Wow, Look at this new style of Photography

[Jnic335i]

Found this browsing the web today. Basically she paints her subjects to look as if they are in a painting! SO COOL

This is strikingly awesome.
"That's a real-ass live human woman right there! You see, DC artist Alexa Meade paints people to look like they're in paintings. Maybe art isn't dead! But you know what is? The opossum on the sidewalk right outside my apartment complex. It's true, I even poked it with a stick when I was walking the dogs.

I paint representational portraits directly on top of the people I am representing. The models are transformed into embodiments of the artist's interpretation of their essence. When captured on film, the living, breathing people underneath the paint disappear, overshadowed by the masks of themselves."

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-1.jpg


http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-2.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-3.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-4.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-5.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-10.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-11.jpg


the rest can be seen here...

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/real_people_painted_to_look_li.php

[Jethro790]

No pic of the possum?:lol:

[digitalphotocandy]

Interesting technique. It is cool and slightly creepy at the same time.

[suecassidy]

I've seen this somewhere and it makes me wonder: is that a new style of photography, or of painting? Not sure. Innovative art, for sure, but does it qualify as photography? I''ll be interested to hear from other photographers.

[makart]

Thats pretty cool, certainly fooled me

[stagi]

That is very cool, really creative!

[RDKirk]

I've seen this somewhere and it makes me wonder: is that a new style of photography, or of painting? Not sure. Innovative art, for sure, but does it qualify as photography? I''ll be interested to hear from other photographers.

It's called "performance art."

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-3.jpg

[CyberDyneSystems]

That's really freaky! The first image really does the job well.

[Scatterbrained]

brings new meaning to the term "fine art photography"

[Hyland33]

Thats amazing! I love it!

[tcvd112]

That is phenomenally nuts. In a good way, lol.

[canonjuke]

thats cool one!

[skygod44]

It's called "performance art."

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-3.jpg

Love it!
Incredibly skilled efforts on the part of the artist....but I'd go along with this being performance art and not photography - which is taking nothing away from the artist!

[RDKirk]

Love it!
Incredibly skilled efforts on the part of the artist....but I'd go along with this being performance art and not photography - which is taking nothing away from the artist!

Yes. The second image (the link I quoted) showed that the artist does not just take and display a photograph, but the entire scene including the live subject is put on display for the audience

[2joez]

wow, this reminds me of those silver painted people at vegas, who stand in one spot the whole day.

[mitchman]

Really cool! But wouldn't this be more effective with video instead of stills?

[vivala1210]

kinda look like van gogh/ gauguin work

[RDKirk]

Did you mean that this are a real people? It cant' be. Looks like alive sculpture

Yes, these are real people sitting in public exhibits. It's performance art.