Forum: Photography


Subject: Surreal? So real?

ReBorneUK opened this issue on Mar 09, 2005 ยท 10 posts


ReBorneUK posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 2:57 PM

Quite a few threads back I threatened to dig out some of my old 'surreal' images.... this was my first post of that kind, and one of only two that I now feel are good enough to post. (Haven't found the other one yet). Even now I can only find the JPG's and can't find the original potatoshop files. Hope you's like. (",)

cynlee posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 3:37 PM

ooooooooooh... very cool! reminds me of the S. King's, "The Dark Tower"... :]


TwoPynts posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 3:43 PM

I do like! I agree with Cyn, but it also reminds me of the work of another photographer...Jerry Uelsmann! http://www.uelsmann.net/ He taught photography at UF when I was a student there back in the early 90s and his work had a Big influence on me. More amazing still was it was all done in the darkroom, no digital manipulation!!! You probably saw his work on the revived Outer Limits opening credits from some years back. cool image and postwork!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations


Onslow posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 3:56 PM

Nice work - makes for interesting image - I don't really 'get' most surreal works :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html


ReBorneUK posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 4:39 PM

TooPee - Strangely enough, Uelsmann was one of the artists I was into at this time. Along with Dali and Giger (Always loved his works, his influence is SO apparent in lots of my 2D stuff) Cyn, Onsy, Cheers ;-) If it's any consolation there's nothing to get - I just got a few pictures that would go together and mixed them.... if you want to give it a spiritual / sociological / pathological meaning, feel free..... rofl (",)


tibet2004uk posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 5:16 PM

Oh I like that door!! Could be the poster of a fantastic/horror movie! Soooooo atmospheric!!


tvernuccio posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 7:10 PM

it's fantastic, Mike! would be a fabulous illustration in a sci-fi book or magazine!!!


Tedz posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 7:19 PM

A beaut Image there Young Fella ;]


Michelle A. posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 7:38 PM

Definitely got that Uelsmann flavor..... I always did like this image.

I am, therefore I create.......
--- michelleamarante.com


BusyB967 posted Thu, 10 March 2005 at 2:14 AM

Thanks for sharing.. :)