Half Real or Hyperreal?

by martinaolbertova

I have encountered a true jewel surfing Facebook news feed today. It is a portfolio of a young Belgian visual artist Ben Heine called Pencil Vs. Camera.

I enclose some of his daring photo montages along with a link to more information about this very talented young artist. His work challenges human imagination as well as thinks things through and brings them to a whole new level.

In one of his portraits Ben states “Half Real”. I would say more of “Hyperreal” in a Baudrillardian sense as his images propose a surreal vision which is in its consequences alarmingly more real than the reality itself…

Whole Pencil Vs. Camera series can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=169415&id=45292293615

News article on Ben Heine in Daily Mail Online here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353259/Belgian-artist-Ben-Heine-turns-photos-surreal-landscapes-sketchpad.html