Fake Tilt-Shift Photography by Olivo Barbieri

Olivo Barbieri is an Italian artist and photographer of urban environments. He is recognized for his innovative technique creating miniature still photography from actual landscapes by simulating shallow depth of field via the use of tilt-shift lens photography. Barbieri’s technique simulates the shallow depth of field effect of macro photography by tilting the lens’s angle to the back plane of the camera, which creates a gradual blurring at the top and bottom edges, or left and right edges of the filmed image. The technique is called selected focus and the effect is that picture of an actual city looks like the picture of a model.

Barbieri began his career in photograpy studying at DAMS at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Bologna. After 1971, his interest in photography grew and, initially, he focused his research on artificial lighting. In 1978, he took part in several exhibitions in Italy and also abroad. In 1989 he started to travel regularly to the Far East, particularly to China.

In 1993, 1995 and 1997 Barbieri exhibited his work at the Venice Biennale, among other international exhibitions, and in galleries and museums throughout Europe, North America, and China. In 1996, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany, devoted a retrospective to his work, which has been collected by museums worldwide.

Tilt-Shift Van Gogh by Serena Malyon

While Van Gogh was an Impressionist painter, Artist Serena Malyon used Photoshop to add a tilt-shift photographic element to sixteen works of Vincent Van Gogh. It uses a special lens that gives a real-world scene the illusion of being a miniature model.

Creative Tilt-Shift Photography by Vincent Laforet

Vincent Laforet is a New York based commercial and editorial photographer who is
regularly commissioned to work on a variety of fine art, advertising, corporate and editorial
projects. His approach to aerial photography has been singled out as one of the
most unique and interpretive amongst photographers today.



At the age of 32, his work has been published in most major publications around the
world and he has been sent on assignment by Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine,
National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, and Life Magazine. In
2006, Laforet modified his staff position at The New York Times to become The Times'
first national contract photographer. His photographs have been exhibited at the International
Center of Photography in New York City, and Visa Pour L'Image in Perpignan.

Vincent's was recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential People in Photography" by
American Photo Magazine in 2005 and was named one of the "30 photographers to
watch under 30" by PDN in 2002. He and four other photographers were awarded the
Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their post-9/11 coverage overseas in 2002.
His work has been recognized in the Communication Arts Annual, PDN Annual, The
World Press Photo Awards, The Pictures of the Year Competition, The Overseas Press
Club, The National Headliners Awards, The Pro-Football Hall of Fame. Vincent is a
Canon Explorer of Light and Canon Printmaster and serves as consultant to companies
such as Apple, Bogen, Lexar, and X-Rite.

Vincent has been invited as a keynote speaker by a variety of organizations and universities
from around the world. He serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University's
Graduate School of Journalism. Vincent is represented by the Stock.