Photo Me Painterly: Olivier Valsecchi

If there's a must, it is seeing Olivier Valsecchi's "Dust" series. Never before, powder became so powerfully poetic.For all the wishes that you trust. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Photo Me Painterly: Iain Crawford

Wuhhh... I haven't done this in a long time. So I'm gonna post not one but two in a row. Of photographers that used models as canvas in literal sense. Of photographers that are not only brilliant in capturing lights but also movements. Firstly, fashion photographer Iain Crawford.

Photo Me Painterly: Oleg Dou's Pop Surrealism

Once I have these strange beautiful dreams of milk-skinned creatures with large eyes and no eyebrows. They live in a land full of mushrooms. I woke up feverish and started to sketch. But still they soon become forgotten, like milk, the project had gone sour. One day I stumbled upon the works of Oleg Dou, and it made me feel giddy. Someone has brought the dream creatures to life. He even have this Virgin Mary-like persona in all white with a red red heart at the center, the only difference is my version has both of her hands lifted up protecting the heart (and no I won't show you the sketch,  it's ugly trust me). 

As you could probably tell these photos are manipulated in a way. But still, awesomeness need not be constrained. As to why the Pop Surrealism, well, it sorta rings back to Mark Ryden's Blood series. Enjoy!

Photo Me Painterly: John Knight and the Pre Raphaelites

Dang! Lookin for a nice Old Master styled photographs is getting harder and harder. Well it is though, I am not just looking for excuses. Maybe I need to broaden my categories. Meanwhile I will give you John Knight's interpretation of paintings made by the romantic ( and scandalous)  Pre- Raphaelites. To be honest, I found these photos as a bit of a downer after Mocafico's and Kustra's but hey... I totally gave this guy mad-props for his total DIY-ness!

Dante Gabriel Rosetti's Proserpine

Frederic Sandy's Love Shadow

John William Waterhouse's Lady of Shalott

M is for Mocafico

Jawdropper Alert! 
I won't say much, except that I think his parents made a bargain with the devil. Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a big round up applause to The Great, the Magnificent still-life photography of Guido Mocafico. 

influence: Maria van Oosterwijk (right) 

influence: Floris Claesz  van Dijck

influence: Alexandre Francois Desportes

influence: Aelbert Jansz Van der Schoor

PHOTO ME PAINTERLY: ALEXIA SINCLAIR

Here comes another painting themed photo picks. Surprise, surprise....  Found her via the Huffington Post. The wonderful Alexia Sinclair. I love love love her works on the "Opera" series especially  Hamlet. (previous pick)

PHOTO ME PAINTERLY: JOANNA KUSTRA

This self taught photographer from Poland has impeccable instinct in to harness the power-combos of of luminosity, pose, posture and positioning necessary to create these alluring portraits.  Each of  the photo presented in her  "Painting" collection  exudes a certain aloofness of  larger-than-life-personas exemplary  in the paintings of the Old Masters.