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© copyright 2007 by Julie Heyward

Apple Impersonating Weston's Pepper No. 30


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Made from one Fuji apple, a metal mixing bowl, Photoshop, and about four hours on a snowy day.

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© copyright 2007 by Julie Heyward

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A witty take on Weston's famous pepper, with a sly nod to his nudes in the form of buttocks on the lower right hand portion of the object. While I am not generally fond of a lot of PS manipulation, yours has a certain vitality that makes it rise above much of the technical legerdermain I see. Technical ability alone is not enough, but as you have shown, digital manipulation can be very artistic when combined with a playful sense of history and wit.
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Dan,

 

Thank you.

 

Even though Photoshop is my creative home, I feel the same way as you do about most of the more heavily manipulated images that I see coming out of it.

 

It is my hope that this is a temporary phase. Manually making pictures is very different from photography -- and I think it's going to take time, first for more people to realize this, and second for them to develop the skill set needed to rework the light and shapes into a coherent final image.

 

-Julie

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All right, it's hysterical. You can't match Weston's tonalities (who can?) and you didn't use a funnel, but it's still spot-on and funny.
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Before I looked at the title even I thought Weston's Pepper. Your tones might be even better but he did it first but you did it with an apple I presume. It is a shame you cannot show him. I think he'd be proud
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Thank you Meir.

 

I did this for a lark, but it was actually very educational. The process of copying made me look more closely at the original than I ever would have.

 

-Julie

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