There is probably nothing psychologically significant going on here but when the Swiss photographer/artist, Sebastian Magnani, merged – I suppose using Photoshop – photographs of the cat caretaker’s clothes (appearance) and his/her cat we end up with an image that is more sinister than amusing. Perhaps it is the way he did it. He seems to have deliberately tried and succeeded in creating an image that is slightly unsettling. There is also some photoshop work on the cats faces as well.
Sebastian says this:
‘I am so fascinated by the eyes of cats. Unlike dogs, cats all have the same head form, so there is not so much difference between each other’.
That does not enlighten me to be honest. No matter, I like the images because they are interesting.
He has definitely tried to make them look a bit sinister. Sometimes they look cute. However, I have seen other cats looks distinctly sinister in human clothes. What about this photo of a Sphynx cat:
or this one:
But here is cute/bizarre:
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Well said!
It won’t surprise anyone to know that I HATE those pictures, I hate cats being in any way shape or form dressed as people, because they are NOT people, cats don’t wear stupid hats or clothes, their clothing is beautiful fur!
The idiot who posted those photos needs something better to do.
Me too, well said Michael that IS the important issue
I suppose to some people they look a bit daft and to other people do look a bit sinister or creepy (that’s me) and to some other people they are fun. Personally, I’m not sure about them. I am more interested in cat welfare than fancy image manipulation of cats.
Totally disagree with the man, cats don’t have the same head form at all, ok they all have ears, eyes and noses but our two cats have completely different shaped heads. I think the pics are something that someone with a computer and photoshop would mess about with on a rainy Sunday afternoon, just can’t understand why when he’d finished playing around he published them, they’re a bit daft really aren’t they.
It does look a bit odd. I am not quite sure why. Dogs seem to match up in appearance to their owners better than cats though. It is probably because there are more types of dog – their appearance varies more widely.