I posted an image in the Gallery last month for the "portrait" theme Varian had set for April. It was based on a photograph of myself in silhouette from a while back, painted over and modified a tad. Our good friend Doruk was kind enough to comment on the 2D posting...part of what he said was: "interesting to compare this with the master photo... Would you like to share both as a diptych work in the Photo Forum..? :) " Thankyou Doruk...I am always open to your suggestions, so here we are (just for fun...) A Diptych (In two parts even...) ;-)>

Whew. Just when I thought your sanity was here to stay..... I like both of these - the photo is good in it's own right (we've seen it before? yeah?) but I like the way you've used it with the erm.....added bits... especialyy the way you went at it with the smudge tool around the edges...cool. (",)

This is great PC, very strange stuff that second one!

Dear Cameron, I'm thankful for your kind words... :))

The two images above surely are very strong for their own sakes, but given the fact that one derives from the other, their being represented in a diptych gives us the opportunity to observe how the artist is able to work on variation(s) of a master image to explore it further, and how he uses his creativity to brew out different meanings...

Thanks for caring to produce this effective diptych..! :)

The effect that you've achieved along the borders of the window in the manipulated version (on the right) immediately reminded me an image of Lucas Samaras...
...After this...

Attached Link: http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a3793-1.html

Lucas Samaras is a controversial 'mad man', a very imaginative and creative artist...

The image above is from his "Photo-Transformaton" serial, and resides in The MOMA, New York.
I scanned it from "Photography and the Body", a book by John Pultz, published by Everyman Art Library...
It's a rather quick scan, and the image quality may not be so well, but then it is a copyrighted image... :)

The link above will lead you to a page about Mr. Samaras at 'The Getty', where you may be able to see some more of his "Photo-Transformation" works...

Doruk the image above is fascinating, thankyou for the link, what an interesting artist! In the phototransformation series I felt quite a few resonances with some of the images I have worked on in the past. In particular the gaping/screaming? mouth image has featured in a couple of my 2d posts. And then there was the image which included the giant anatomy poster within it, and I glance to the left of my screen to look at the (smaller) Skeletal System and Vascular System and Viscera posters I have on my wall...(I imagine you may have similar ones...) Very eerie the synchronicities in life...and does this mean I'm a bit of a madman too? LOL! :-)>

right up my alley man, thanks doruk. I'll leave a beter critique later PC. For the moment tho, I like the original more than the manipulated one

I've seen his work before....really great stuff!

I remember this photo PC & I really liked it, I never would have guessed your portrait came from this, you did get very creative there, cool ; ) Thanks for the link Doruk, great example you posted here (& I thought some of mine was painful, ouch!!).

Cameron, the blue you that I have seen in another posting is wonderfully creative, but I think I prefer the first one for it's harmony. Looks like you sit in th morning sunlight and contemplate the beginning day.