> Using a camera obscura or other such device is how you make photorealistic paintings. Photorealism refers to a specific period and set of artists, post Pop-A

> Using a camera obscura or other such device is how you make photorealistic paintings. Photorealism refers to a specific period and set of artists, post Pop-Art. They used photographs very extensively, Richard Estes is one of the better known ones. http://sayforward.com/ext/images/bus-reflections-flatiron-building-1967 http://sayforward.com/ext/images/bus-reflections-flatiron-bu...