I saved the entire Te Nia portfolio, one image at a time, because I want to go over them more closely and enjoy the lush detail of the colorful, morbid wonders.
One senses a disquieting double vision of closed eyes…
Tea done perfectly…
Tag: surrealism
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I was remiss in posting about this show at Roque La Rue when it actually happened, because I was dealing with hospital things.
I’ve spent many years pouring over art and photography sites, collecting literally thousands of links. Ransom and Mitchell are by far my favorite photography team ever and that is saying hell of a lot!
They don’t just photograph, they create entire worlds. Each image is a surreal, vivid tableau that you can get lost in. I have half a mind to carry their portfolio with me and accost random strangers on the street with it just to spread the beauty!
From the exhibit description:
San Francisco based art power duo Ransom & Mitchell create compelling, dark pop-baroque imagery using a distinctive blend of photography, digital elements, and most surprisingly, large scale and elaborate hand built sets, costumes, and props. For this exhibition, “Across From Familiar “, we specially selected a series of works that all share a similar ornately beautiful yet macabre aesthetic.
I’ll tell you a secret. Sometimes when my health is particularly bad, I think of appearing in one of their photos when I recover…and I’m re-inspired!
Roque La Rue
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Tina Cassati is on the short list of photographers I would gladly ditch my camera-shyness for if I ever had the chance to be photographed by her.
Lush adornments and a touch of surreal manipulation make for stunning portraiture…
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Marcel Caram’s photostream is a vibrant, surrealist feast for the eyes.
It’s rather like Dali-gone-digital.
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It was this image from Ian Miller that got me into his work. The perfect toybox from hell…
LOOK at this creature! Are you looking? It’s insane!
I love how he combines cross hatching with sweeping strokes and intricate surreal detail.
Oh the organic, morphing, perfect madness!
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Marcela Bolivar does lovely surrealist photo manipulations.
Where can I live in a giant book, so my life may create the story inside it?
Apples are in season…
I’ve been away from home for two years now, chasing medical treatments…I bet my bed in NY is doing this.
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Adrien Broom takes my breath away with her photography. I’d like to focus on one specific project here (though her whole site is worth a look).
From the Source:
The Color Project, an eight-part exploration of the world of color as seen through the eyes of a little girl. Part photography, film, and installation art, it’s a multimedia story that follows a young girl as she wakes up to a world in which all color has vanished.
After exploring The World of White, she finds a door that leads her to her first discovery, The World of Red. As the story unfolds, we find the girl traveling from one color-immersed room to another, rediscovering all the colors that create the world we live in. At the end, the girl will arrive at the end of the rainbow where all the colors meet.
Each one is shot in her New Haven, Connecticut studio. The whole project will take place over the course of 8 months with each room taking over a month to create and shoot. Of course, Broom isn’t working on this project alone, she has assembled a team of artists including bakers, florists, sculptors and other craftspeople to help her create each unique, whimsical world.
I’m so eager to see the rest of this project. These scenes are positively stunning. What a lucky little girl who gets to star in these miniature worlds!
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I bring you your daily dose of surreality with Bill Carman.
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Maggie Taylor creates surreal digitally altered photographs; colorful, ethereal, and thought provoking.
Recently, an amazing friend pointed me toward active imagination (a Jungian exercise to help access the unconscious). These images remind me of the waking dreams my brain conjures using that technique.
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Sandrine Replat’s multimedia illustrations create dreamlike worlds that play with unlikely twists, turns, light and shadow (think Alexander Jansson meets Tim Burton)
Click to enlarge for detail.
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