With modern times, comes modern ways of thinking. With modern
ways of thinking comes new ways of approaching old things. This
is done by blending the old and the new by correcting the old
with the new. Such is the way with photorealism. This art from,
which is dominated by painters instead of photographers, is the
making of a painting out of a photograph. This started in the
1960′s in the United States and has even branched to another art
form called hyperrealism. Photorealism has emerged from Pop Art
to act as an opposition to Abstract Expressionism and
Minimalism. In this art form, the photo realist uses a camera
and photograph to gather information. He, or she, then
systematically transfers this information to the canvas
mechanically or semi mechanically. When doing this, the artist
must bear in mind the main goal of the art form, which is to
make the painting be a bigger version of the picture in that of
the photograph or make it look like it is a photograph. This
leads to the artist’s style being tight a