Pencil VS Camera
"Pencil VS Camera" mixes drawing and photography, imagination and reality. It’s a new visual concept invented and initiated by Ben Heine in 2010. It's full of magic, illusion, poetry and surrealism. Ben published his first "Pencil VS Camera" image in April 2010 but the series is the result of a long graphic exploration and a logic consequence of his personal artistic development.
Ben’s hand is always clearly visible; it represents the close connection between the viewer, the artist and the artwork. The drawing is either in black and white on white paper or in colour on black paper, while the photo is often very colourful, this amplifies the contrast between the two mediums. Ben likes to focus on people’s life, portraits, nature, animals, architecture... Among others, the main themes approached in "Pencil VS Camera" are: Love, Freedom, After Life, Friendship and Nature.
Ben’s hand is always clearly visible; it represents the close connection between the viewer, the artist and the artwork. The drawing is either in black and white on white paper or in colour on black paper, while the photo is often very colourful, this amplifies the contrast between the two mediums. Ben likes to focus on people’s life, portraits, nature, animals, architecture... Among others, the main themes approached in "Pencil VS Camera" are: Love, Freedom, After Life, Friendship and Nature.