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They are truly amazing, though I often wonder why people paint hyper realism when they just look like a photo, but then again its because he can that he probably does it.

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Graysalchemy wrote:They are truly amazing, though I often wonder why people paint hyper realism when they just look like a photo.

It's very interesting isn't it. Impressionism began in the 1860s. Photography began to get properly underway in the 1850s. I have long thought that the two events were interconnected; although I've never read anybody putting it out as a theory I'm sure somebody must. By the twentieth century, realistic painting was only widely encountered in architectural perspectives drawn for as-yet unbuilt buildings - which are themselves impressions.

I hadn't come across these. They look fantastic. By contrast many recent photographic portraits I see all are spoilt by poor photoshop work on the eyes losing the spherical aspect, and lack of understanding of light resulting in" hypophotorealism".

Just think, Picasso, Van Gough, Renoir, Hockney - couldn't do that and Emin would probably charge/earn more for a stick man that you or I could do.

The one with the lace top - looks like her head has twisted round looking over her back, to me.

The title of that is The one shouldered woman, she lost the other in a chip pan fire, poor lass.

Bottom line is, as good as it is, it's not right!