All alcohol and tobacco products are just outside the range of the camera. The mood comes from using them; they don't have to be the stars.
Actually it's funny you mention this. I see a lot of photography by folks who think that pictures of the detritus of their lives and vices make for good subjects. I wholeheartedly disagree. I think it's kind of tawdry. It makes me laugh and cringe. Much the way I laugh and cringe at the bizarre propensity girls of high-school and college age have for continually taking photos of their feet/shoes.
I recently did a short and miserable stint of couch surfing. I did a google image search on "flying couch", and found a physics class that was testing, if I remember correctly, the terminal velocity of various pieces of furniture. Their experiments consisted of tossing the furniture off university building rooftops. I may be reporting their whole schtick incorrectly. I should try to find them again. Perhaps it was a joke.
In any case, I snagged, trimmed, resized, and posted. <--sounds like four steps from a pamphlet on genital hygeine.
No longer couch surfing, I am still attached to this flying couch.
Re:Beast w/ two fontsjackbabalon23May 25 2005, 09:35:18 UTC
I like the outline of the figure in front of the window of the photograph! Haunting without being creepy at the same time. What I like about it is that it symbolizes the relationship your talent has with both writting & photography. Or maybe that's just me reading into your photos.
And though it's already been said ~ Fantastic colors on this one. I'd like to have a room painted like this.
Re: Beast w/ two fontsraygunn_revivalMay 25 2005, 10:12:18 UTC
Thanks so much for your comment...and you hit the nail on the head with the self-referential theme of the photo. It really is meant to be a representation of my two major artistic interests and their relationship to each other.
Confession: the colors were enhanced in Photoshop. Glad they're working; I had originally conceived of this being done in sepia.
Ghosts/angels/demons...you're getting the sense of it even if you can't get the full effect.
The photo in the typewriter is a mite blurry and overexposed in places, and that's intentional. It's more a mood study than a figure study, and I wanted it to be evocative of something kind of vague and ethereal.
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And kudos on getting a mood like that without having any tobacco or alcohol products in the picture.
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All alcohol and tobacco products are just outside the range of the camera. The mood comes from using them; they don't have to be the stars.
Actually it's funny you mention this. I see a lot of photography by folks who think that pictures of the detritus of their lives and vices make for good subjects. I wholeheartedly disagree. I think it's kind of tawdry. It makes me laugh and cringe. Much the way I laugh and cringe at the bizarre propensity girls of high-school and college age have for continually taking photos of their feet/shoes.
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But also a Burroughs reference.
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Also fantastic: that floating...um...daybed? church pew? feed trough?...in your userpic.
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In any case, I snagged, trimmed, resized, and posted. <--sounds like four steps from a pamphlet on genital hygeine.
No longer couch surfing, I am still attached to this flying couch.
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Haunting without being creepy at the same time. What I like about it is that it symbolizes the relationship your talent has with both writting & photography. Or maybe that's just me reading into your photos.
And though it's already been said ~ Fantastic colors on this one. I'd like to have a room painted like this.
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Confession: the colors were enhanced in Photoshop. Glad they're working; I had originally conceived of this being done in sepia.
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The photo in the typewriter is a mite blurry and overexposed in places, and that's intentional. It's more a mood study than a figure study, and I wanted it to be evocative of something kind of vague and ethereal.
Thanks for the feedback!
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