Really Real Photorealism

Saw this on NPR , thought it was interesting

UNNNNbelievable.

a CRAFTSMAN!

This is amazing!

Not sure if I believe this. It is too easy to take two photos from slightly different angles and process them differently. I think this is fake.

Bruce...when I click on the link it goes to NPR but fails to bring up the page we're looking for (as of 4:57pm Central Standard Time) Says the page you are looking for is unavailable...

Photorealism in painting is an established technique from before the digital imaging surge.  I do not know if these are real or not and that would take a much closer look than provided.

I have seen photo realistic paintings of airplanes with shiny metal bodies and similar stuff with no photos, just the painting.  There was a wonderful realism as far as technique is considered, yet, something said "painting" and those were paintings. Astounding,  yes,  but not photos.

These look almost too good, all with a noticed shift in "levels" and color.   If painted and not painted over, these are excellent technique even if not enticing art form.  There is my 2 cents worth which is not that of a learned critic.

I have dabbled in painting from my photos. In comparision to sketching from life I found it a great shortcut. The areas of light and dark plus reflections are already converted onto a flat surface for me and that saves a lot of errors. From that point it is a job of copying neatly and leaving out or adding features.

I really like his work! It reminds me of Rockwell, but less cartoonie? Great link, thanks, Bruce!