Star Wars IRL
Posted: 17 Jan 2014 18:56
Proving you're never too old to totally go bananas over awesome toys, Finnish artist Vesa Lehtimäki (aka Avanaut http://www.flickr.com/photos/40195501@N06/) recently borrowed his son’s Star Wars figurines to bring the film's imaginary universe into the Scandinavian countryside. First photographing the toys, Lehtimäki then photoshopped them into to the local landscape.
As Lehtimäki mentioned in his interview with Wired http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/02/star-wars-lego/, he began the project as a way to relive his childhood fantasies IRL. “Two of the great moments of my childhood were the first two original Star Wars movies,” says Lehtimäki. “As a kid I wanted to become a movie director. I made some Super 8 movies but it did not work out that well...With my photography, I’m revisiting an unfulfilled career path, I guess. With the attached little stories my photos are like tiny one-frame movie scene. And I get to direct Star Wars!”
Even better?
Via http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/02/star-wars-lego/
The flickr account has even better stuff http://www.flickr.com/photos/40195501@N06/
Via http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog ... -of-wonder
Via http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/01/14/ve ... eal-thing/
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"Use it soon you shall."
when first glimpsed the Falcon landing in the forest, had to investigate as a result.