We first wrote about Erik Johansson, a Swedish photographer and retoucher, 4 years ago, when he was still a computer engineering student. Even back then, despite lack of professional training in creative photography, his wild photo manipulations would be a stand-out example of photo editing.
Erik's stunning pictures have a two-fold effect: on the one hand, it's completely unbelievable and reality-defying, while on the other hand, the high-skilled retouching makes these cool photos look almost real. The photographer first develops a creative idea in his head before he sets out to make the pictures; he even models in some of them himself - yes, that's the blond guy, distorting his face with his own fist!
Erik says he has been drawing for as long as he can remember - may be influenced by his painter grandmother - but his first digital camera at the age of 15 opened up a whole new world for the guy: "Being used to drawing it felt quite strange to be done after capturing a photo, it wasn’t the process of creating something in the same way." He picked up his interest for retouching while studying, and today is a prolific artist, working on both commissions and personal projects. Let his beautiful photos and their fantasy worlds absorb you!
Website: erikjohanssonphoto.com
Expecting Winter
Electric Guitar
Cut & Fold
Set Them Free
Groundbreaking
Arms Break, Vases Don’t
Fishy Island
Snow Cover
Face vs. Fist
Roadworker’s Coffee Break
Go Your Own Road
Vertical Turn Self-Actualization
Kaffeslump
Big Laundry Day
Stryktålig A Painting Too Real
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