{"id":7276,"date":"2024-05-21T17:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igormattio.com\/?page_id=7276"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:53:06","slug":"digital-alchemy-c-2006-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igormattio.com\/en\/digital-alchemy-c-2006-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Alchemy (c. 2006 &#8211; 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7276\" class=\"elementor elementor-7276\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c61cba0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c61cba0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5be6349\" data-id=\"5be6349\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b71441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b71441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400-1024x682.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7301 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400-1024x682.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400-300x200.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400-768x512.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400-18x12.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 18w, https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1400w, https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400.jpg?size=162x108&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 162w, https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400.jpg?size=487x324&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 487w, https:\/\/b3858420.assetcdn.net\/2.0\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-in-the-forest-1400.jpg?size=649x432&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"362f20\" style=\"--dominant-color: #362f20\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97e8315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97e8315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>c. 2006 &#8211; 2020<\/strong><\/p><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Giving up solvents, tar, and all the other toxic materials did not mean giving up the urge to alter an image. I simply found another way to do it.<\/p><p>Photoshop became my new studio.<\/p><p>I started experimenting with digital painting, combining photographs, changing backgrounds, adding and removing elements, playing with scale, color, light, and perspective. Sometimes the final image had very little to do with the place where the photograph had originally been taken.<\/p><p>In a way, I was doing what I had done from the beginning: taking photographs apart and putting them back together. Only now there were no scissors, photocopiers, paint, or solvents. There were pixels.<\/p><p>I experimented a lot during these years. Some images became surreal or theatrical; others borrowed from painting, mythology, or art history. 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