State of the art

The concept of Help-Portrait is fairly simple: find someone who is distressed or in need of some positivity in their life, photograph a portrait of that person, have it printed and deliver it to them. By doing this, Jeremy Cowart, the movement’s founder, feels that one can effectively help to restore a sense of pride and self-worth in somebody who has found themselves in a bad place. It may not be a meal, or a shelter or a pair of cloths, but Jeremy feels that a sense of pride is something that can often be even more valuable.

Photoshopping is so out! At least that’s what Scotland-based artist Lola Dupre must think. Lola is a master at the art of cutting and pasting—the old fashion way—with a pair of scissors and some Elmer’s.Lola’s main work revolves around creating hilariously exaggerated portraits like the ones above. Her creative process begins with a mental picture of her subject and the setting she will place them in. She then searches the Internet for images that are high-res enough for her to crop, print and eventually begin cutting up.