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Photographer Daisuke Takakura creates mesmerizing clone world
Stuck at work right now? Well, there's a different you who called in sick today,and is lounging around at home with their feet up, maybe watching some TV. Imagine that "self" gave you a call: "Hi buddy! How's your day going?"
Japanese photographer Daisuke Takakura playfully creates these scenes. Using a combination of traditional photography, theatrical staging, and post-production editing, he creates a world where a different version of your person could pay you a visit.
There are infinite possibilities for what we could be doing at this moment, but Takakura imagines a handful really come into being, and could hang out together. Is this a world you'd want to live in?
Scroll through the gallery to understand why Takakura thinks we should embrace this new world.