Portraits Drawn on Maps by Ed Fairburn

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Ink on a 1973 road map of Germany

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Pencil on a Bartholomew map of Pembroke

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Pencil on a Bartholomew map of Galloway

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Ink on a ’30 Miles Around’ map of Bournemouth

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Ink on a street map of Cambridge

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Work in progress

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Artist Ed Fairburn utilizes the chaotic patchwork of roads, trains, and rivers printed on maps as the framework for his large-scale portraits. Almost like a sculptor carving a subject from a block of stone, or a constellation highlighted in a clump of stars, Fairburn uses meticulous ink or pencil crosshatching to create portraits hidden amongst the topographical features.

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Wow , aankhen Nahi kharab hoti hogi? :bummer:

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Interesting. BTW Isn't Indian Map like a Moorti?

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^lolz

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Restored attachments:

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^ wow

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wah