This sturdy kitten looks you straight in the eye from the spot where he is sitting. The starting point for this work was an 'ordinary' digital photo of a red and white kitten. This special image was created by further digital processing of this photo. The kitten has been given a somewhat alienating appearance, partly due to the subtle adjustments to his face and the black background.
He has a tough and funny look in his eyes that makes you want to look at him again and again. A subtle digital textured layer was applied over the entire image, giving the work the look of a painting painted on canvas.
Conceived by Maud De Vries, visualized with AI.
In the 70's, as a girl of about 8 years old, I took pictures with my father's old SLR camera.
Hence perhaps my preference for serene black and white photos, but I also like to unpack with lots of color.
In principle almost everything is worth capturing but macro..
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