Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock since New Year’s Eve – which would be fairly understandable – you’ll have seen that photo from Manchester.
You know the one, it was taken by photographer Joel Goodman outside the Printworks and looks like a beautiful piece of renaissance art.
This one:
https://twitter.com/hughesroland/status/682916583073779712
Amazing.
It’s since sent the internet in to meltdown with its perfect composition. The guy on the floor with his beer intact is a personal highlight, and it seems the people of Twitter would agree.
The floor-bound hero and his surroundings have been re-imagined as several actual works of art:
@hughesroland @paul_tomkins pic.twitter.com/UIA91KB8ZJ
— The Wolf of Whatever (@mjlovatt_LFC) January 1, 2016
lol “@NOTLR: @hughesroland pic.twitter.com/LhTnNMqsdP”@pixel8foto
— Eric Nelson (@Oogabooga) January 1, 2016
@alexjc Here’s a #DeepForgery with methods of Preston Dickinson from est. 1926. https://t.co/d1n9uZ2CBR pic.twitter.com/WP7BpjhsuY
— The Deep Forger (@DeepForger) January 1, 2016
@hughesroland seems the people and actions are on interesting axi and regions pic.twitter.com/2THCzlBF2T
— Groen Maar Niet Gek (@GroenMNG) January 1, 2016
The photo from NYE has become Manchester's Mona Lisa #manchester (via @pixel8foto / @wefail) pic.twitter.com/HcG5pzQAyz
— Dave Haslam (@Mr_Dave_Haslam) January 1, 2016
@hughesroland @ajlanghorn I had a go at turning it into a watercolour with Waterlogue pic.twitter.com/MmbiZ0SsD3
— Ben Darlow (@kapowaz) January 1, 2016
And there’s more – good work @johnbeck_ pic.twitter.com/N6me1jnn2E
— Roland Hughes (@hughesroland) January 1, 2016
"Paint me like one of your Manc pissheads." h/t @comdox pic.twitter.com/mVoQaG8yDe
— Roland Hughes (@hughesroland) January 1, 2016
And this one, while not strictly a classic painting, is a work of art in itself:
@hughesroland pic.twitter.com/FbrNQbU1Z7
— NOTLR (@NOTLR) January 2, 2016
Killed it.
