Ah, the days before Photoshop, when clever arrangement made all the difference.
For the record, I could not do this in Photoshop…I know nothing about the program.
Tag: photography
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Liz Wolfe creates a vibrantly colored world of contradiction in her photographs.
You’ll find candy that bleeds and other inedible delicacies, slightly menacing sugar crystal landscapes, tentacles and animal parts gently curled among the garden flowers…
The color scheme and composition are really exquisite. Have a look.
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I am really impressed with Art of Skulls Dia de Los Muertos inspired designs.
You can see a variety of her work on Flickr and they are available for purchase on her Etsy site.
I love these little skellies (I feel that’s the best word to describe them) from Altered Boxes:
Her work makes me want to delve in more box/diorama/curio cabinet crafts.
The altars set up for Dia de Los Muertos are often intricate, elaborate works of art themselves:
One day, I WILL attend a traditional celebration of this holiday.
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Laura Plansker designs incredible dioramas; absurd, humorous, sad, subversive…interpretations of fairy tales and imaginary worlds.
The image above is also part of a small series of Feral Foes, the finely decorated, gun and poison toting harbingers of death.Her Tiny Tenants series of photo dioramas is a children’s book concept (which I truly hope gets published). Incredibly well done little scenes are accompanied by anecdotes. For example, “The Meat Eaters”:
Have a look through her wonderful work.
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I have no recollection of where I found these vintage fortune teller photos…I just like them, despite (well…actually because of their nightmarish qualities).
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I’ve always found eyes to be the most fascinating human feature. I’ve never seen photos that so masterfully detail the intricate configurations of pattern and color in the human eye.
The one below resembles the color scheme of my own eyes (though the brown in mine is a small circle around the center and doesn’t extend outward), which has been notoriously hard to describe.
I highly recommend the rest of these photos!
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The Lennart Nilsson Award recognizes Extraordinary Image Makers in Science who use photographic representation as an explanatory medium.
This year’s winner, Anders Persson masterfully combines technology and aesthetics in his post mortem “autopsy photographs.”
There are animal photos as well.
View the photo gallery.
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Another photographer who has seemingly invaded the fleeting imagery of my dreams! Andrea Galvani does wonders with lighting effects. I think I dreamed of this very tree, ornamented with light:
You never know what life stirs in darkness…
I highly recommend going to her site and clicking through the photos in the Selected Works section. You’ll notice a photograph, then realize it’s part of a progression in a small set. Then something else entirely will come along.
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted awe inspiring sea creatures, and National Geographic has a stunning gallery in which every one is incredible to look at.
Some are positively alien, like the Antarctic Sea Butterfly:
Isn’t it wonderful that these Roundbelly Cowfish are leagues under the sea, off the coast of Hawaii, just looking adorable?
The bioluminescent cells of this Comb Jellyfish, found in Antarctica, could make any raver envious:
Go visit the rest of the gallery!
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Igor Siwanowicz has a collection of beautiful wild life photographs. Some of his subjects take on an almost human expression, like this sly fellow:
I particularly like “Mantis .v. Mealworm,” which begs the question “Is ignorance really bliss?”
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