Body Camouflage Champion Carolyn Roper Hits The Beach

Can You Spot The Second Man In This Photo?
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The last time we caught up with double World Champion Body Artist Carolyn Roper, she was hiding people in piles of fruit and veg in a set of pictures that had us scratching our heads for a long time.

This time she's been jetting off to a far more exotic location than the market stalls of England: the sandy beaches and blue skies of the Dominican Republic, where she's been creating some of her most challenging work yet.

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A couple enjoying a meal alone ...or are they?

Working on a TV commercial for a Belgian travel company, Roper's been recreating cheesy holiday snaps with a difference: within each one lurks one of her patient (and not doubt rather itchy) models, blended almost perfectly into the world around them.

"It was definitely one of the most beautiful locations that I've worked in," she tells us.

"And although most outdoor body paint situations present various challenges, this one was definitely unique.

"We had to work in very high temperatures, and for one of the shots we had paint the model whilst we were standing waist deep in the Caribbean sea, with the paints floating next to us in a bucket!"

Human Camoflage
Neckermann 1(01 of04)
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Neckermann 2(02 of04)
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Neckermann 4(03 of04)
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Neckermann 6(04 of04)
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And here's Roper's fruit and veg series:

Camouflage Body Art
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Camouflage stunt to mark the UK premiere of the new series of CIA drama, Covert Affairs.IMAGE: Tim Anderson/Barcroft Media
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Camouflage stunt to mark the UK premiere of the new series of CIA drama, Covert Affairs.IMAGE: Tim Anderson/Barcroft Media
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Camouflage stunt to mark the UK premiere of the new series of CIA drama, Covert Affairs.IMAGE: Tim Anderson/Barcroft Media
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Blending in with the floor of a quarry.IMAGE: C. Roper
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From a campaign for the Irish National Lottery
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There is a person with head and hand painted to blend in with the fruit. Can you spot him? (This work was featured on the cBBC programme Smart).
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For a Mars Volta album cover
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Model painted for the cover of a Graham & Brown catalogue.
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Produced in London for 'A Suit That Fits' .
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Produced for the Stormback Catalogue by Storm Thorgerson. IMAGE: Rupert Truman.
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Produced for the Stormback Catalogue by Storm Thorgerson. IMAGE: Rupert Truman.
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This work was used on the cover of Biffy Clyro's CD 'Puzzle'. Copyright 14th Floor Records. IMAGE: StormStudios.
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More work used on the cover of Biffy Clyro's CD 'Puzzle'. Copyright 14th Floor Records. IMAGE: StormStudios.
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Sun Page 3 model Sam Cooke and actor Jason Flemyng were transformed into characters Mystique and Azazel to publicise the release of 'X Men First Class' movie on Blu-ray and DVD by Twentieth Century Fox.

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