How closely can a photograph of real humans match a painting or a sculpture?


See for yourself. Here is Vermeer’s painting “Girl With a Pearl Earring” and actress Scarlett Johansson dressed up for the movie of the same name.


The image on top is the actual Trevi Fountain in Rome. Below that is a staged reënactment performed during The Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach, California.

Vermeer comparison from “Eye for Detail”
Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach

Girl With The Pearl Earring on Wiki

Thanks, Walter Wick!
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