sheeting that he vacuums the air from in order to distort their features and bond them together. It only takes a few seconds for him to snap several images before releasing them, and the results are humorous and somewhat grotesque.
via Bizarre Photos of Shrink-Wrapped Couples
by Alison Nastasi on Flavorwire
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Old 01-14-2012, 11:04 AM   #2
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memepool had a link years ago to a Japanese fetish site where people would be vacuum sealed. Weird.
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Old 01-14-2012, 11:05 AM   #3
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Wacky!
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Old 01-14-2012, 02:48 PM   #4
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Is he an amputee?
I can't work out how they can both be contained in that space.
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:07 PM   #5
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I knew that was Japanese before I'd read a word.
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:18 PM   #6
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Imagine if he got a really important call just as he was about to take the pic.

Uh-oh!
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Old 01-14-2012, 08:26 PM   #7
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Know we now why they call it "glad wrap".


Or is that a boil-in-the-bag dinner?
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Old 01-15-2012, 11:00 AM   #8
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I have a panic attack just looking at it!
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Old 01-15-2012, 12:08 PM   #9
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I knew that was Japanese before I'd read a word.
The Japanese people gave it away, right?
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