Photographer Joongwon Jeong specializes in something rare and wonderful: he takes portraits of the past - in paintings, in busts, in photographs - and recreates them in photos so meticulous and realistic, they're hard to tell from the real thing. “A picture is just a replica reproduced on a two-dimensional plane," he tells My Modern Met, "but from that image we see, feel, think and imagine the original object again.”
We've selected some of our favorites from Jeong's portfolio; you can see more on his Instagram and Facebook, and learn how to do what he does by taking his online course.
'Venus de Milo' by Alexandros of Antioch
'The Creation of Adam' by Michelangelo (God')
'The Creation of Adam' by Michelangelo (Adam)
'Homer' (Artist Unknown)
'Bust of Costanza Bonarelli' by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
'Sigmund Freud' by Ferdinand Schmutzer
'Pseudo-Seneca' (Artist Unknown)
'Vincent van Gogh' (Self-portrait)
See more of Joongwon Jeong's work on his Instagram and Facebook, and learn how to do what he does by taking his online course.