This site applies these same digital filters to iconic images taken by highly regarded photographers through the ages. It's an experiment done primarily for my own amusement, but I'm also interested in finding out how these digital manipulations alter our perceptions.
If the Instagram effect can make mundane images appear to be works of art, what happens when we apply the same filters to images that have historically been held in high regard? Is the imagery degraded or enhanced as a result? Does the effect add a new layer of meaning to the photo? Perhaps these are questions best left resolved by the viewer.
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Larry Fink - Club Cornich, New York City, 1977
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Sebastião Salgado - Coal Mining, Dhanbad, Bihar, India, 1989.
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Cindy Sherman - Untitled #359, 1985.
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P.S. Thank you to all of Mastergram’s visitors/followers. You helped make the original version of this photo by Andreas Gursky the most viewed photo of the week on MOMA’s site. Proof: here and here.
Andreas Gursky - Ratingen Swimming Pool, 1985.
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