If Famous Superheroes and Villains Appeared in 16th-Century Flemish Paintings
Batman looks a little... different.
By on November 19, 2014
Superheroes don't typically sit for portraits. Nor do villains or sci-fi stars. It's probably the whole gotta-save-or-destroy-the-world thing. But with his new series, Super Flemish, photographer Sacha Goldberger imagines how these famous characters would have looked had they indeed taken time to be painted, in this case, as 16th-century Flemish models.
Working with an enormous team of actors, hair and makeup artists, costume designers, and digital imaging specialists, Goldberger captured the series over a course of eight months. The resulting portraits cast each master of the universe as a Renaissance figure, outfitted in luxurious fabrics and Elizabethan ruffs.
The photos, explains Goldberger, intend to "illustrate the nobility and fragility of the super-powerful and reveal their humanity" and to highlight and celebrate the superheroes, who live "cloaked in anonymity."
Working with an enormous team of actors, hair and makeup artists, costume designers, and digital imaging specialists, Goldberger captured the series over a course of eight months. The resulting portraits cast each master of the universe as a Renaissance figure, outfitted in luxurious fabrics and Elizabethan ruffs.
The photos, explains Goldberger, intend to "illustrate the nobility and fragility of the super-powerful and reveal their humanity" and to highlight and celebrate the superheroes, who live "cloaked in anonymity."
