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30 Extravagant Photographs Of The 2012 International Bodypainting Festival

The festival takes place in South Korea and is the largest event in the world of body painting. The incredibly ornate costumes and giant headpieces are just a bonus, I guess. posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:40am EDT

Summer Anne Burton BuzzFeed Staff posted about 8 months ago

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LOVE the skirty part of #20
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How is this “body paint” when more than half the models are wearing extravagant dresses and head pieces with some face paint… Nope.
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Wow! What beautiful pieces of art. Kudos to all of the artists!
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This is what I pictured the people in the Capital from the Hunger Games looking similar to.
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only 6 models had actual body paint. the rest looks like a but bunch of girls in prom dresses with face paint. not impressed
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I think the artists should have been credited here. Not just the photographer.
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I kinda think that if they want to call it a “body painting festival”, they should do without all the costumes/headpieces/etc….
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Body painting is only for women?
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I like arts but I think body painting is kinda creepy lol
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spinthestars 8 months ago

At my college we hold an event every year called Liquid Latex. The ideas were not always as good as the ones shown here.
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