Photos, Sketches, Drawings and Paintings

By Andrei Blaguna

Since the first photo was taken, back in 1820, the main purpose of this incredible image capturing way never ceased to exist, even if nowadays trend is to transform photos into paintings.

But, it did not start this way. First it was the drawing which turned out into a sketch and finally into a painting. The never ending desire for science of the nineteen century was not satisfied with the reproduction of different images because of their lack of details.

It all started with the discovery of the camera obscura before even thinking of photo cameras. Back then, people were trying to reproduce famous paintings and it was impossible to make a perfect copy. Even if a photo could last up to eight hours to complete, the amount of work could last for days and the painting could end up being considered a work of art.

While on the walls of our homes we still hang different paintings, ones that match the color of that wall, ones that are replicas from famous painters, or simple sketches, photos still have a long way to go. Even with the advantage of being in the century of speed, our cameras take plenty of pictures which are exposed on different social networks, but still not on our living room walls.

This could be simply done with the help of a printer and a larger paper. But it is not enough. It feels cold and does not impress anybody while a painting usually captures our attention easily. The good thing is that we are able to reverse science and how we got from paintings to photos we can reverse the process and transform photos into paintings.

Both concepts have the same meaning and purpose but the manufacturing process is what makes the difference. It is like having a wooden handmade desk at the office compared to a carbon fiber and glass one. For most of us, the handmade one would be the choice because of the sense for natural materials and our tendency of keeping things as natural as possible.

After walking around big cities, in which there is a high density of commercials, some of them larger than 5 meters, with a lot of colors and messages, our eyes want to relax and paintings sure offer this opportunity. By turning photos into paintings we show respect for old values, gain a little bit of something else in our lives, we are getting away from the social networks and preserve memories on a physical support which is not the CD or the USB flash disk.