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SALT LAKE CITY — A father and photographer has imitated dozens of classical portraits with his daughter.
Bill Gekas, a photographer based out of Melbourne, Australia, started the series with his daughter and wife a few years ago as a personal project. As he took more and more images, it evolved into something much bigger.
“Mastering the intricacies of studio lighting, combined with preparation undertaken by myself and my wife in our spare time, our daughter looks forward to the dressing up in costumes and acting in front of the camera for that brief 10 minute shoot time once every few weeks or so,” he told KSL.com. “It's also quality family time we spend doing something altogether that's fun.”
Gekas imitates — not necessarily recreates each image — works like Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” or Albert Anker’s “Girl Peeling Potatoes.”
As he has published the photos, they have drawn attention to Gekas and his work. He has won numerous international photography awards and has been published in magazines and newspapers.
