This is a limited series of works that started in 2015.

Concept

This series explores how digital editing tools transform and redefine perceptions of female beauty. Beginning with carefully staged portraits of women, the artist creates paired works that juxtapose the original image with a digitally altered version. Each pair highlights a specific computer-generated effect — such as blur, posterize, crop, or distortion— that subtly alters the facial features.

By requiring viewers to observe both images simultaneously, the series encourages a side-by-side comparison that reveals the often unnoticed impact of digital manipulation. The work challenges the observer to question the implicit assumptions of what a face should look like, exposing the influential role of digital tools in shaping contemporary notions of beauty and identity.

Inspiration

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Process

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Current Works

Cristina with posterize

A portrait of Kristina with light from below. A second small painting is showing the same person but with a posterize effect. The bigger work features soft light transitions. The small one in the other hand has banded color transitions. Posterization is reducing the amount of used colors and as a side effect it distorts further the image.

Dedicated Artwork Page:
https://miltosdespoudis.gr/archive/paintings/a2506230

Maia with inverted zoom

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Dedicated Artwork Page:
https://miltosdespoudis.gr/archive/paintings/a16102700/

Vasilina with blur

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Dedicated Artwork Page:
https://miltosdespoudis.gr/archive/paintings/a18011200/

Noor with horizontal displacement

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Dedicated Artwork Page:
https://miltosdespoudis.gr/archive/paintings/a18053100/