Street art · Amsterdam
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 bomen, 6 lenzen
By Thom Puckey
Three spiky black metal trees sprout convex mirror "lenses" instead of leaves in an Amsterdam courtyard — like if a Tim Burton forest opened a fun-house mirror pop-up. Aptly titled '3 Bomen, 6 Lenzen,' it's part street furniture, part optical prank.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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