Artists recreate 10th-century Indian wedding paintings with photos shot on iPhone 16 Pro

In September, Apple unveiled the company's new premium iPhone 16 and 16 Pro series smartphones. They come with big upgrades including an all-new 48MP Fusion main camera and also a dedicated camera control button to capture photos without losing time.

Popular fashion photographer Vansh Virmani in collaboration with Sheehij Kaul have used Apple's latest iPhone 16 Pro Max (review) model to recreate 10th-century Indian wedding paintings.

The pictures were captured by Virmani and they were edited by Kaul on the iPhone 16 Pro Max device.

Virmani loves the iPhone 16 Pro Max's versatile camera system, including its 48MP Ultra Wide camera, advanced autofocusing, and 5x Optical Zoom, as key to capturing both expansive scenes and intimate, emotional moments with precision. The seamless workflow, aided by features like Photo Cutout and on-the-go editing, allowed him to focus on the artistry of storytelling.

Indian wedding photo shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max.

“I loved the idea of drawing inspiration from traditional miniature paintings from the 10th century and giving them a modern twist to make collages brimming with life. Seamlessly isolate subjects from photos and paste them into an editing app (like @bazaart) to rotate, flip, and layer them into your own artistic masterpieces,” said Sheehij Kaul.

The Apple-commissioned 'Indian Wedding Photos' has received a good response on Instagram.

"thank you for representing Indian culture so beautifully, this was well done," said a user anjali.persad on Instagram.

"incredible, so much talent in India, I can't stress this enough," said anishramakrishna.

In a related development, Apple rolled out the iOS 18.2 update to all eligible iPhones worldwide.

The most significant feature coming in the new update is the Image Playground. With this, the iPhone will be able to conjure up synthetic images with text prompts. It will be available as a standalone app and will also baked into the iMessage app. Initially, it will offer three styles: Animation, Illustration, or Sketch.

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