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  • 2021-06-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Is Viral Heart-Shaped Sunset Photo Real? (en)
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  • In June 2021, an image of a heart-shaped sunset over a beach went viral on social media. This viral picture was created by a digital artist who posts on Instagram under the handle Phantamos. Here's the original June 2020 posting from Phantamos' Instagram page: This is a digital artwork, not a genuine photograph, that was created by Ethan Hunt (AKA Phantamos). Phantamos originally shared this image along with a caption expressing gratitude for all the support he received during 2020: We reached out to the digital artist for clarity on how this picture was created. Phantamos told us that he used Lightroom for the orange tone of the image and than made the heart-shaped cloud with Photoshop. Phantamos also pointed out one of the image's most interesting and dramatic details: There's a heart-shaped hole in the clouds just above the heart-shaped cloud that is blocking the sun. Many of Phantamos' images are processed with Lightroom, a photo-editing tool, to make them more dramatic or even surreal. The digital artist sells Lightroom presets that allow other artists to create images in his style. In much of their work, the editing is more obvious than in the heart-shaped sunset photograph. This picture of a skull in the moon, for example, was made for Halloween: Another artwork featuring various civil rights leaders is a composite of multiple photographs: Hunt told the photography news website Musecam in 2017: (en)
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