The movement of Photorealism began in the United States during the late 1960s. It puts emphasis on collecting exact visual information, inspired by photography rather than traditional styles of observation. Artists such as Richard Estes, Chuck Close and Ralph Goings are credited as the founders of this movement, some of the first to attempt exact reproduction of photographic imagery in their paintings. Duane Hanson and John De Andrea did the same with sculptural works, though instead of photos cast from live models achieving a similar sense of replicated reality.