Erik Johansson: Imagine
Author(s): Erik Johansson
Electrical lines that turn into the strings of a massive guitar in the sky. A man dragging a bed sheet, which turns into a road, across an empty field. A charming cottage on an island that is actually the back of a giant fish. Digital photography artist Erik Johansson has achieved international fame by taking and then combining photos into surreal, M.C. Escher-like worlds. This is his first book, and it captures the improbable and impossible in fifty distinctive images.
Digital artist Erik Johansson starts with a simple hand-drawn sketch, but what you see in the end is anything but simple: dazzlingly realistic scenes made of hundreds of photographs--all meticulously staged and propped and then stitched together in software--offer a glimpse into wholly invented, incredibly detailed worlds. While shooting takes only a few days, Johansson's planning and retouching process each take months, resulting in out-of-this-world images that have won him fans worldwide.
Here's what people are saying about the Erik Johannson's work:
"Erik Johansson has created a portfolio of stunning images combining photography, raw materials, and digital editing." -- Daily Mail UK
"Erik Johansson ... has taken] the blogosphere by storm by producing heavily manipulated photographs that] invert aesthetics as we understand them, inspired by MC Escher and other surrealist artists." -- Independent UK
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Thames & Hudson, Limited
- : Thames & Hudson Ltd
- : 0.71
- : 01 February 2016
- : 215mm X 243mm
- : Sweden
- : 01 August 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : Erik Johansson
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : en
- : 112