# Artist uses Photoshop to turn derelict buildings into objects of beauty. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742 "2013-01-19T21:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742/1 "2013-01-19T21:01:07Z")
I really like this artist’s work. The over saturated colors add such intensity to the photos. I’d enjoy seeing his gallery exhibit. People living close enough to drive to the gallery are so lucky. > **[Making the ordinary extraordinary: Photographer romanticizes abandoned desert...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264883/Making-ordinary-extraordinary-Photographer-romanticizes-abandoned-desert-buildings-giving-injection-color.html)** > > In a series of photographs called Desert Reality, Los Angeles-based artist Ed Freeman captured more than a dozen abandoned buildings. click the + to go through the slideshow. > **[Ed Freeman Photography](https://www.edfreeman.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=0&at=0)** > > Welcome to my fine art photography site. Here you can find prints of most of my work and their available sizes. If you have any questions or request for sizes that aren't listed please contact us. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742/2 "2013-01-19T21:20:12Z")
Just ordered the artist’s photo book from Amazon. My wife’s birthday is coming up. 😃 We both love art. Can’t waste the money on plane tickets and hotels to the gallery. So a book is the next best option. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742/3 "2013-01-20T12:39:29Z")
They’re gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742/4 "2013-01-20T15:59:11Z")
I love his underwater stuff. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742/5 "2013-01-20T17:42:42Z")
the landscapes were my favorites 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742/6 "2013-01-20T18:08:29Z")
I can’t quite figure out what his… _raison_ is. The abandoned buildings are one thing (I shoot abandoned buildings myself, and do both straight and processed final imagery from them) and the candy-box buildings are another… but I don’t see where he’s getting from one to the other. If, say, the Weinerschnitzel is abandoned, did he simply 'shop perfection onto it? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742/7 "2013-01-20T19:58:24Z")
Hmm…I used to teach a class of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to students in the Interior Design program. One of their exercises was to take old ruins and bring them back to life with color and backgrounds. The idea being, they could show what could be done with properties with some financial investment and time. I have to be honest - most of my students did better work than this “artist” - perhaps because they were more aware of the actual work and changes that could be done using the original architecture. I would guess that most of you could do equally good/better work if you took a single class in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator.