"Photo" of Vincent VanGogh

If you have been wandering the internet over the past few days, you have probably come across this story.  For those of you who missed it. .

Architect/photographer Tadao Cern wondered what Vincent VanGogh may have looked like in "real life" rather than rendered as a painting with thick swirls of paint.  Van Gogh created many self portraits during his career.  Cern selected one and then digitally converted it back into a "photo."  The result is somewhat haunting.  The Atlantic has a brief video showing some of Cern's photoshoppery.  You can watch it here.

 The original:  Self Portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

The "photograph" Vincent Van Gogh by Tadao Cern, 2012