Response to the work by Gottfried Helnwein


This image looks like someone is climbing on a face. It almost looks like he is sculpting a statue. I think it is both an artistic image and a documentary image. I think the image was photoshopped. I think the meaning has something to do with insecurities and the photographers idea of perfection. I think the photographers intent was to show that statues are the only perfect things in life, and everyone has flaws, so nobody is perfect. The scale difference makes me believe the image was photoshopped.

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