Robert Tinney painted beautiful, surreal scenes for the covers of BYTE magazines.
Imagine if those scenes were real. Imagine if there were a photographer next to Mr. Tinney, capturing the scene on film.
Those photographs might look like the images on this site.
I re-create Mr. Tinney’s visions by photographing real-world objects and compositing the images together. There is no CGI here.
Computer Engineering
Inspired by Robert Tinney’s “Computer Engineering” cover for Byte magazine, July 1977. The cover of…
Chip Building
Inspired by Robert Tinney’s “Chip Building” cover for Byte magazine, January 1979. What if the…
Number Crunching
Inspired by Robert Tinney’s “Number Crunching” cover for Byte magazine, April 1986. Byte’s April 1986…
Inside IBM
Inspired by Robert Tinney’s “Inside IBM” cover for Byte magazine, November 1983. Byte’s November 1983…
CPU Architectures
Inspired by Robert Tinney’s “CPU Architectures” cover for BYTE magazine, May, 1988. Byte’s May 1988…
Software
Inspired by Robert Tinney’s “Software” cover for Byte magazine, October 1980. My latest work is…
Intelligent Reflections
Inspired by Robert Tinney’s “Intelligent Reflections” cover for BYTE magazine, April 1985. Byte’s April, 1985…