*Fantastic* Van Gogh-like Polaroid of the Millennium
*Fantastic* Van Gogh-like Polaroid of the Millennium Bridge in London, no Photoshop.
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Reader comments
FedorOct 10, 2003 at 9:17AM
uhh..
check out russian hero:
http://levah13.photosight.ru
http://www.clavierweb.com/sx70/
dowingbaOct 10, 2003 at 9:41AM
They very well might have put it in photoshop to convert it to the right format and such...in other words:
HOAX HOAX HOAX!!!
Tom HouyOct 10, 2003 at 9:59AM
It's not a hoax. This effect can be easily done as stated. Lucas Samaras has been doing this for years, with some pretty cool results.
leeOct 10, 2003 at 10:59AM
I doubt this is a hoax. While it is an extremely clean alteration, I've taught this technique to high school photography students with similar success. Nicely done.
dowingbaOct 10, 2003 at 11:11AM
My lord, I was being sarcastic.
StewartOct 10, 2003 at 11:32AM
see also Peter Gabriel's 3rd album cover.
Ryan SchroederOct 10, 2003 at 11:33AM
oh, no one told you? sarcasm doesn't translate to the web.
RyanOct 10, 2003 at 12:23PM
> "sarcasm doesn't translate to the web"
damn, if only that were true of irony.
egginOct 10, 2003 at 3:30PM
I thought it was funny, downingba.
Also, great pictures- I had not seen this technique before. I particularly enjoyed the http://levah13.photosight.ru link.
billOct 10, 2003 at 3:30PM
There's a book on the subject ...
BernieOct 10, 2003 at 5:38PM
do check out these works by Lucas Samaras - done in teh 70's with a polaroid SX-70. Good Stuff.
RobOct 10, 2003 at 7:15PM
Don't forget the three other similar photos on the site:
http://www.londonphotos.org/archives/000029.html
wendellOct 11, 2003 at 4:42AM
Or check out the Celebrity SX70 portraits done by Michael Dare in the '80s.
He did one of me when we met at a dull party in '85... can't imagine why my pic isn't in the on-line collection.
Jonathan WeedOct 12, 2003 at 3:43AM
Awesome. Absolutely awesome. Humans didn't always need Photoshop to tweak their potos ;).
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.