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The making of a masterpiece: Watch artist turn historic photo into real life

July 26th, 2012

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By
Jill Reilly

PUBLISHED:

16:51 EST, 25 July 2012

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UPDATED:

20:08 EST, 25 July 2012

Time travel may still remain a sci-fi mystery, but one artist has skillfully turned a sparse modern-day room into a 19th century photograph – and captured the process on a time-lapse film.

Maisie Broadhead, 32, has become known for her photographic parodies where she creates modern interpretations of historical photos.

In her latest work for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in London, Broadhead has transformed a young model into Lady Elizabeth Eastlake by Scottish photographers Hill Adamson.

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Artist Maisie Broadhead has become known for her fine art photographic parodies where she creates modern interpretations of historical photos

To create a time-lapse video capturing the 2012 to 1844
transformation, the London-born artist worked with
filmmaker Jack Cole.

Set in an empty room with exposed brick, the three-minute clip shows the model
drinking from a coffee cup, eating a banana and chatting as she is
dressed in period clothing and slowly travels back to the 19th century.

The set is a hive of activity as every detail is crucial to the success of the transformation.

After some posing and a change of lighting, the model is then placed behind a false wall, complete with wallpaper and framed to actually become the photograph.

The video will play in the same room as the original photograph at the exhibition which opens October 2012.

Art in the making: As part of an exhibition at the National Gallery, Broadhead and filmmaker Jack Cole were commissioned to create a video depicting one of her interpretations of a 19th century photograph

The model holds a cup of coffee before she is made over in period clothing

Setting the scene

In the three minute video, a model in an empty room of exposed brick transforms into Lady Elizabeth Eastlake by Scottish photographers Hill Adamson

Broadhead graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2009 with an MA in Gold, Silver, Metalwork and Jewellery, having first completed a BA in 3D Design at Brighton University.

On her university webpage she wrote: ‘Recently my work has explored and questioned how objects become valued; be this through changing the context or material of a ‘normal’ domestic object, creating ‘fake’ photographic re-enactments of historic paintings, or creating illusory jewellery where the material worth is only seen from one photographic perspective.

‘Humour within my work is important, so through my exploration of subject matter I’m also aiming to create work that makes us smile.
As the set develops lighting is added to ensure the final result mirrors that of a 19th century photo

As the set develops lighting is added to ensure the final result mirrors that of a 19th century photo

The model strikes a pose as she gets into character

‘Ultimately I’m striving to create work that is a balance of elegance and intelligence.’

Her first UK solo show took place at Sarah Myerscough Gallery in November 2010.

She has previously collaborated with
her mother Caroline on a project called Taking the Chair, in which the
pair selected seven paintings by masters such as Vermeer, Velasquez and
Magritte, in which a chair has a powerful presence.

The time-lapse video shows the artist's work slowly coming together