Duke Johns Barbershop

Graz / Austria

Perspective A

Perspective B

Perspective C

The concept

The idea behind this project was to show a whole room in a 2-dimensional way without using a classic 360° panorama shot. The solution was to stitch three different camera angles into one continuous background. By putting the protagonists in a separate layer in front, the image achieves a more harmonious look even though it‘s based on three separate total perspective views. Despite the detailed character of the scene I tried to set the focus clearly onto the people - given it’s a composite image made up of different perspectives a complex light setup was key to create this effect. This setup got changed for every shot to guarantee the illusion of a homogenous light direction throughout the image.

The bigger, the better

In that case resolution is king as the final print will have a size of nearly nine meters in width. Therefore the new Fuji GFX 100 was the right choice to get the best possible resolution. I can tell you - I love that camera. Amazing output. The original image got stiched with three 100MP images, resulting in a print the stays detailed and sharp at even the closest viewing distance.

The result

We mounted the final image onto a 3x9 metre wall, printed on a weatherproof fine art photo paper. Big thanks to all the people, who made this possible - cheers!