Art Archive 'Wish I had thought of it' Department

A French photographer has won awards by (what looks to me) like
photoshopping Star Wars characters into the real world (see
www.thefirstpost.co.uk) and calling it art...

What a way to make a bundle...

 

Haha... I applaud the concept, but some of the montages were just too obvious (the Boba Fett figure in the parking, for example) I wonder how he got an award for it

Hey, I live near Paris, too. Even I could've done something like that!

 

Thats the part that kills me too!! - I could have done it for London

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=4&subID=431

 

Oh no! They don't look bad, but very unrealistic. And I wouldn't call it art.

 

Well, I really like the one of Palpatine and his guards outside the building.
Striking angle, good composition, and the color of the guards is just a fantastic contrast to the cold steel/concrete.
Due to all of that, I'd say that was the most artistic.
But still, maybe he was trying to say something... but what?
I'd be hesitant to call it art too if he wasn't trying to say something.
Err excuse me. Not art, because it is art regardless, but award-winning art? Not so sure.

 

Bah.
It would have been more real, easier, and far cooler to just get a bunch of guys from the 501st to stand there while you take pictures.

 

It is good photoshopping, but I think there are dozens of people here in the forum who could do the same thing.

AG88

 

I did enjoy them, it is good photoshop work as has been mentioned. I would find the hardest part of that would be getting the highlights and shadows to look right--for the most part, those were pretty good. The pic of Jango I noticed was labeled as Boba...but I like the theme of that one "surprise--gotcha!" The background angles were awsome--the pic of the dewbacks--was that a parking garage? It looks so futuristic.

 

Yeah, the lighting wasn't right on, but not too bad I would say. I do not have any experience at all with photoshop (and my dad even teaches a class with it!) to really have knowledge about how difficult or how much skill it takes to do something like that. I have played with similar programs, but nothing substantial.

 

Battle between myth and reality.

Ok, I like that angle.

Sad urban wasteland is transformed into an intergalactic battleground of the future.

That one too.

And again, I really love the contrast of the red robes against the stark cold landscapes.

I also really like what he did with Boba Fett in the parking garage. He toned down the reds so that Fett's green, greys, and yellows perfectly compliment his environment. Things like that that make it more artistic than the standard put someone in a picture trend.
Also, apparently it was all done with model kits. So, it's pretty neat that he took the time to light each model accoardingly. The clones in #8 for instance.

 

The lighting in #8 was done nicely. I liked the one with the stormtroopers lining the highway--how'd you like to drive by them? h ehee oh in that one, I really noticed the overpass--the sweeping lines curving overhead...

 

Exactly. I mean, some artistic thought did go into this beyond the standard photoshopping.
But I'm still not sure it ought to be award winning. Guess I'd have to see what it was up against.

 

Cool! Thank you for sharing!