Photographer Quietly Captures Museum Goers Who Accidentally Match the Artwork

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

When Stefan Draschan goes to a museum, he’s looking at more than just the art. The photographer is also people watching for museum visitors whose outfits happen to coordinate with the paintings on the wall. In his ongoing project called People Matching Artworks, he captures the unexpected moments when someone’s hair, jacket, or dress could be an extension of a timeless creation.

People Matching Artworks is the epitome of patience. Though some of these pictures look staged, they are rather the result of Draschan staking a spot in a museum and waiting for the right person to stroll by. It’s a secretive take on museum doppelgängers—a lighthearted activity in which people are actively posing with an artwork that resembles them. Draschan’s project, in contrast, depicts the quiet beauty of looking, and it emphasizes how the act of getting dressed is an opportunity to be your own work of art.

Draschan chronicles his series on Tumblr and Instagram, where he also reveals where the museums that he visits. So, if you’re local to institutions in Paris, Vienna, or Berlin, be on the lookout for Draschan and his camera!

Photographer Stefan Draschan looks at more than just the great art at a museum.

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

He's also sitting quietly and people watching the museum goers…

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

… waiting for one to match an artwork!

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

People Watching Museum Visitors by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

People Matching Artworks by Stefan Draschan

Stefan Draschan: Website | Instagram | Tumblr
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All images via Stefan Draschan.

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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