This amazing photo series proves that you can’t believe everything you see on Instagram

How many times have you scrolled through your Instagram feed, looking at pictures of seemingly delectable brunch plates and twee DIYs and gotten down on yourself for not having the same flawless existence as your friends? Well, in the immortal words of Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi: “It’s a trap!”

According to Cosmopolitan, what you see on Instagram might just be, well, pretty fabricated. We don’t want to call your friends liars, but let’s just say that for every snapshot of an impeccably organized closet or selfie sporting the perfect cat-eye liner there’s probably more than meets the eye.

That’s precisely what Thai photographer Chompoo Baritone is proving with her new photo series, which takes a wide shot of a picture, then superimposes the Instagram interface over the small section that would actually become the photo you’d see as you scrolled through your feed. For example, one image depicts a woman from her head to her thighs as she executes a pretty impressive headstand.

However, the wider shot reveals that a friend is actually holding the woman’s feet, her own feet planted far away as she leans over excessively in order to not be captured in the shot.