At least that’s what Beloit, Wisconsin’sFriends of the Riverfrontthought when looking to promote their kickoff event.
This led to a recreation of the famous scene using local volunteers.
And the final image, though created in 2006, still resonates today.
Extensive research went into the photoshoot, particularly given the large number of people required to create the scene.
In conceiving thistableau vivant, the organizers wanted to keep things modern.
Thus, all participants are wearing contemporary clothes with umbrellas substituted in for the 19th-century parasols.
“A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat (Photo: Public domain viaWikipedia)
Luckily, there was a window of about 25 minutes when the sun came out and cast those shadows.
The image’s staying power was proven when the photo recently went viral.
It’s in incredible testament to the photograph that, 14 years later, it continues to move people.
So why does Preuschl think that people still love the photo today?
I think it’s the real peopleno costumescombined with the painting’s impressionism, he shares.
Great art impresses with a magic that transcends words.
Great photos freeze a moment of time that is forever beyond words.
There was magic' that day.
I know, I was there.
