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Addendum Replaces the Faces of Street Photography Subjects With Those in Famous Paintings

Chris Gampat
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08/12/2014
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Photos by Aref Jdey. Used with permission

There are loads and loads of issues with street photography: one of which is the issue of someone’s rights in public. Photographer Aref Jdey started in photography by shooting wildlife but then wanted to transition into street photography–but many ethical and legal issues held him back. After some thought about this, he figured out solution: inserting the faces of characters in famous paintings into the photos. That’s the focus behind his project “Addendum” which involves shooting the images with a Leica X2, some Photoshop compositing and processing in Nik Silver Efex to make the images look like vintage pieces of film.

“I’ve been struggling with legal issues and permission inquiries wherever I was traveling, losing many opportunities to make some good shots.” says Aref. “And when I saw the last work of Nastya Nudnik, I told myself let’s give it a try, but instead of icons, I’ll insert paintings personae and characters, reversing the process.”

Aref’s images are both hilarious and well executed from an art perspective. You can see more after the jump or on his Tumblr.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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