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DR HEINZ_

 See Also: A-Z of Fakirs for other interviews

THE INTERVIEW
 

CelebFakirs.com: How did you find out celebrity faking existed?
DrHeinz: When i had to retire from my job due to a serious illness a few years back, I was pretty much chained to my house during my recovery period. I spent a lot of time on the internet and since i am a movie (and celeb-)lover I pretty soon stumbled upon some faked images of celebs too. Although I might have seen fakes before they never really registered until then.


CelebFakirs.com: What was the first fake you ever saw and who faked it?
DrHeinz: The one that I first caught my interest was from Yovo I think. So I was already pretty much spoilt from day 1, and started collecting the sweet stuff.


CelebFakirs.com: What made you get into faking?
DrHeinz: Lots of free time on my hands, and I was intrigued to find out how it was done. I think it was August 2003 when I registered on some (obscure) german fake archive board that mainly focussed on sharing good web finds, but still I made my first steps at actually faking myself there. Then I registered on the French FFF which is fakir's board rather than an archive. That's where i found out how great it can be to be part of a faking community, where both fakirs and collectors meet and share their knowledge, resources and feedback. It stimulated me and made me improve fast. So when i registered on the strip in January 2004 i won the Tourist Cup with the first fake i posted there, much to my own surprise. I didn't even use Adobe Photoshop back then, but Serif Photoplus. Shortly after i was asked to join a team for the Great Fake Cup and switched to Photoshop.


CelebFakirs.com: Who was the lucky celeb who was first faked by yourself? When did you do you're first fake?:
DrHeinz: The Queen of England. Oh wait, that was a bit later. Besides I don't want to scare away your customers.
I trashed my earliest doodles so i cant remember exactly. but this one is pretty ancient: Ashley judd, September 2003,

CelebFakirs.com: Who has been the biggest influence in you're faking career to date?
DrHeinz: Hard to say. I think I am am more of a technical fakir, rather than an arty-farty or otherwise creative one. So i wasn't really influenced by styles or designs. I think the the ones who taught me the most tricks of the trade though, through tutorials or one-on-one sessions were Vincent, MrOwl75, Doc Fakenhouser, TFP, and Proto. Some of them still do today. But really, in a faking community you learn stuff from almost anyone active, both fakirs and collectors. The contributions of the latter are underrated, not in the last place by themselves.


CelebFakirs.com: Who would you consider to be the best fakir around at the moment?
DrHeinz: I don't know if there is such a thing as "the best" fakir. All have different fortes and it highly depends what style they use and how much i like hat style.
If we redefine your question to "What current fakir's work do you admire most?" my answer would be Proto.


CelebFakirs.com: Who would you consider to be the best fakir of all time?
DrHeinz: "What all-time-fakir's work do you admire most?" Vincent for faked images and doc fakenhouser for faked movies. Same branch, two entirely different disciplines.


CelebFakirs.com: And for the future, do you see any fresh faces that you think will go on to be the best one day?
DrHeinz: There are a lot of young talents around for sure.


CelebFakirs.com: What was you're best fake ever?
DrHeinz: The one that I am going to make some day. So here's my most recent one of which I think is not that bad while we wait for it.

CelebFakirs.com: What has been the highlight of you're career so far?
DrHeinz: Founding of New Fake City.


CelebFakirs.com: Why the alter-ego choice?
DrHeinz: I don't want people to find out that I am actually the president of the Dutch Central Bank. Anonymity.


CelebFakirs.com: If you could marry any celeb who would it be?
DrHeinz: Hehe, none of them, I'm already hooked up. But I have my favorites if that's what you mean, all for different reasons. Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Aishwarya Rai, Brittany Murphy, and our Dutch pride: Famke Janssen.


CelebFakirs.com: And who would be you're bit on the side?
DrHeinz: Those would be any of the above. Which immediately uncovers an important reason for my anonymity.


CelebFakirs.com: Do you have funny stories to tell us?
DrHeinz: So far I thought the interview was pretty funny already.
There are plenty of funny stories around in this crazy line of hobby though. You could fill up an entire special section of your website with them.


CelebFakirs.com: Where do you see yourself in 5, 10 years time?
DrHeinz: Whatever that may be, it's probably not as a fakir. Although I still love doing it, 5 years is already a pretty long time in a fakirs life. A bit like dog years. A lot of fakirs stop due to changes in real life, and that might very well be what is going to happen to me too.


CelebFakirs.com: where do you see the faking world being in 5, 10 years time?
DrHeinz: Since the open communities (fake boards) have taken over the baton from newsgroups and guilds, faking has taken a flight. Resource and knowledge that were meticulously kept to oneself or behind locked doors before, the growing acceptance of criticism, and competitions that pushed fakirs to raise the bar has triggered that. With an open structure like that, anything is possible and highly depends on technological developments. And if yet another genius like Vincent or doc Fakenhouser emerges... who might very well be amongst us already.


CelebFakirs.com: Finally.... Celebrity fakes, art or porn?
DrHeinz: Of course it is and always will be porn, cos it's primal roots are being wank fodder and that sticks. When done skillfully and with imagination, you actually create something that has an extra quality which raises it beyond porn, like a joiner can make a Louis XIV cabinet instead of a chest, but i would be inclined to call that craftsmanship rather than artistry.