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Helmut Smits creates a makeshift sunset and photoshops reality

Date
29 November 2012

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Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, and nobody knows this better than Helmut Smits. The Dutch artist has a gift for recontextualising everyday quirks and turning them into highly engaging, sharply entertaining art images and films. Whether he’s photoshopping in the real world or creating a makeshift sunset with some cardboard and a car the results are always wonderfully executed. We’re pretty damn pleased that Helmut’s website is now loaded with long-overdue updates for us all to enjoy. Truly excellent stuff!

A close-up of a light-coloured wooden surface with a visible grain. A few small, dark knots are scattered across the pale timber.
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Helmut Smits: Real Life Photoshopping #3

A close-up of a pale, light-coloured wood grain. Fine horizontal lines and small knots run across the surface.
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Helmut Smits: Real Life Photoshopping #3

Two red doors stand side by side in the entrance of a red brick building. To the right, a large window is partially covered by a white blind, with a green shrub growing beside it.
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Helmut Smits: Real Life Photoshopping #2

Two red doors stand side by side in the entrance of a red brick building. A large window with white frames and closed blinds sits next to the doors, beside a rounded green shrub.
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Helmut Smits: Real Life Photoshopping #2

Green coniferous branches hang over a patch of dry earth and grey stones. Some of the inner foliage has turned a rusty brown.
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Helmut Smits: Real Life Photoshopping #1

Green coniferous branches hang low over a patch of dark soil and grey stones. A few small weeds grow between the rocks at the edge of a concrete path.
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Helmut Smits: Real Life Photoshopping #1

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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