I Created A Photography Project “Iconic” To Pay Tribute To Historic Figures Who Shaped The World As We Know It (30 Pics)
The photographic project ICONIC began in 2016 and evolved since then into a huge work of art and passion.
With the help of fashion designer Lucie Vervellea and visual and makeup artist Joris Souris, I was able to recreate with innovation and accuracy more than 150 photos of artistic and historic figures who shaped the world as we know it.
In order to make the project flawless, artistic and physiognomic skills were required as well as historic and biographic knowledge of each icon.
Here's a mesmerizing glimpse of this work. You can also check out my work at the links below.
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Kurt Cobain
Michael Jackson
Freddie Mercury
Carrie Fisher
Vincent Van Gogh
Janis Joplin
Frida Kahlo
David Bowie
Albert Einstein
Twiggy
Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous. Twiggy was a true sign of changing time.
Marlene Dietrich
Ray Charles
Napoléon
I actually love this. His posture, the clouds in the background. Very thoughtful piece.
Frank Sinatra
Elizabeth Taylor
This is a very powerful visual and a deep statement on Elizabeth's power and beauty if the day.
Bob Marley
Audrey Hepburn
The model looks like that singer Ariana Grande, but she is hardly iconic, unlike Hepburn.
Olivia Newton And John Travolta
Jackie Kennedy
white gloves would have been a dramatic touch. Still, a powerful image though.
James Dean
Alfred Hitchcock
Jimi Hendrix
Grace Jones
Louis Xiv
Maria Callas
Mohamed Ali
Nina Simone
Charlie Chaplin
Jeanne D'arc
I could be wrong, but my humble opinion is that this is not an accurate representation of the spirit of Jeanne D'arc. Fishnets? Really? This is the only one of these I didn't care for though.
Marilyn Monroe
Nope. Doesn't not do MM justice although it is a pretty picture of whomever this girl is.
Le Petit Prince
Jean Paul Gaultier
Alice In Wonderland
She looks a little too elfish and knowing, Alice is supposed to be innocent and perhaps a touch naive.
Elvis Presley
It looks like a plastic doll. No charisma, no expression ... sigh ... what a pity, Elvis is dead
Coco Chanel
Juliette Gréco
Johnny Hallyday
Evita
Nice pic, but it looks more like the portrayal of Madonna's portrayal of Evita than Evita herself.
Prince
Catherine Deneuve
Sorry not the LEAST resemblance ... and not even 0.1 percent of this fabulous womans charisma ... I'm sure the artist could do better 😊
Cher
To all the people who clammered on about how this person didn't look enough like so and so or that person didn't have the spark of such and such....really? Seriously? STFU. They're NOT the actual people so OF COURSE they don't look like them. In the cases that they do it's a major bonus but why do you have to go charging in with your negativity? Just shut up and look at the photos and by the way, why does everyone want to criticize everything? God, so rude.
There are some AMAZING likenesses here! Some made me wonder if they'd just taken the real photograph and tried to trick us! Super Job!!! ;-)
To all the people who clammered on about how this person didn't look enough like so and so or that person didn't have the spark of such and such....really? Seriously? STFU. They're NOT the actual people so OF COURSE they don't look like them. In the cases that they do it's a major bonus but why do you have to go charging in with your negativity? Just shut up and look at the photos and by the way, why does everyone want to criticize everything? God, so rude.
There are some AMAZING likenesses here! Some made me wonder if they'd just taken the real photograph and tried to trick us! Super Job!!! ;-)
