I often wonder if art has benefited or been hurt by the invention of the digital camera. These easy to use machines have made everyone a “photographer”, giving a creative outlet to millions who otherwise would not take the time to learn the craft of photography. This has lead to millions of bad photos plaguing the internet of young hip 20 somethings, having fun, acting, out, getting drunk, and often times getting naked. These images get old after a while (even the nude ones!) but Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas has managed to take these fleeting moments of excess, debauchery, and irresponsibility and slow them down in his magnificent hyper realistic drawings. By creating these detailed images Casas is asking us to question the very acts that so many of us took part in during our youth and at the same time pay homage to those fun years of reckless abandon. (via)
