“Performance artist” may be the best description for Chinese artist Li Wei. Although “crazy” could also be used.
Take a look at the mind-boggling photographs on his web site. (The site doesn’t seem to mention the name of the photographer(s).)
Aha! They’re all fake! Photoshopped pictures!
Actually, you might be surprised.
While several of the images were edited to erase the steel cables or ropes that supported the flying people, not all pictures were altered. Apparently, for a few high-air pictures, Wei just climbed up and did his stuff.
Many of his floating head pictures have no digital magic whatsoever but they do use old centuries-old trickery. Some of the floating heads in the “Dream-Like Love” series must have been Photoshopped because there seems to be no other explanation.
The web site also has small videos which show some behind-the-scenes activity. In one video, while dangling from a 25th-floor ledge, Wei is suspended only by a rope handheld by two other guys.
While this work was done purely for the art, apparently Wei’s plan is to move into advertising. Do you think wildly different pictures like this might help get a business noticed?
Does corporate photography always have to be safe (and boring)? When should a business take a risk with its marketing photography?
