What kind of lens gives this effect?

[ampguy]

http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/uploads/Lux_web_2006_56.jpg

or is it all photoshop?

 

[trittium]

It could be a combination of film and exposure. Color properties are typically not that dramatic, even in early lenses designed for b&w.

 

[dpetrzelka]

Probably a Noctilux 🙂

 

[bmattock]

http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/lux_loretta.php

Elongated limbs, oversized heads, and eyes spaced just a little farther apart than average contribute to the strange mystique found in their cool gazes and isolated locations. Computer manipulation is also employed to merge the subjects with their settings: backgrounds either painted by Lux or taken from her photographs of various European landscapes and interiors. The resolved scenes are produced as luminous Ilfochrome prints that, much like the images, enjoy the slick sensuality of processed goods.

 

[ampguy]

Ok

Ok

I guess there is much more going on than even photoshop?!

http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/lux_loretta.php

 

[bmattock]

I guess there is much more going on than even photoshop?!

I'm not sure what Lux does fits entirely within the category of photography, although she seems to begin from there.

I am not complaining - her work is interesting and it is certainly what I would call 'art'. But I doubt anything she does could be put down to a particular lens or technique - she appears to be applying a plethora of highly-controlled techniques to achieve the result she wishes.

 

[wyk_penguin]

Looks like one of those hand colored b&w prints of the last century.

 

[oftheherd]

Probably a Noctilux 🙂

Close, but appently from bmattock's post, a Lorettalux. 😀

 

[tripod]

From Bill's link: Elongated limbs, oversized heads, and eyes spaced just a little farther apart than average contribute to the strange mystique found in their cool gazes and isolated locations. Computer manipulation is also employed to merge the subjects with their settings: backgrounds either painted by Lux or taken from her photographs of various European landscapes and interiors. The resolved scenes are produced as luminous Ilfochrome prints

 

[heiyu]

Loretta Lux uses digital manipulation to create her artworks. She chooses locations carefully (shot mostly outside) and merges this with portraits taken in a controlled enviroment like a studio. A low persepective and alteration of the proportions creates this effect.

Loretta has a background as a painter so that explains a little about her style. Manipulation or not, her work is amazing.

 

[Roberto]

Loretta Lux uses digital manipulation to create her artworks. She chooses locations carefully (shot mostly outside) and merges this with portraits taken in a controlled enviroment like a studio. A low persepective and alteration of the proportions creates this effect.

Loretta has a background as a painter so that explains a little about her style. Manipulation or not, her work is amazing.

😕 I find it disturbing...
Rob.