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Hyper-photos: Jean-François Rauzier attempts to create the most detailed images in the world. Welcome! Behold is Slate's new photo blog. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter @beholdphotos and Tumblr. Hyperphotos are to panoramic photos what Google Earth is to a globe. You can keep clicking and zooming and clicking and zooming, seemingly endlessly, until you find yourself on a dramatic balcony, looking up a statue’s nose. (Try it on the image above. At the foremost of this evolving genre is Paris-based photographer Jean-François Rauzier, who has spent the last decade building photos of unprecedented detail. As a fashion photographer in the 1970s Rauzier longed to break free from the constraints of advertising and film photography. Rauzier takes an hour or two photographing his subject from every angle “like a scanner.”
Sometimes he also incorporates himself, clad entirely in black. If you have a large decorating budget and a huge space, his massive images are available for purchase from Waterhouse & Dodd in London and New York. Click to see more detailed image. Nemo_Graffiti_by_cocktail_hour.jpg (JPEG Image, 900 × 600 pixels) 2_image001.jpg (JPEG Image, 826 × 657 pixels) 5830790_700b.jpg (JPEG Image, 600 × 840 pixels) - Scaled (79%)
Extraordinary Brush-Less Paintings. Amy Shackleton, who is only 25-years-old, is a unique artist. While her paintings use tons and tons of paint, she doesn't use paintbrushes to create them! Rather, she squeezes paint onto canvases and then allows the paint to naturally drip. She then rotates the canvas to control the direction of the drips, making her paintings appear natural yet controlled. The subjects of many of her paintings are also quite interesting. They often feature a blend of the natural world and the man-made world, such as a river in the streets, trees growing with skyscrapers and cities in mountainous ranges. We were so intrigued by her process that we decided to ask Amy some questions.
Check out the interview, below, and don't forget to check out her website for many more works. When did you first know that you wanted to become a professional artist? As a child, I taught myself the basics by drawing and sketching in my free time. Your process is so unique. How long does each piece take from start to finish?