--- title: Body Paint Turned Naked Models Into NYC Landmarks description: Artist Trina Merry used body paint to transform topless models into New York City landscapes. canonical: https://time.com/3079398/body-paint-models-new-york-city-landmarks/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-04T14:30:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:31.278Z og:title: Body Paint Turned Naked Models Into NYC Landmarks og:description: City chameleons og:url: https://time.com/3079398/body-paint-models-new-york-city-landmarks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Body Paint Turned Naked Models Into NYC Landmarks twitter:description: City chameleons twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See How Body Paint Turned Naked Women Into New York City Landmarks > Sponsored content. 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Artist Trina Merry took this concept literally by using body paint to transform topless models into New York City landscapes. Brightly colored sneakers drew attention to their faint outline, hidden in the Guggenheim or Manhattan bridge.  A model appears to blend into the background as she stands in front of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Trina Merry—AP “I wanted to engage the city and understand it and make some observations,” Merry told the AP. “So instead of a person right in front of the Empire State building or the Statue of Liberty, they’re softly in the background, and you’ve got more of a reflective view of the person within the landscape.”  Jessica Mellow poses in front of the Manhattan Bridge after Merry, a body-paint artist, camouflaged Mellow to blend into the bridge, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Trina Merry—AP Angle was everything when camouflaging each model into the landscape. It took six hours to complete each “work.”  Merry is a body-paint artist who seamlessly camouflages her semi-nude models into New York City’s skyline, blending them into Central Park, Coney Island and other famous landmarks. 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