{"id":38016,"date":"2025-04-05T20:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/now-you-see-it-eric-kogans-everyday-urban-illusions-in-pictures\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T20:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:08:34","slug":"now-you-see-it-eric-kogans-everyday-urban-illusions-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/now-you-see-it-eric-kogans-everyday-urban-illusions-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Now you see it: Eric Kogan\u2019s everyday urban illusions \u2013 in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York-based photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/erickogan\">Eric Kogan<\/a> uses shadows, reflections and fortuitous timing in order to create optical illusions in his work. \u201cIt\u2019s more of a life\u2019s journey than a project,\u201d he says, \u201cbut if I had to describe it, it\u2019s all about spotting unusual moments in everyday places.\u201d In his daily walks around the city, he keeps an eye out for interesting juxtapositions or humorous framings: a pigeon balancing on a ghostly tree; a cloud caught in a net; statues miraculously coming to life. \u201cAt the root it\u2019s about seeing, but maintaining the right state of mind is also everything. I\u2019m hoping the photos will connect with others, and, with each individual, take on personal narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/erickogan\">See more at instagram.com\/erickogan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/gallery\/2025\/apr\/05\/now-you-see-it-eric-kogans-everyday-urban-illusions-in-pictures\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York-based photographer Eric Kogan uses shadows, reflections and fortuitous timing in order to create optical illusions in his work. \u201cIt\u2019s more of a life\u2019s journey than a project,\u201d he says, \u201cbut if I had to describe it, it\u2019s all about spotting unusual moments in everyday places.\u201d In his daily walks around the city, he &#8230; <a title=\"Now you see it: Eric Kogan\u2019s everyday urban illusions \u2013 in pictures\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/now-you-see-it-eric-kogans-everyday-urban-illusions-in-pictures\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Now you see it: Eric Kogan\u2019s everyday urban illusions \u2013 in pictures\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}