“I had been working on a photography series in which I surrounded an isolated human body part with a large quantity of a certain object, when I was struck by the idea for this project. While I was photographing a human eye that was peeking out amongst hundreds of leaves, it occurred to me that I could actually utilize leaves to construct portraits or masks. I researched what other artists had created along these lines and discovered that, as usual, someone somewhere had already done something similar. In this case it was the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who made paintings with this concept in mind over 400 years ago. I decided to recreate Arcimboldo’s work, and eventually to create my own images with his paintings as inspiration.” – Klaus Enrique
More Images from Klaus Enrique’s can be seen in the The Curator 2011 online gallery.
That is inspirational and familiar it a strange way. I think I saw a graphic artist create something similar
Really? No mention of Giuseppe Arcimboldo on this website or the photographers? Complete works here: http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/
Image in question here: http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/Vegetables-In-A-Bowl-Or-The-Gardener.html
The photographer’s description of his moment of inspiration is very strange in light of this.
See also Carl Warner’s foodscapes
http://www.carlwarner.com/warner.html
(then portfolio>foodscapes. It’s a PITA flash site with mystery navigation but the pix are good)
And you can see more of my work at http://klausenrique.com/art.html
LOVE this image! Inspires me to create :)