Erick Johansson is a professional photographer and retoucher that
came from Sweden but now is based in Berlin (Germany). He is mostly self-taut
but he obtained a master in Interaction Design. He is famous for his amazing
photo manipulation piece's created in Photoshop, he describes his style as
" surreal realised in a realistic way with a touch of humour" and you
can see this in his work. He draws inspiration from the world around him but
unlike a photographer he captures an Idea instead of a moment. His process can
take weeks to even as long as months because he uses his own photographs
instead of stock images, so he has to find the right spot in the right weather
in the right season which takes a lot of patience, he would start with sketch
(idea) then find the right place to shoot it, then he would layer 100's of
photos up to create one realistic surreal image as if he actually captured that
impossible imaginative moment.
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| Set them Free Erick Johansson www.erickjohanssonphoto.com Photo manipulation |
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| Drifting Away Erick Johansson www.erickjohanssonphoto.com Photo manipulation |
Photo manipulation is nothing new, you only have to look back to the
Bauhaus where Otto Umbehr started experimenting with photos, producing the
famous (Roving Reporter) but with advancements in cameras and software the
medium has been lifted up to a whole new level. Erick's work is a perfect
example of these advancements at there best. His work has been praised by
massive companies (The creators of the software he uses, Adobe) who have
referred his work as impossible photography. I believe his work has had a big
impact on the industry and most certainly inspired myself and many more to
rethink out of the box when approaching a idea.
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