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Over the past two years I have been overwhelmed with the interest in my various photographic series. When I first began my 365 Days of Clones series, my goal was to create, photographic, edit, and post a new photograph online each day. Similarly, my goal with my 52 Weeks of Star Wars series was to create a new photograph and post it online weekly. This year I have decided to create a monthly series entitled 12 Months of Hope, Empire & Jedi. Once again, the goal this year is to simplify my photographic process; quality over quantity. 12 Months of Hope, Empire & Jedi is a series of 12 images that tell the tale of original Star Wars Trilogy through the recreation of historical paintings and photographs. There will be four images for each of the original films; A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Like my 52 Weeks of Star Wars series, 12 Months of Hope, Empire & Jedi will also be creations for my Cloned Photos mini-series.

The first photograph in the series is entitled “The Calling of Obi-Wan Kenobi” and is based upon Caravaggio’s The Calling of Saint Matthew. Caravaggio’s painting depicts Jesus and Saint Peter entering the room on the far right. I have chosen to depict Artoo entering by himself. Matthew is depicted at the table with a group of men. Although there has been much debate, it is widely accepted that the bearded man with the surprised expression on his face is Matthew. I have replaced Matthew with Obi-Wan as Matthew was being called by Jesus to follow him. Similarly, Obi-Wan was being asked to help Princess Leia with the assistance of Artoo of course. I should note that Princess Leia’s hologram is seen twice in the film; once by Luke, Threepio and Artoo and then a second time by Obi-Wan. Although Han and Chewbacca did not see Leia’s cry for help, I have decided to add them to the photograph for a couple of reasons. Both characters play very important roles in the rescue of Leia from the Death Star as well as Caravaggio had painted five men sitting at the table, not three.

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Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Milton (show map)

Taken on: January 30, 2013

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Camera: Canon EOS 40D, f/22.0, 1/100 sec, 100mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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