MARVEL AT THE UNCANNY COMPARISON
BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY ANG PAINTING.
Photography and painting, what’s the
difference? They are both medium of illustrative arts. While the photographer
visualizes with the lens of his camera, the painter creates images with the
strokes of his brush. There’s no denying that in both, the mind of the artists
unfolds the idea, the medium forms its flesh, and the dedication gives its soul.
The examples posted here with brief notes,
though self-explanatory, give the audience the idea of comparison.
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On the left is the picture taken by Henri Paul Gaugin (1848-1903) of a
Marquesan girl name Tohotaua, while on the right is his painting of her based
on the photograph, titled Jeune fille à l'éventail (Young Girl With Fan, 1902). Gaugin made some key changes to the photograph, however, by
making her gaze to her left instead of the camera’s lens, and by removing the pareo that revealed the model’s breasts
(Both photo and painting were taken from Gaugin:
Escape to Eden, 1998, by David Spence).
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