Date Joined: 8 August 2002 Hello My name is Daniel O'Byrne, ÂÂ
The belief that a good photograph is the result of a good camera places the importance upon the equipment rather than upon the photographer. It emphasizes the machine rather than the man, the tool rather than the artist, the technology rather than the artistic intent. It is as if Monet had been told that the reason why his paintings were so beautiful was because he had such good paintbrushes. Or as if Paul Bocuse’s culinary excellence was explained away by his use of superlative pots and pans. Or again if Yo-Yo Ma had been informed that his Stradivarius was solely responsible for the stunning quality of his music.ÂÂ
One can be inspired and have an idea, be very creative in making this idea into a work of art, have developed the required level of craftsmanship, without the outcome of one’s efforts being motivated by the desire to follow a vision for one’s entire body of work. Vision is an overriding envelope that encompasses both inspiration and creativity. It is a blanket that covers the entire artist’s work, a blanket that often comes later in the life of an artist, after one has perfected one’s art and moved beyond the commonplace outcome that most artists have to go through. For this reason I placed vision as the third step of this process. I placed it there not because it comes necessarily at the end of the process but because in life it is often something that artists discover later on.
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Certainly, a master needs a masterful instrument, be it a camera, paintbrushes, pots and pans or a violin, as in my examples, or other tool, since this list can be expanded to include many other professions. But to say that the quality of the art is caused solely by the quality of the instrument is to miss the point altogether about the importance of the artist. It is missing the point about the human factor, about the man or the woman that actually made use of this instrument. After all, art is made by artists and not by tools. Tools are inanimate objects that need someone to set them in motion. And to set a tool in motion so that art is created through the use of this tool, an artist is needed.
I am now retired from working as a Mental Health professional having worked in the Royal Air Force and National Health Service, giving me more time to persue my photography and artwork. I am a Semi Professional Photoghrapher. Here you will find a collection of my photographs and a selection of Digital Art, Traditional Painting and Sketches that I have also used the digital medium to enhance. Please feel free to pass on any comments. My Camera Gear
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Comments (39)
jyriviuhko
WOW!! Very cool work.. I like it alot!! =)
skoeter
great work!! The wold keeps spinning round!@!
tallpindo
Like Rolex watches in Mexico the face of Mao can be counterfeited and sold. The technique and style is vintage danob.
pjaj
Fantastic work D!
cynlee
nice selection- are the women's persona on the other side? i might like to try one or may even find myself there- super concept maestro! :]
Jay7347
Really really nice! Your concepts open doors, in consciousness and creativity. -jay
linkinpark
Realy art..excellent work!
madame
Splendid atmosphere and colors. I love the concept and the setting. Fantastic work !
borsy
Excellent artwork!!! A fantastic concept , executed with your usual touch of brilliance!!!!
elena
excellent work
SoulEatar
So will the real danob please stand up please stand up please stand up ...- Say I got to get me one of those round wire spheres - Iv'e seen that in several peoples work :) - Seriously - this is a Excellent depictation of Facade Dilemma Revisited - Luv your work my friend - don't listen to a thing I say it all a facade !:)
gallimel
Dick Tracy has never looked cooler :)
groush2
Magnificient Art !!!! .... Your creativity never ceases to astound me .... Bravo Danny !!!!
mooncat
Very cool, very mysterious!
Hopalong
Strong, elegant, masterful design with depthone of your very best! Popular or rickety etymologies still have import. "Persona" was once sometimes explained as "where the sound comes through", thus referring the speaking tube of Greek dramatic masks. Nowadays Etruscan mediates, but the root and mask are still Greek and dramatic, nicely ironizing the "parson" who too vigorously abominates song, dance, and theater, hehe.
SophiaDeer
Excellent work!!
Akinom
Danny, this is incredible! Your creativity surprises me again and again. A gorgeous concept and perfectly worked out!
Margit1
Fascinating image again!! Very creative work, love the style and colors!
fathertime
Very cool piece!
ascrazy
Fantastic work!! Very cool... indeed!!!
spiderwebb
Very exciting piece...way to work!
alvinylaya
Powerful image. Excellent job!
Tommy3D
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" And so does danob!! Magnificent work my friend!! A Hot20 if ever there was one! Some may be too young to remember the Shadow, but we do:)
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent artwork...!!! beautiful surrealism...!!
SkyBlueHope
Awesomeness!! Very excellent....it kind of reminds me of that Nightmare On Elm Street episode where Freddy Krueger has all these lost "souls" actually coming out of his body, their faces protruding out of him, it was a whacky one....know which one I mean? :):)
gunsan
This one is really cool and fascinating. Full of mystery to me because I don't recognize the masks. Which one suites today? Great composition!!
keeba17
kool, very half godfather half comic villain, excellent work as always
ChadAustin
WOnderful! This looks like the cover of a 50's pulp sci-fi novel. Very atmospheric.
che18530
Very...Very well done Danny! I love the Humphrey Bogart setting and the private detective look! Excellent depth and detail and colors. Just fantastic!
calum5
Hot stuff Danny!Excellent work,:0)