The portrait as XXL piece: why large scale changes the conversation with the viewer
A large format portrait forces you to live with it. At 30 cm you look at it from the sofa; at 120 cm, it is the one who looks at you when you walk down the hall. This text explains how my process changes when I think big.
A large format portrait forces you to live with him. At 30 cm you look at him from the sofa; at 120 cm, it is he who looks at you when you walk down the hall. This text tries to explain how my process changes -and what I ask of the image- when I think big. It is not a tutorial on size. It is a diary of decisions about scale, detail and what happens when an image grows large enough to occupy your space. I work with photomontage, digital collage and digital painting. I put together pieces from different photographic sources (well, with extended license, which is not the same as «from the internet») to build an image that feels real, even if it is impossible. When the portrait is 30 cm, most of those seams disappea…
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