Quirky Artist’s New Ingenious Mashups of Two Totally Different Photos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Creative director and Instagram star Stephen McMennamy sees the world differently from the rest of us. For him, seemingly disparate people, places, and things are the recipe for his playful mashups that create fictitious hybrids from unlikely fusions. His popular #ComboPhotos series features two images spliced and carefully positioned together so that they produce one believably unbelievable form.

In McMennamy’s wild imagination, anything is possible. An elephant trunk sprouts a leafy palm tree while an electric guitar is an unlikely bridge into a bustling metropolis. His bold color and mastery of Photoshop creates the illusion that these juxtapositions could be real. We, for one, would love to see his idea of bacon on a popsicle stick come to life.

Since we first marveled at his work in 2015,  McMennamy has ventured into the world of video. Check out some of his hilarious motion pictures that bring the wittiness of #ComboPhotos to life. And if you want to see his unpolished “fails,” he’s recently made a second Instagram account called @combophotofail.

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Stephen McMennamy combophotos

Here are a few of McMennamy's combo videos:

#Combophotos: Website | Instagram | Tumblr

All photos via Stephen McMennamy.

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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