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21 May 2008

Autistic Architectural Artist Artfully Arranges Tokyo From Memory →[More:]

This is a great video of an architectural artist named Stephen Wiltshire who reproduced a 360 view of Tokyo from memory after a brief fly-over of the city.

post by: Lipstick Thespian at: 10:47 | 4 comments

That's just wild.

I can't imagine what it'd be like to have THAT much recall.

posted by BoringPostcards 21 May | 11:45

Stephen Wiltshire previously over at MeFi: Rome as very few can picture it. || Human camera.

His website.

posted by ericb 21 May | 11:54

I remember him. There was a 60 minutes episode years ago that showed him drawing to exacting detail with a pen. I remember being so jealous of him being able to use the pen. He was the age of one of my younger siblings and drawing so much better than I could. I didn't really understand the challenges he had at the time.

Looks like he's making a good living doing what he loves. That is so great.

His extended biography

posted by lysdexic 21 May | 11:58

That's incredible.

posted by deborah 21 May | 13:41

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