Friday, August 7, 2009

Movie families get the Olan Mills treatment

This is one of the coolest things I've come across in a while. These imaginary portraits of famous movie families are the work of artist Kirk Demarais. According to Creative Review, "Demarais' art stems primarily from his love of these particular films – where the family unit (functional or disfunctional) plays a large part in the story – and also his fascination with the photographic codes inherent in the construction of the 'family portrait'."

Here are two of my favorites:






See more portraits at Demarais' blog.