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World Exclusive Photograph: The Sphinx - update: Picture Now posted

So I just skimmed this thread to see if anyone provided the original pic with no photoshop editing (or less photoshop at least) but I haven't encountered one yet. Can anyone please link me to the original pic?
 
Yes I want the original photo not this photoshopped to death concept
from this artisit. He made it so is doesnt even look like Michael. NO aura
the eyes are dead the mouth is wrong _ the facial shape is wrong.

Yes its art but the majority of fans who have seen it
say it does not portray Michael in any way _ Its not him

The artist failed to portray MICHAEL its that simple
 
ASIS said:
So I just skimmed this thread to see if anyone provided the original pic with no photoshop editing (or less photoshop at least) but I haven't encountered one yet. Can anyone please link me to the original pic?
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That would be cool if it could be released somehow somewhere.. Because the concept is really cool.
 
IvoryKeys said:
I finally get a chance to agree with Karen. She says the photog tried to "feminize and fantasize" him.....and it just went too far.

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You made me laugh :hysterical: Karen has no clue what she is talking about imo lol lol
 
'Feminizing' doesn't mean they tried to make him look like a woman. Ancient egyptian males and especially kings were very feminine looking.. And for people wondering why Michael wanted to be photographed like that was that there's the song about King Tutankhamun, the pharao.. See?
 
It isn't photoshopped.

It's 100% animation probably/possibly masked on the real photo of Michael (the back of his head is a real photo) - The grain is completely different in the background in each photo, it's super smooth in the animated photo, as is the gown he has on.
 
My two cents: the photo is horrible and I'm glad Michael did not want to use that as a cover of Invincible album.
 
qbee said:
Yes I want the original photo not this photoshopped to death concept
from this artisit. He made it so is doesnt even look like Michael. NO aura
the eyes are dead the mouth is wrong _ the facial shape is wrong.

Yes its art but the majority of fans who have seen it
say it does not portray Michael in any way _ Its not him

The artist failed to portray MICHAEL its that simple
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Where it's said it's trying 'to portray Michael'? You know, when Michael wanted to be portrayd as himself, he always changed his normal look hardly at all. Does the cover of 'Smile' where he impersonates Chaplin portray Michael? An art pic/painting and a portrait are different. Then the art portrait is also possible but these clearly are not like that.. This is just an art photograph. And it could have been edited much more but it isn't. It could have been also made with Photoshop from the start and not by taking any photos but by doing that it's more 'real'. If Michael didn't like it, it's probably because in his standards it was not great enough. But I'm sure he found it pretty good. It's just too bold for him. But I hope we will see the more original photo soon..
 
Well I'm not keen on this photo either. I know it looks animated but it just doesn't look like him - it just doesn't have "essence of Michael" in it somehow! Having said that, hey it was a brave move to try it and it does kind of have a weird appeal in a bizarre Lady Gaga kinda way! lol
 
Michael tried so lots of things through the years but so many times Sony rejected everything even thou they were great.. Sony was kinda way more protective about Michael's public image than Michael himself..
 
Michael Jackson believed in and valued letting the artist express
himself or herself. :better:
 
I was looking for another photo where Michael is looking upwards slightly, as in the 'sphinx' , and the only one I could readily find was on the cover of Moonwalk. However Michaels eyes look much 'softer' in the Moonwalk photo.

I don't think I'd like to approach the guy in the 'sphinx' for an autograph, ...they should rename this 'the basilisk'. I really couldn't put this on the wall as a poster, although I coudl happily look at the 'real' Michael's eyes for hours .. and hours .. etc.
 
Summer 1999 - July 4th/5th the pictures were taken.

to the best of my knowledge.
 
Actually, there was another picture reminiscent of the Sphinx in the news this weekend ....of Daphne Guinness at Paris Fashion week, at an event celebrating (I think) the 15th anniversary of Nars cosmetics. Its got a bit of 'blue eye' thrown in for good measure. I wonder if Daphne was 'inspired' by the MJ shoot.

(One day I'll learn how to post pictures...meanwhile here is a link)

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:25&biw=1700&bih=669
 
myosotis said:
Actually, there was another picture reminiscent of the Sphinx in the news this weekend ....of Daphne Guinness at Paris Fashion week, at an event celebrating (I think) the 15th anniversary of Nars cosmetics. Its got a bit of 'blue eye' thrown in for good measure. I wonder if Daphne was 'inspired' by the MJ shoot.

(One day I'll learn how to post pictures...meanwhile here is a link)

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:25&biw=1700&bih=669
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Oh God that's scary.
 
What truly puzzles me about this picture is that Michael is such a handsome attractive man that there was absolutely no need to change his real face at all. It would have been absolutely enough to put make-up on him, put him in the cloak. the picture would have been much more exciting and beautiful. I just don't understand...
 
Metin Jackson said:
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Bad late 90's photoshop, look at the line on the left side of his face, cheek/ear aera. Opps photoshopper forgot to blend that!

I actually think this is an interesting concept and would have made an awesome album cover. That is if they used the original photo and not this overly photoshopped face. Such a shame. I'm pretty good at photoshop (I'm a pro graphic designer) if I could find a high rez pic of MJ from 98-99 that was straight on, I would try to alter the image to what it SHOULD look like.

Also WHY is the estate letting this and the blue eye images leak? Shouldn't they be keeping this stuff under wraps for potential Album covers? I mean that is what these photos were taken for right? Even if they were eventually discarded, they are the closest thing to an official MJ choice as we could get. (Unless there are other more recent photoshoots we don't know about.)
 
Skizzorpuppy said:
Bad late 90's photoshop, look at the line on the left side of his face, cheek/ear aera. Opps photoshopper forgot to blend that!
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How many times in this thread we have to say again and again that THIS picture was edited by a fan to make him look more like Michael. The original one is the one I use for my avatar.
 
Asedora said:
How many times in this thread we have to say again and again that THIS picture was edited by a fan to make him look more like Michael. The original one is the one I use for my avatar.
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Sorry, I don't have time to read 24 pages of stuff, my bad. But looking at the original now, I think my statement still stands. The image was too processed. I'm sure the original photo(s) probably looked cool without the airbrushing.
 
Skizzorpuppy said:
Sorry, I don't have time to read 24 pages of stuff, my bad. But looking at the original now, I think my statement still stands. The image was too processed. I'm sure the original photo(s) probably looked cool without the airbrushing.
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It has to look like "late 90s" photoshop because this work was done in 1999. We are in 2011 almost. Big difference.
 
Asedora said:
It has to look like "late 90s" photoshop because this work was done in 1999. We are in 2011 almost. Big difference.
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Um yeah, I know. That's why I called it "late 90's" photoshop. Still, a much better job in the airbrushing department could have been done. Whoever did this didn't know what they were doing or just didn't care, even in the late 90's.
 
Thanks so much for posting this, awesome. Love the one with him in the stars, such expressive stare he has, too.
 
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