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Clever illustration merges with street photography from New York's biggest snowstorm

In their series The Warmest Winter, New York City-based Thai illustrator Gong Kantapon joined forces with roommate and photographer Kanrapee Chokpaiboon to merge their two creative disciplines and craft artworks based on the Big Apple's biggest snowstorm to date.

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A woman in dark clothing rides on the back of a dark blue deer with antlers across a snowy street, with green shoots emerging from the snow and city figures in the blurred background

Armed with his camera, Kanrapee ventured out into the cold and white-covered streets with Gong to capture various snowscapes that Gong could later add quirky characters to, using what was available in each picture as a basis.

Gong explained: "We wanted to share our feelings, our thoughts and what we saw that day. The snowstorm did not scare us at all. We were just happy to be living in the moment, along with everyone else who braved the freezing cold."

Kanrapee added: "We are friends from the same country, we live in the same house, and our ideas are very much alike. So it seemed like a good idea to merge our abilities and see what we could create. We hope people can travel back to that moment with us, when the snow was freezing and the wind was strong, but we were there feeling alive and warm together."

Via direct submission | All images courtesy of the artists

An illustrated head and shoulder of a person emerge from deep snow in a New York City street, surrounded by delicate plant shoots, during a heavy snowstorm
Person in puffy jacket surrounded by illustrated furry creatures holding a flowering plant during heavy snowfall on a New York street
Illustrated figure reclining among large pink flowers with green stems, merged with a photograph of snow-covered urban structures in the background
Illustrated figure emerging from a stylised tree with yellow flowers amongst snowy New York City street lined with parked cars and bare buildings
Illustrated figure and ginger cat emerge from a snow-covered car parked on a snowy suburban street in New York's biggest snowstorm
Illustrated female faces emerge from green plant stems overlaid on a textured snowy urban photograph with muted red and grey tones
Two illustrated figures with outstretched arms appear to float against a snowy New York City street lined with brick and white buildings with barred windows
Illustrated figure reclining on snowy ground surrounded by black tanks and industrial structures in an urban lot during winter.
Illustrated figures sitting in giant plant stems above a snow-covered damaged car on a New York street lined with traffic cones and buildings
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