Ben Heine
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(Many thanks to Zack Sheppard for featuring this on Flickr Blog in 2010 and thanks to Ameya Pendse for featuring it again in 2013!)
I took this photo in the "Palais des Beaux Arts" of Lille, France (I also made the drawing)
I've represented on the paper 3 sketches of my most favorite paintings:
- "The Third of May 1808" by Francisco Goya (the painting is much bigger in the real life)
- "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli (the painting is much bigger in the real life)
- "The Gleaners" by Jean-François Millet
The big Eye in the centre of the composition is something I added because what would visual art be without the tool to see it? In my opinion, the human eye and brain and the way we interpret art are even more important than the artworks themselves... The model is my sweet Marta
See THIS VIDEO showing some 18 Pencil Vs Camera images in progress
(with a small animation and an original musical composition).
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For more information about my artwork: info@benheine.com
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The Eye
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Here I am or if I am
The eye of seeing all
Some of it is a scam
As it's not on the wall:
3 of paintings favorite
Is a pure fantasy play
1 left out deliberate
The Shooting of 3 May
Eye to see another eye
Of model Marta - my dear
Artists now have a try
And draw a picture of her!
(Thank you Peter!)
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Stefano Sala 42 months ago | reply
Great work!!!
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Seen on your photo stream. (?)
hme164 41 months ago | reply
No Words Can Describe!!, Simply AMAZING!!
love your pencil camera...
Marta Santamaria 41 months ago | reply
Wow it's amazing! I love all your pictures!
d_hossain 40 months ago | reply
u take measuremnts? or what? how does the edge alwys match with the feature???
salute ur innovativeness!
Blad3 40 months ago | reply
wow, just wow
Andvari, ástin min 40 months ago | reply
O M G !
This is genius!
...anna christina... 40 months ago | reply
X-Press!!!!!
Seen In All Photos X-Press Us
Please tag the photo with "All X-Press Us"
Thanks!
Anna.
samtarps 38 months ago | reply
Brilliant!
Photo--Graphy [deleted] 33 months ago | reply
Jolie capture
SaNYouRFriendLyNeighbor 30 months ago | reply
excellent creativity...spellbound :)
i_aq 29 months ago | reply
hey ... how do u do this ????? u overlap images in any photoshop or any such programs or take picture with already ... mind set ??? plzzz share !!! how do u do abt it ???
anyws ur work is awsum!! welldone!!!
hme164 28 months ago | reply
So brilliant!!! Absolutely amazing!! You are such a creative artist and photographer....... You are simply AWESOME!!
FotoFourteen 27 months ago | reply
Wow. Your work is so fresh and successful, you are a busy man!!!!!
Leiza_5 26 months ago | reply
Es genial, me encanta lo que haces, y como lo haces, :)
Mike_t_by_the_sea 24 months ago | reply
Exquisite! Great job! Thank you for your wonderful creations!
Spleen* 24 months ago | reply
Wonderful series
Congrats :)
Ali Gardener 23 months ago | reply
Les Glaneuses! :)
avati91 19 months ago | reply
This photo is a good sample in the flickr. It is awarded the flickr Award!
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Abdul Haseeb 7 months ago | reply
awesome work.
bsouthj 6 months ago | reply
Wonderful, creative piece of work! Terrific photo.