Old Statues Trying On Hipster Clothes! #RANDOMWEDNESDAY
Imagine if hipsters roamed the Earth two millenia ago. Photographer Léo Caillard considered what that era of hipsters would look like, and together with photo retoucher Alexis Persanihe, came up with these photos that are not only hilarious, but also showing of the enormous impact that clothes have on the way one is perceived. Happy #RANDOMWEDNESDAY!
By Sadho Ram — 16 Oct 2013, 06:28 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
What is a hipster? Photographer Léo Caillard thought he’d have a little fun with the question and this is what came out:
He transformed this stone sculpture completely, Ray Bans, checked shirt and all
Léo got the idea while walking through the Louvre’s sculpture galleries in Paris
The 28-year-old Léo, who lives in Paris, told NBC News via email that the idea came to him in January 2012 during one of his regular visits to the Louvre.
nbcnews.com"When I looked at the classical statues, I had the idea of dressing them up because many of them had a hipster attitude and trendy poses that we usually see in fashion magazines," he explained.
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"I chose to modernize the statues because they represent iconic people, gods and famous people from that period of time. And as soon as I dressed them up, they suddenly became ... a regular cool guy that you could see anytime in the street."
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First, he shot the sculptures in-situ at the Louvre from various angles. For example, this:
Then, he scouted Paris for models with proportions that matched those of the statues. And the final results looked like this:
Using Photoshop, Léo digitally clothed the stone personnages in contemporary garb
Carefully, he removed the skinny jeans, flannel shirts, and Ray-Bans off his models and onto their marble counterparts
He then dropped in shadows and adjusted for light levels to complete the illusion. Like, for example, this one:
Léo says that each image, from research to photo shoots to digital manipulation, took up to 3 weeks to complete
"It's a long process of work, but it looks really real, and that's the most important," said Léo Caillard, who started his photography work at 19.
dailymail.co.ukHe said despite the controversy over the images, most people have reacted positively to the work. "They laugh a lot but they also like the meaning inside, that people are the same now as they were before" he said.
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But this isn't the first time Léo has messed with convention
In 2011 he digitally manipulated artworks in The Louvre to display elements from Apple's operating system, iOS, making it seem as though viewers were looking at the works through a giant iPad or computer screen.
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