When we saw these amazing shots of Pablo Picasso’s light drawings, collected from LIFE, over at How to Be a Retronaut, we were — pardon our pun — dazzled. Creating these types of light paintings isn’t anything new, of course, and we’ve seen work much more technically impressive in recent years, but who better to work in such a representative, expressive form than the master of shape and color himself? His creations, though not precise by any means, are fiercely evocative, appearing as if bulbous sprites or glowing ghosts conjured easily from Picasso’s magical hands, and we see more than a flicker of the brilliant painter in the shining forms. Click through to see some brilliant photographs of Picasso painting with light, and let us know which one you like best in the comments. All photos by Gjon Mili.
8 comments
miguel says:
Nov 28, 2011
Beautiful to see. So many digital photographers and artists easily forget what it is like to have to wait for the final image. Great work by both Picasso and the photographer.
megan says:
Nov 28, 2011
I’ve seen these kinds of photos and I find them amazing! How are they done? Not photoshop-ed I presume?
admin says:
Nov 28, 2011
Hi Megan, they are actually pretty easy to make. You can read more about it here: http://diyphotography.net/painting_with_light
Perhaps we should do a guide? Would that be interesting reading?
Megan says:
Nov 28, 2011
That would be awesome. I’d read that!
PS. I’m linking to your site through mine. I love your stuff.
admin says:
Nov 28, 2011
Thank’s! It means a lot. Perhaps we will do an article about it then
Boss says:
Dec 9, 2011
I have exactly what info I want. Check, pelase. Wait, it’s free? Awesome!
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