Michael Paul Smith Model Car Photography

Using forced perspective the artist brings them to life in his imaginary town called elgin park.

Michael paul smith model car photography. He grew up north of that city in sewickley pa the town that became a model for his fictional one. Michael paul smith was born on nov. Michael paul smith is the perfect example of an artist with a passion for what he does. Photography and camera news reviews and inspiration.

Welcome to michael paul smith s elgin park. Home photography model cars look life sized through forced perspectives by pinar noorata on october 15 2013 model maker and photographer michael paul smith has expertly combined his two crafts to create a series of images that make his intricate model cars look like life sized vehicles on the road. A version of this article appeared in print on march 14 2010 on page au1 of the new york edition. My project elgin park came about from a need to put my 300 diecast model car collection into some sort of physical context.

Model maker and photographer michael paul smith has a 25 year experience in handcrafting scale models. 22 1950 in pittsburgh to roy and audrey smith. In his own words what started out as an exercise in model building and photography ended up as a dream like reconstruction of the town i grew up in the really cool thing and something i haven t seen before is that michael places his diorama s in a real life environment. Michael paul smith poses behind one of his outdoor sets ready to photograph a winter scene where the model cars and buildings are the stars.

For the last 25 years he has spent some of his spare and much of his professional time making miniature model cars and photographing them. Here s a fascinating video about how photographer michael paul smith creates and photographs elgin park a 20th century town created. The creator of these dioramas is michael paul smith. He blends the model cars and the sets he builds.