Richard Manning

Golden Earring To The Hilt 1975

I cut out the three prints of the man and stripped the edges as thin as possible. I lightly greyed the edges and montaged them in position with Columbia Cement. The chap hanging upside down from a building was just spotted. The chap laying in front of the saw was shot in situ and so only a bit of spotting. The chap on the railway line was montaged and a cast shadow airbrushed onto the rail and then spotted. The fourth chap was cut out to fit into the block of concrete. I darkened the chaps suit to seat him in the block and then drew in some bubbles with a combination of paint and photo dye.

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