Photorealism is a collection of paintings from some amazing photorealism or hyper-realism painting masters, such as Raphaella Spence, Robert Neffson and Don Eddy. There are stuff that would make you wonder why they don't use a camera in the first place. But there lies the challenge of creating these paintings.

They can capture the seemingly mundane surroundings and turn them into masterpieces. Classic favourite subjects are reflective surfaces like shop windows, polished car, and the city with all the lights.

The list of artists featured are:

• Robert Bechtle
• Charles Bell
• Roberto Bernardi
• Anthony Brunelli
• Chuck Close
• Don Eddy
• Richard Estes
• Audrey Flack
• Franz Gertsch
• Robert Gniewek
• Ralph Goings
• Clive Head
• Gus Heinze
• Ben Johnson
• Ron Kleemann
• Jack Mendenhall
• Bertrand Meniel
• Robert Neffson
• Yigal Ozeri
• David Parrish
• John Salt
• Ben Schonzeit
• Raphaella Spence
• Bernardo Torrens

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