How the world's leaders would look if they were hipsters

History has never looked this good before.

Amit Shimoni is a 28-year-old Israeli illustrator whose series HIPSTORY re-imagines the world's leaders as image-obsessed hipsters.

Shimoni says the work is an "attempt to create new and altered" portraits of some of the most famous politicians in history.

I think anything can be turned into an illustration, seriously anything, whether it is scenery or a feeling; and I believe an illustration has a place anywhere - seriously anywhere - whether it is in the Louvre, or on a coaster, if it is illustrated I love it.

• Amit Shimoni, speaking to i100.co.uk

"My favourite is probably Abraham Lincoln," he added.

Here are some of his incredible portraits, and to see more head to Instagram or Nuvango.

Gandhi

John F Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

Che Guevara

Nelson Mandela

Margaret Thatcher

Copyright: Amit Shimoni

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