Stephen Wiltshire
Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic savant artist who can draw entire cities from memory, down the the windows and doors. I saw a video of him drawing Rome from memory on YouTube, then found his web site which has a multitude of videos in various languages.
In his panoramic projects, Stephen is flown over a city via helicopter where he makes his observations without taking a single note or sketch. Then he is given a specified time and space to recreate what he saw from memory. The results are astounding.
Posted: August 7th, 2007 under artists, video.
Comments: 2
Comments
Comment from penelope
Time: August 8, 2007, 8:07 am
WOH. That is impressive!
Comment from rama
Time: August 7, 2007, 4:14 pm
i saw this guy on tv once and still tell my students about him. they are always dazzled. this summer, he inspired one of my students to say “i wish i was an artistic savant.” AUtistic, i corrected her. “what?” he’s AUtistic. “oh,” she stumbled, “right. me too.”
of course, steven’s an artistic savant also.