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Some artists don’t just photograph the world around them; they bend it into something completely unexpected. Portuguese photographer and visual artist Hugo Suíssas has a way of turning streets, buildings, landmarks, and everyday objects into playful optical illusions that make you pause for a second look. Based in Lisbon, he uses forced perspective, careful composition, and a sharp sense of visual humor to create images where ordinary objects suddenly interact with the world on a much larger scale.

His work has been featured on Bored Panda before, and it is easy to see why readers connected with it. Suíssas has built a distinctive visual language around surprise, imagination, and precision. Entirely self-taught, he describes himself as someone driven by a constant need to create ideas that feel fresh and unexpected, often sketching concepts and experimenting with new ways to reframe familiar places.

Scroll down to see Hugo’s clever perspective-based photo manipulations, and don’t forget to vote for the ones that made you look twice.

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Artistic photo manipulation uses a coffee portafilter and cup with a building as a coffee machine, making a simple object part of a city.

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    Clever photo manipulations: a hand holding a fishing reel against an arched bridge, as if fishing in parts of cities.

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    #3

    A hand manipulating a simple object, an umbrella, to look like a part of a city in a grand indoor dome.

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    #4

    Innovative photo manipulation presents a wind turbine inside a watch face, integrating a simple object with parts of cities.

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    #5

    Clever photo manipulation of a hand holding a red LEGO brick above a red building, making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    This is Saint Agatha's Tower, commonly known as the Red Tower, located in Mellieħa, Malta.

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    A hand holds a white earbud in front of a swan on water, a clever photo manipulation making it look like part of a city.

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    Premium     2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you set up to play Swan Lake?

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    #7

    Fingers pinching the top of a modern skyscraper, a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #8

    A hand holds a white smartphone, creatively manipulated to resemble a modern building with circular windows. Photo manipulations make simple objects parts of cities.

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    #9

    A hand manipulating simple objects, ski lift gondolas, to look like parts of a city by adding a Christmas ornament.

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    Premium     2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Three for the view; one for those with fear of heights.

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    A hand holding a miniature soccer ball, with birds on wires above, a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this pigeon soccer table.

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    #11

    Clever photo manipulation makes a pencil look like a skyscraper with a plane flying by, combining simple objects with parts of cities.

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    Creative photo manipulation shows a lightbulb illuminating a cave entrance, transforming a simple object into a part of a city.

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    #13

    A hand holding a tomato slice over a red spiraled sculpture, a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #14

    A hand holding a laptop above ancient stone ruins, making the laptop look like the roof in a clever photo manipulation.

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    #15

    A hand holds a captains hat under a cruise ship, a clever photo manipulation making it look like part of a city.

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    A hand manipulating a simple object, a pencil, to look like a part of a city with a tunnel in the background.

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    #17

    A hand manipulating a simple object, a building, to look like a part of a city. This photo manipulation is clever.

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    #18

    A hand holding a Sylvester the Cat Pez dispenser, part of a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #19

    A hand holding an umbrella in a clever photo manipulation, making its handle appear to support the dome of a grand building.

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    #20

    A hand holding a drill, aligning it with a twisted monument in a city square. This photo manipulation makes simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #21

    Clever photo manipulations: a finger holding a cigarette above a tall city building, making it look like part of cities.

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    #22

    A hand holds an open book in front of the Sydney Opera House, a clever photo manipulation looking like part of a city.

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    #23

    A photo manipulation of hands holding a walnut to look like it's the top of a bridge, making simple objects part of a city.

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    #24

    A photo manipulation of a person playing a trumpet, with a factory chimney in the background emitting smoke that looks like it's coming from the trumpet.

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    #25

    A hand holding an electrical plug towards a white church building, a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #26

    A long shadow of a person on a white wall, holding a small object, creating a clever photo manipulation effect.

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    #27

    Ingenious photo manipulation features a tape measure extending into a solar panel array, turning a simple object into a part of a city.

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    #28

    Clever photo manipulation of pliers positioned to look like a building, making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #29

    A hand holding a utility knife, aligning it with a tall, modern building. This photo manipulation makes simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    A hand holds a clock over a city roundabout, making it a clever photo manipulation looking like part of the city.

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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hamilton watch? (not the F1 driver)

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    A hand holding tweezers above a pier at sunset. This photo manipulation makes simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #32

    A hand holds a dry leaf, creatively manipulated to resemble a boat against a clear blue sky, a boat in the distance. Photo manipulations make simple objects parts of cities.

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    #33

    A hand manipulating a simple object, a microphone, to look like a part of a city with a planetarium in the background.

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    #34

    Clever photo manipulations: a hand holding a sushi roll with chopsticks over a long staircase in parts of cities.

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    #35

    A matchbox held above a skyscraper, a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #36

    A hand holding a smartphone up to the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands, as a clever photo manipulation.

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    #37

    Clever photo manipulation of a hand holding a faucet over a pool, making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #38

    A hand holds a guest check on a spire of a pagoda, a clever photo manipulation making it look like part of a city.

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    #39

    A photo manipulation of a hand holding a wooden stamp, positioning it to look like it's part of a city building.

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    #40

    Clever photo manipulations: hands crumbling a snack over a lush green island, like parts of cities.

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    #41

    Clever photo manipulations: a hand holding a mango slice as if it's a boat in a small city harbor.

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    #42

    A hand holding a laptop like a briefcase, with a city skyline in the background, a clever photo manipulation.

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    #43

    A hand holding a clothespin, making it appear to hold back a dam with a waterfall. This photo manipulation makes simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #44

    Clever photo manipulation of a person riding a scooter on a laptop screen, making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #45

    A hand holding a phone, aligning it with a modern blue and white tunnel. This photo manipulation makes simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #46

    A photo manipulation of a man upside down on a ceiling, with his legs appearing as parts of a city's architecture.

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    #47

    A person holding an upside-down building, a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #48

    A hand holding a fan in front of a Ferris wheel, a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #49

    A hand holding a USB cable and a device on a beach, part of a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #50

    A hand holding a gear stick over a person's head, part of a clever photo manipulation making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #51

    Clever photo manipulation of a hand holding a pencil sharpener over a construction site, making simple objects look like parts of cities.

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    #52

    A photo manipulation of a hand holding a blue dustpan, making a city amusement park ride appear as if it's being held in the dustpan.

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