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Me and James went driving looking for a decent location to take some photos. We found this place in Bricket Wood with really great natural lighting. Also, my Flickr Pro has expired, if anyone would like to get it for me, I'll send you loads of free prints!
I made several photos of reflections in this interesting modern window in a newly built structure in the business park it stands within. The lamp posts and stained hardwood fence panels outside in the carpark created interesting patterns in the wavy glass. Each time I focused and clicked the shutter a different pattern of distorted images and shapes came out in the glass. Some were quite remarkable. One was even startling.
It is interesting to note that the structure is built upon the boundary of an anglo-Saxon burial ground, which is upon a Bronze age fortified settlement, which is built upon a neolithic monument that was part of a larger ceremonial landscape that encompassed an area from Springfield to Little Baddow and Boreham. The area they were built upon is rich in large gravel, flint nodules, and fossil rock. History reaching back over 30,000 years. One theory based upon extensive research that has been done, investigating unusual natural phenomena or reports of "hauntings" is that the local geography and geology combine with historical events that occurred on the site to cause optivcal illusions under certain conditions. The theory is that the crystalline matrix of certain types of stone, rock, or mineral deposits in abundance is able to absorb and record a sort of imprint of an event or scene, particularly those associated with high levels of emotion or traumatic events. This leaves a sort of "place-memory" that stays there, somehow embedded within the place itself. You must, however view the recorded image being "played back" from a certain perspective in a certain light in specific atmospheric conditions or you will never be able to see it. Author and educator Tom Graves has an interesting take on it in his book "Needles of Stone" here www.isleofavalon.co.uk/GlastonburyArchive/ndlstone/06ghos... I have worked with photonics and holographic glass plates, so I understand this scientific principle. It works with glass and minerals, so why not with a larger amount of minerals in favorable conditions? I saw some unusual images in the window....but I will let you decide what you see. It is your own window of perception that counts.
René François Ghislain Magritte, 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist, who became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.
Magritte's earliest paintings, which date from about 1915, were Impressionistic in style. During 1916–1918, he studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under Constant Montald, but found the instruction uninspiring. He also took classes at the Académie Royale from the painter and poster designer Gisbert Combaz. The paintings he produced during 1918–1924 were influenced by Futurism and by the figurative Cubism of Metzinger.
From December 1920 until September 1921, Magritte served in the Belgian infantry in the Flemish town of Beverlo near Leopoldsburg. In 1922, Magritte married Georgette Berger, whom he had met as a child in 1913. Also during 1922, the poet Marcel Lecomte showed Magritte a reproduction of Giorgio de Chirico's The Song of Love (painted in 1914). The work brought Magritte to tears; he described this as "one of the most moving moments of my life: my eyes saw thought for the first time." The paintings of the Belgian symbolist painter William Degouve de Nuncques have also been noted as an influence on Magritte, specifically the former's painting The Blind House (1892) and Magritte's variations or series on The Empire of Lights.
In 1922–1923, Magritte worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory, and was a poster and advertisement designer until 1926, when a contract with Galerie Le Centaure in Brussels made it possible for him to paint full-time. In 1926, Magritte produced his first surreal painting, The Lost Jockey (Le jockey perdu), and held his first solo exhibition in Brussels in 1927. Critics heaped abuse on the exhibition.
Depressed by the failure, he moved to Paris where he became friends with André Breton and became involved in the Surrealist group. An illusionistic, dream-like quality is characteristic of Magritte's version of Surrealism. He became a leading member of the movement, and remained in Paris for three years. In 1929 he exhibited at Goemans Gallery in Paris with Salvador DalÃ, Jean Arp, de Chirico, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Picabia, Picasso and Yves Tanguy.
On 15 December 1929 he participated in the last publication of La Revolution Surrealiste No. 12, where he published his essay "Les mots et les images", where words play with images in sync with his work The Treachery of Images.
Galerie Le Centaure closed at the end of 1929, ending Magritte's contract income. Having made little impact in Paris, Magritte returned to Brussels in 1930 and resumed working in advertising.[10] He and his brother, Paul, formed an agency which earned him a living wage. In 1932, Magritte joined the Communist Party, which he would periodically leave and rejoin for several years. In 1936 he had his first solo exhibition in the United States at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, followed by an exposition at the London Gallery in 1938.
During the early stages of his career, the British surrealist patron Edward James allowed Magritte to stay rent-free in his London home, where Magritte studied architecture and painted. James is featured in two of Magritte's works painted in 1937, Le Principe du Plaisir (The Pleasure Principle) and La Reproduction Interdite, a painting also known as Not to Be Reproduced.
During the German occupation of Belgium in World War II he remained in Brussels, which led to a break with Breton. He briefly adopted a colorful, painterly style in 1943–44, an interlude known as his "Renoir period", as a reaction to his feelings of alienation and abandonment that came with living in German-occupied Belgium.
In 1946, renouncing the violence and pessimism of his earlier work, he joined several other Belgian artists in signing the manifesto Surrealism in Full Sunlight. During 1947–48, Magritte's "Vache period," he painted in a provocative and crude Fauve style. During this time, Magritte supported himself through the production of fake Picassos, Braques, and de Chiricos—a fraudulent repertoire he was later to expand into the printing of forged banknotes during the lean postwar period. This venture was undertaken alongside his brother Paul and fellow Surrealist and "surrogate son" Marcel Mariën, to whom had fallen the task of selling the forgeries. At the end of 1948, Magritte returned to the style and themes of his pre-war surrealistic art.
