Category: Marvel

This photographer recreates famous works of art using Marvel toys

Dunja Djudjic

I’ve seen some great toy photography used to recreate different kinds of scenes. I’ve also seen many awesome recreations of artwork. But Spanish photographer David Cubero combines toys and photography to recreate famous works of art. He uses Marvel toys to do it, and the results are not only well executed, but also very amusing. Let’s […]

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Photographer reimagines superheroes in 17th Century style portraits

John Aldred

Photographing superheroes has become quite popular lately.  Some use human subjects, while others use toy action figures, but this take on the superhero genre is very unique and fun. French photographer Sacha Goldberger asked some questions and, as a result, plunged some of the most iconic characters of recent memory into the 17th century with […]

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Creating a new breed of super hero, one sad and lonely photo at a time

John Aldred

When I first came across the work of Russian photographer, Ilya Nodia, I knew I was going to like what I saw as I headed towards his portfolio. In this particular project, the tale of “Captain Sadness”, the story goes something like this… In 1989, young Rick Sogers won a lookalike competition of Captain America in […]

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How to turn toy action figures into life sized super heroes with compositing

John Aldred

We’ve all been there, playing with our action figures as kids as if they were real.  For me it was He-Man.  For photographer Ari Mahardhika, it’s the characters of Marvel Universe, but just playing wasn’t enough. In this amazing series of images, Ari has brought these action figures to life, using a selection of techniques to […]

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How To Shoot The Dark Phoenix (And Hack A Broncolor Movel In The Process)

Udi Tirosh

French photographer Frederic Amadu recently shot a series starring Marvel Universe’s Dark Phoenix (oh, make a movie already!!). The Dark Phoenix ( or Jean Grey) has elemental control over fire. So fire was a main part of the shoot. Easier said than done. Frederic had to hack A Broncolor MoveL unit twice. A Different hack for each shot. Shooting […]

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