30 Stunning Droste Effect Examples


In 1904 the Droste cocoa powder, which was one of the main Dutch brands, displayed an image on its tins and boxes. The image was of a nurse holding a tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box with the same image i.e. the box again contained the image of the nurse holding a tray having a cup and a box and this new box again had the same image and so on and so forth. Theoretically speaking this effect goes on until infinity but practically it continues only as long as the resolution of the image allows it to continue. An analogy can be drawn from a flower placed between two plane mirrors. One mirror will form the image of the rose and this image will behave as an object for the second mirror and hence a new image will be formed in the second mirror and then this image will behave as an object for the first mirror and so another image will be formed in the first mirror and so on. Theoretically speaking infinite rose images will get formed in both the mirrors but the number of images will be restricted by the intensity of light falling on the rose.

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The effect soon became popular and others began to use it. This effect in images is known as the Droste effect by the name of the cocoa company which first used it.

Therefore the Droste effect can be defined as the effect of a picture appearing within itself over and over again i.e. the appearance is recursive in nature, the smaller version of the image contains an even smaller version and so on and so forth.

Below I present you with 30 stunning Droste effect examples.

1. Out of the pit

This photo was taken on March 31, 2009.

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2. Droste clock

This photo was taken on March 8, 2012 using a Nikon D5000.

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3. Frame Maker

Droste effect applied to this picture taken by Marcosz.

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4. Framing Droste

This photo was taken on April 7, 2009.

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5. Love Droste Effect

This photo was taken on May 28, 2007.

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6. Never ending window

This photo was taken on October 25, 2008 in Zarate, Buenos Aires, AR, using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi.

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7. Starlah

This photo was taken on July 4, 2008.

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8. No Lift

This photo was taken on August 12, 2008 in Padua, Veneto, IT.

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9. Holding Myself

This photo was taken on November 26, 2006 using a Nikon E5200.

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10. Playpen

This photo was taken on June 2, 2007.

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11. Twisted Mind

This photo was taken on June 17, 2009 using a Canon EOS 40D.

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12. Winter Droste effect in Altdorf south of Germany

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13. Yasser

This photo was taken on December 15, 2007 using a Canon EOS 40D.

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14. Time spiral

This photo was taken on March 15, 2007.

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15. What’s up

This photo was taken on December 20, 2004 using a Canon EOS 20D.

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16. Fedoroste Effect

This photo was taken on February 12, 2009.

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17. Trip A

Playing with more Droste Effect things in Math Map, This photo was taken on September 4, 2008.

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18. There Are Some Places Better Left Unexplored

This photo was taken on September 10, 2008 using a Nikon D70s.

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19. Mexican Droste

This photo was taken on September 8, 2008.

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20. Pirelli Droste Tires

This photo was taken on February 22, 2012 in Westminster, London, England, GB.

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21. Photo By Jezikalyn

This photo was taken on January 29, 2009.

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22. Gaby fountain Drosted

This photo was taken on February 24, 2007 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX.

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23. Fossil Record

Another in my Droste/Escher infinite regression series.

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24. Easter Eggs

This photo was taken on April 9, 2007.

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25. Darts Droste Effect

Droste effect made in Gimp.

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26. Call To Myself

This photo was taken on February 16, 2007.

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27. Eternal clock

This photo was taken on March 25, 2009 in Mbagathi, Nairobi Area, KE, using a Canon EOS 350D Digital.

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28. Arches Droste

This photo was taken on June 8, 2007.

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29. Planet Cocktails

This photo was taken on November 13, 2009 using a Canon Power Shot SD770 IS.

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30. Trufflepig Droste

This photo was taken on July 13, 2007.

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Let me know in the comments below what do you think about this peculiar Droste effect.

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