Luma (byte)

2022
Eight portraits of Luma Grothe generated from existing pictures using computer code

After the Anya (byte) series I took the same concept, to start from a limited set of grays in one picture, and fill every shade with parts of another picture. With Anya I filled it with a solid color, in this series I used the actual pixel data. In a way it is a portrait made of existing portraits much like a collage.

I used pictures from Luma Grothe, a very beautiful Brazillian model. In past series I was most interested and pleased when I achieved a coherent recognizable portrait. Here I was delighted with the stylistic and formal effects, making the portraits almost cubist. I love the different layers of depth in these pictures, and the way you can see she is beautiful but the portraits themselves are not really flattering or beautiful.

I like how it does not look like any existing type of art. The images still also have a painterly look about them, but also a sci-fi constructed look.

Luma 01
Luma 01

Luma 02
Luma 02

Luma 03
Luma 03

Luma 04
Luma 04

Luma 05
Luma 05

Luma 06
Luma 06

Luma 07
Luma 07

Luma 08
Luma 08

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