Erik Johansson est un photographe professionnel suédois, également doué en ‘toshop. La retouche photo, ça ne sert pas seulement à enlever des points noirs disgracieux ou à dissimuler un vilain bourrelet, une maîtrise suffisante de ces outils peut offrir à un artiste de nouvelles voies pour s’exprimer. La preuve en 40 superbes hallucinations visuelles.

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Today is the World Photo Day! I made this image as a charity project for The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation (@barncancerfonden) in 2014. Julia, in the chair, was 5 years old, had cancer but survived thanks to good treatment! The idea of the image is to keep dreams alive, like wanting to read all the books in the world. I also sell this as a charity print where I donate 50% of the sale price to the foundation every year, so far this print has brought in over €7000 in donations to cancer research (Endless Stories print available on inprnt.com). Thank you all for your support and have a Happy World Photography Day! #worldphotographyday #photographyday #photography @barncancerfonden #barncancerfonden @atedge #books #dreaming #agentmollyandco

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New work: Expectations Creating anything starts with a with a white piece of paper, whether it's the beginning of a novel, a sketch or that idea that has kept you awake at night. The pressure of expectations and what people will think, although it's just your own thoughts of the worst case scenario projected on the people around you. To me this is a reflection of the creative process and the expectations that comes with it. I photographed the model out in a field with the desk, chair and lamp. I shot the model over 300 times to avoid repetition as much as possible. It was a massive cut out job. Photographed in natural light except for the desk lamp giving a touch of warm light around the sitting man and the people right behind. I'd love to hear your thoughts about it, what is the first and second thing that comes to your mind when you see it? SEE MORE DETAILED UNCROPPED VERSION ON MY WEBSITE, LINK IN PROFILE! . #expectations #creativeprocess #hasselblad #surreal #erikjohansson @atedge #pickoftheday #newwork #inspiration

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New work: “Falling Asleep”. The idea was to capture the feeling of falling into sleep, drifting into dreamland. This is a project I’ve been working on since November last year when I photographed @krysiamakiela in a water tank at the Xposure festival ( @xposurexpf ). The room and props were photographed in Sweden. Big thanks to Simon Newton @sjn009 for helping out making this project possible. Head over to my website for larger version with more details! . . What comes to your mind when you see it? Do you recognize the feeling of falling? . . #erikjohansson #fallingasleep #dreaming #hasselblad #dreamgirl #xposurexpf #surreal #photography #floating #dream #fallingasleep #erikjohansson #sleep #underwaterphotography #underwater #imagine #picoftheday #create

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New work! ”All Above the Sky” This is a project I got the idea for many years ago, I wasn't really sure where to shoot this or even how to do it. But this summer I thought it was time to go through with this project. It's photographed by Sweden's largest lake "Vänern" a late summer evening with heavy rain clouds slowly moving in the horizon as the sun was setting. I would love to hear your thoughts about it, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Link to larger version in profile. Swipe for details ? . ...there is also a behind the scenes video coming in about a week. . #erikjohansson #allabovethesky #newwork #photography #photoshop #profoto #hasselblad #erikjo #surreal #create #imagine

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New work: Loyal Mail ???? This is a photo I've been working on for a few months but the original idea started even longer ago. I short the background last summer in the north of Norway in midnight sun right when the sun was touching the horizon. The building was shot in Prague as well as the horn. The balloon was a smaller scale but highly detailed model shot in my studio. At first I wanted the horn to be a bit less shiny but as I did some tests I liked the idea of the surroundings, building and balloon being reflected in it. It might be hard to see here but there is a larger version on my website. To see it really detailed I would recommend to see it printed 180x135cm big in my current exhibition at DunkersKulturhus. I would love to hear your thoughts, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you see it? (Link to larger version in profile)

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