Multiple Portraits
This photographic technique for making multiple portraits was around in the late nineteenth century and then slowly disappeared. This technique was achieved with mirrors, the subject was seated in front of two mirrors which intersected at an angle, which resulted in four reflections of the subject. The photographer stood behind the subject to take the image. The subject is often faced away from the photographer and toward the mirrors, although they may have been seated in profile or facing the camera.
But now with the digital camera and software's such as photoshop, it is possible to create multiple portraits without the need for complicated mirror arrangements. In some of these images you can see the mirror arrangement. |
Paul M. SmithMany of Paul Smith's photography are images from British male culture. There's a cartoonish element to it enhanced by the fact that all the men in each set of themed work are the same man, created through the likes of digital photography then using photoshop. For example, in Robbie Williams, we see scenes from British soccer. Fans pose for the camera with their faces painted, shouting and gesturing towards to the photographers. All the fans are Williams himself.
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