Celebrity Pin Art Portraits by Philip Karlberg

May 14, 2012 4 comments

Photographer Philip Karlberg has just created a unique shoot for Plaza Magazine, sculpting famous faces by simply using clever lighting and carefully arranged wooden pins. The wooden pin are sparingly used yet the faces he created are instantly recognizable.

A couple of months ago I came up with an idea I have had in mind for years. I just did not know what I could use it for. But then I did a test with sunglasses, and it really turned out great. So I sent an image with the test to Plaza Magazine, and a week later I started shooting. It was a real challenge to ‘sculpt’ the faces of some classic wearers of sunglasses. It took me 6 days to shoot the 6 faces, and around 1200 sticks were used.

Plaza-Depp-Armani_0002

Plaza-Belushi-Ray-Ban_0005

Plaza-Jackie-O-Burberry_0019

Plaza-Karl-L-Dior-Homme_0006

Plaza-L-Gaga-YSL_0003

Plaza-Steve-McQ-Persol_0023

[via Huhmagazine]

Comments

  1. does anyone know who any of these pictures depict?

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  2. Johnny Depp
    James Belushi
    Jacqueline Kennedy
    ??
    Lady Gaga
    Steve McQueen

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  3. ?? = karl lagerfeld

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  4. I think the last one is Elvis, not Steve McQueen.

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