Photo Retouching Illusions

11.20.11
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By Meg
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While browsing the web for inspiration, we came upon this awesome professional photographer and retoucher based in Sweden, Erik Johansson. We’ve chosen some of our favorite pieces from his portfolio to share. Check out these surreal photo creations. It’s amazing what we have the capability of creating with just some imagination and retouching skills. Get inspired people!

 Create Your Own Road

creating road photo retouching

Painting the Sea

painting the sea photo retouching

Zipper City

Face vs. Fist

face punch photo retouching

Roadworker’s Coffee Break

Shattered Arms

pottery hands photo retouching

Deep Cuts

Coffee World

Lazy Dogs

lazy dogs photo retouching

Something Fishy

fish photo retoucching

Crossroads

crossroads

Upside of the Downside

upside downside photo retouching

Road Waterfall

road waterfall photo retouching

 

Photos courtesy of Erik Johansson


  • http://URL Daniel Krause

    Great stuff! “Photo retouching” almost sounds like a derogatory term if what you’re going for is much more than just a small touch-up on the original raw photograph. I can’t exactly say why, but for some reason the first thing I thought of after looking at these was the artist Loretta Lux. She’s a german fine art photographer who combines photography, painting, and digital manipulation in her works. She’s definitely worth knowing about.

  • http://www.jeffellisphoto.com Jeff Ellis

    Wow! I though I was a pretty good retoucher myself – but this stuff is REALLY excellent. And fun.
    Definitely given me a few ideas to play around with.
    Thanks for sharing that.