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On Photorealism
American photorealist Audrey Flack has once said and I quote,
“There is an instinct for realism, a powerful drive to reproduce
oneself. The fascination of photorealistic paintings lies partly
in their apparent replication of life, but these are not merely
replications. These paintings are often out of life scale, varying
from over life-size to under life-size, from brilliant, heightened
color to pale, undertone hues."
Flack’s thoughts sum up what Photorealism is all about.
Known as a painting movement of the mid-20th century which began
in the late 1960s, scenes are painted in a style closely resembling
photographs in Photorealism. Artists painted from photographs
or depicted objects and people as close to real life as possible,
including every minute detail. However, the true subject of a
photorealist’s work is the way we unconsciously interpret
photographs and paintings in order to create a mental image of
the object represented.
The movement’s center is located in the United States. Among
the most highly-regarded American photorealist painters are Flack,
Richard Estes, Chuck Close, Charles Bell, and Ralph Goings. Estes
and Close are the leading members of the Photorealist movement.
Estes specializes in street scenes with elaborate reflections
in window-glass while Close does enormous portraits of neutral
faces. The Photorealism movement was also strong in Europe from
the late 1960s into the 1970s, where his type of illusionism is
known principally as Superrealism. The style is tight and precisionistic.
Some of the renowned Russian photorealists include Andrew Abramov,
Soryn Codytsa and Arlette Steenmans.
With the existence of Photorealism up to these days, renowned
artist Bert Monroy introduces “Photorealism with Bert Monroy,
volume 2” which will once again take you inside his creative
mind and show you how to create ultra-realistic images using Adobe
Photoshop. It showcases Monroy's personal methods for creating
realistic details to enhance a digital image. From this book,
you’ll learn to make fireworks, rusty text, a glazed donut,
an antique photo, a speeding bullet, and a lot more. You'll also
learn to master the pen tool, layers, alpha channels, and masking
by watching and following along with one of the great digital
artists of today.
Photorealists typically specialize in a particular subject matter.
Very ordinary, as you might think but then, Photorealism will
always be a part of our lives. After all, ordinary things and
events around us are what make photorealism artists so great and
impressive.
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