Disappearance at the Desk Illusion

The cluttered desk in the image above is constructed with high spatial frequency superimposition of color onto a black and white low spatial frequency field. At close distance, there is a woman sitting at her computer amidst a somewhat cluttered desk. These elements exist in pale colored tones. Once you move away from the image a few meters, the woman at the desk will disappear as well as the surrounding clutter. The pale colored tones will have faded into the sea of gray scale that exists on the lower spatial frequency plane.


Copyright & Aude Oliva 2006