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Daniel Bolliger PhotographyI love the retouching on this photoshoot! Photographer/retoucher Daniel Bolliger photographed designer Sasa Kovacevic’s latest collection of SADAK and retouched the hell out of the photos to create a very ethereal aesthetic which feels more like painting than photography.
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Desiree Dolron PhotographyDutch photographer Desiree Dolron’s acute vision meshes traditional documentary photography and computer enhancement, by mixing these two methods, Desiree achieves her powdery, glowing effect – allowing her pictures to look almost like paintings.
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Marc Da Cunha Lopes PhotographyMarc Da Cunha Lopes loves robots and setting weird moods that try to imagine some kind of eery future – Lopes’s photographic concepts are as interesting as his retouching.
· EDITORIAL, TRENDS ·
SuperModels SuperNaturals by Peter LindberghAfter his covers for French Elle with the ‘no make-up’ shoot, its Peter Lindbergh again who shot Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford and more, in ‘SuperModels SuperNaturals’ for the issue of Harper’s Bazaar September 2009. We told you a little while ago that the trend in retouching was to get as natural as possible, so it looks that the trend is now expanding to the photoshoot itself – and it looks great ! It’s also true that its the group of people in the world who need the least retouching to begin with. Lindbergh told the Times in May, “Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.”
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Pixel Perfect Pascal Dangin the master retoucherThe NewYorker wrote a great article about Pascal Dangin owner of the Box Studios. The Box Studio is THE retouching studio, based in NewYork meatpacking district, The Box is working for every single fashion campaign and Magazine – In the world of photo retouching Pascal is a rock star. He is what’s referred to as a “Master Retoucher” – the best there is – and is working with such famed photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier and Craig McDean amongst others…
· ART, FEATURED, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Digital Manipulations by Nicole Tran Ba VangParis based Nicole Tran Ba Vang digital manipulations / photography are pretty amazing! Her ‘Skin Clothes’ Serie show her photoshop skills, her works explores the theme of the obsession for a perfect, custom-made body…
· ADVERTISING, ART ·
Electric Art – Retouching AgencyElectric Art is a retouching studio based in Sydney. Established in 1993, from a partnership between Managing Director Jonathon Eadie and Creative Director Bruce Bigelow. While the core of their business is Creative Retouching they have expanded to include a 3D department that produces entire campaigns all in the realm of ‘virtual photography’…
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Romain Laurent PhotographyHighly talented French photographer, Romain Laurent is famous for his brilliant work with some of the biggest advertising agencies in the world and some great fashion editorial with Wad Magazine. His retouching skills are pretty impressive…
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Christophe Huet – The Master of RetouchingFrench retoucher Christophe Huet is a true photoshop Master! His work is fascinating. He is the one who creates the famous advertising for Playstation, but also some for Nike, Motorola, Surfrider Foundation…. I spend an hour on his site looking all of his work, and the Best of all is [...]