photographic realism
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The former president was painted by Robert McCurdy, an artist who specializes in photographic realism, making images in which the subjects are standing alone against a white background, illuminated by harsh lighting.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
The latest fixation—one that’s been pushed hard by the gaming community as well—is ray tracing, a method for lighting video games that’s being heralded as the next step in photographic realism.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2021
Ms. Stevens is in the process of mastering a loose, somewhat photographic realism that may reflect an admiration for the paintings of Edward Hopper and Eric Fischl.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020
Such a show’s image-object godfather might be German painter Gerhard Richter, whose work alternates between fuzzy photographic realism and blurry, squeegeed abstractions.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2016
In these days of photographic realism of word and idiom, our conception of what is fit in diction has suffered a sea-change.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard
