Betrand Benoit aka bbb3viz, is possibly, one of those artists who will come up with a new project, and we always will doubt if the images presented are simple, beautiful and real photos....or it's all CG.
Unlike many colleagues in his field, he wasn’t training as an architect but came to Visualization via photography about four years ago. He was totally attracted to CG as a means to push the boundaries he was encountering in architectural photography. The ability to create photorealistic renders of virtual scenes on off-the-shelf hardware was what initially fired his interest.
He does have a relatively strong – and much older – drawing background, but he really thinks that comparatively, the recent photography background is much more crucial to making his 3d work better.
"It helps me to know how far you can push some effects – such as a shallow Depth Of Field – without making an image photographically implausible."
He thinks it’s no coincidence that many of the best Archviz artists, people like Peter Guthrie, are also excellent photographers in their own right.
Official website :
http://bertrand-benoit.com/
