One man shows how the paintings of Johannes Vermeer might be 350 year old color photographs

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Dutch master painter Johannes Vermeer has been celebrated for centuries for his amazingly photorealistic works, created way before photography was even invented. But one man, Texas inventor and NewTek founder Tim Jenison spent seven years showing how Vermeer could have used crude camera obscura technology and quite a bit of technical cleverness to create his masterpieces.

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