I dig his stuff, and not just because some of it is clearly inspired from Escher, Magritte, and other surrealists ; j.
Look for yourselves (more on his website of course)!
Friday, August 20, 2010
Photos - Erik Johansson Photographer and retouch artist
Do you know Erk Johansson (if not check out his website)? This Swedish artist and photographer is 25, touts a Canon EOS 5d mark II, and doesn't use 3D software, just Photoshop CS5.
I dig his stuff, and not just because some of it is clearly inspired from Escher, Magritte, and other surrealists ; j.
Look for yourselves (more on his website of course)!
I dig his stuff, and not just because some of it is clearly inspired from Escher, Magritte, and other surrealists ; j.
Look for yourselves (more on his website of course)!
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Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it! : j
ReplyDeleteAlways a pleasure to share treasure with neat people!
Some of these are really creepy.
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted a home with a spiral staircase. There's something about them that draws me in.
I kinda always wanted a spiral staircase too. or better yet, a double helix spiral staircase. I would also have liked a fireman's pole and rope to climb up and slide down floors.
ReplyDeleteInstead, in my apartment I have a set of stairs that are steep enough to be on a boat. : j
Not as sophisticated as spiral stairs or as fun as a fireman's pole, but part of my home. : j
Which one do you find creepy? The overgrown giant statue head with the house on top? The milk? The arm vase?
Great pictures. The one with the girl's head with the house on top of it confuses me though. What exactly is he saying there? That women are dead housewives? That domesticity weighs women down, turns us to stone, makes us cold-hearted, makes us lose our charm? Or does it not have anything to do with domesticity at all? Is it saying that mother earth is dead? What do you think?
ReplyDeleteOf course I can't claim to be in the creator's head, but the fact he entitled the picture "Fields" might be a clue to his intent somewhat.
ReplyDeleteI'd lean more towards your mother earth theory rather than a gender-war based theory.
Crops are rooted in the earth like hair upon a person's head.
Exploitation or perhaps more specifically over-exploitation is draining the soil...
If the earth is a vibrant and beautiful young woman, then the agribusiness is draining her life leaving nothing but a lifeless husk of stone that can only weep for what was lost... The farms that relied on her are facing a storm to come when their ways catch up with her.
Of course it's most likely the artist had more than one idea in mind when he created the piece, but that was what first comes out to me. : j
I think that, to various extents, we all appreciate art through the filters of our own experience and issues.
I love these pics, especially 3, 5 and the last two.
ReplyDeleteHello Dezmond. What language do you translate from?
ReplyDeleteAnd why are those four, out of nine posted pictures, your "favorites"?