Street Stone is a series of digitally created images conceived of and shot by photographer Léo Caillard with photoshop manipulation by Alexis Persani. The classical male and female greek statues don contemporary casual fashions for a surprisingly cool look. Take a peek: Here's a peek at the photo manipulation in progress courtesy of Alexis Persani: Léo Caillard is represented by: Paris: Olivier Jezequel [email protected] t: +33 1 45 22 53 07 London: Glenn Wassall [email protected] t:+44 20 7240 8222 Alexis Persani
Jose Honorato Lozano (1815 - 1885) Tipos del Pais Mid-19th Century watercolor on paper 10” x 8” each (25 cm x 20 cm) Estimate: P 400,000 From the Dr. Alejandro R. Roces Collection Lot 107 of the Leon Gallery auction on March 22, 2014. For more information, please see www.leon-gallery.com/auction/ From the auction catalogue: Saluted as the “principal visual chronicler of mid-19th Century Philippines,” Lozano made his mark through his insightful depiction of everyday scenes, peoples of the Illustrado class, and general life in our islands during that period. Specializing in splendid Tipos del Pais works such as these series of watercolor works, his ability to transport us into another place and time – offering us windows into our rich past – is incomparable.
We've all worn them or sent our children off to school in them but these pictures largely from the 1800s are fascinating
Carl Schweninger - Lady with a Cigarette Alexandre Cabanel - Baroness Paul von Derwies Frederick Carl Frieseke - The Gold Locket Jacopo Amigoni - Portrait of a Lady Иван Аргунов - Портрет Лобановой-Ростовской Leo Gestel - Conversation entre deux femmes Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Church Girl William…
Painter Frida Kahlo and entertainer extraordinaire Josephine Baker were both powerful and inspiring in many ways. While both were married to men, they frequently had affairs with women.
French photographer Leo Caillard has added fashion to the mix for this centuries-old sculpture (pictured), bringing it up-to-date in an amusingly good-looking way.