In France, Magritte's work has been showcased in a number of retrospective exhibitions, most recently at the Centre Georges Pompidou (2016–2017). In the United States his work has been featured in three retrospective exhibitions: at the Museum of Modern Art in 1965, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1992, and again at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013. An exhibition entitled "The Fifth Season" at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2018 focused on the work of his later years.
Politically, Magritte stood to the left, and retained close ties to the Communist Party, even in the post-war years. However, he was critical of the functionalist cultural policy of the Communist left, stating that "Class consciousness is as necessary as bread; but that does not mean that workers must be condemned to bread and water and that wanting chicken and champagne would be harmful. (...) For the Communist painter, the justification of artistic activity is to create pictures that can represent mental luxury." While remaining committed to the political left, he thus advocated a certain autonomy of art. Spiritually, Magritte was an agnostic.
Popular interest in Magritte's work rose considerably in the 1960s, and his imagery has influenced pop, minimalist, and conceptual art. In 2005 he was 9th in the Walloon version of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian); in the Flemish version he was 18th.
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Midnight Sun: A natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day.
This short time lapse film was shot during the Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011.
For 17 days I travelled solo around the entire island shooting almost 24 hours, sleeping in the car, and eating whenever I had the time. During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine. Especially during the Midnight Sun when the quality of light hitting the landscape is very unusual, and very spectacular.
Iceland is a landscape photographers paradise and playground, and should be number 1 on every photographers must visit list. Iceland during the Midnight Sun is in sort of a permanent state of sunset. The sun never full sets and travels horizontally across the horizon throughout the night, as can be seen in the opening shot and at the :51 second mark in the video.
During the Arctic summer, sunset was at midnight and sunrise was at 3am. The Arctic summer sun provided 24 hours a day of light, with as much as 6 hours daily of "Golden light". Once the sun had set it wouldn't even get dark enough for the stars to come out, and they don't start to reappear until August.
My advice to everyone out there, photographer or not, is simple... You MUST visit Iceland sometime during your lifetime. You will never regret it.
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Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure featuring a young, blind woman who depends on her razor-sharp hearing to solve an ancient mystery and survive the forces that pursue her.
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Thought it would look good to make a cross out of Easter eggs, I thought it kind of shows the evolution of the story about Jesus to what people associate Easter with now; chocolate eggs :)
This ATC or artist trading card has a shaving cream and alcohol ink background. The image is Chinese clipart of a dragon boat and the text reads I Am Strong.
Uncle Rodney has carried Take-chan on his back as take-chan refuse to leave the place previously.. and as they walk further in they turn their head around at me. Just nice. haha
A studio shoot for a perceptual piece taken as part of a photographic assingment. The image was intended to portray the effects of advertising on the way we perceive and judge people through the use of stereotypes and models.
Photo from a recent trip to the Appalachian Mountains, in a new set called "Perception" inspired by photos from multiple other photographers.
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"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite," William Blake
Perception is all that there is to life...we all r diff coz we all perceive things differently!!! Best viewed LARGE!!!
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Week 30
Pretty crazy that there is only 22 weeks left! Glad today was over, it was a rough one. I'm trying plan the next couple of weeks in advance for once.
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Have you ever thought about the relationships you have with the people you know? Even those you have known for years can take you by surprise.
Maybe it is because we take them for granted after a while - or that they take us for granted - or both.
Sometimes what you think you know will and what you truly find will turn you inside out - and leave you bleeding in the dust. Or maybe you will mend. But it will never be the same.
Or maybe they will come through in a way that was never expected at all.
Who are you looking at ?
Or maybe I should ask..who is looking at you?
The way of perception is the root of all things. For, one person can have so many faces. Which do you wish to perceive? May it be the saddened child that lives in the back of your mind? Or that inner demon you chose to leave behind? Could it be the higher self you've always sought to see? Or will it be the alter ego you never wished to be?
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I created this project with the help of an amazing group of individuals. It was a grateful experience from beginning to end. Through beauty and fashion, I wanted to let the viewer know that its ok to interpret even the most sensitive part of us all. The happiness and pain we all relate to. Those are also the answers to our problems. The art of Understanding and LOVE is a giant factor in self awareness and evolution. It's helped me become a happier person by the hour and now I'm beyond excited to share these images with you all. Interpret them as you wish, this is for you FLICKR. I've gone a long way since I started photography. FLICKR YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME for years, so now is the time to show you all the essence and purpose behind my work :)
The human ability of self-perception and our urge to question, research, pray and design have long been unique in the world. But is this still true in the digital age? Narciss is the first digital object that reflects upon its own existence by exploring its physical body with a camera. An AI Algorithm translates the observations into lyrical guesses about who it thinks it is. The algorithm simulates human cognition from a behavioural perspective. The resulting rapprochement of man and machine questions our self-image and our raison d‘être.
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Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure featuring a young, blind woman who depends on her razor-sharp hearing to solve an ancient mystery and survive the forces that pursue her.
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Children of Sarajevo _ Children of War _.
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OPUS: Look Homeward Angel;.
From Grand OPUS; Sarajevo City of Light,.
SARAJEVO WAR 1992-95;.
BOSNIA in Tragic WAR,.
POETIC Beauty and Strength of the Human Spirit,.
Picture is based on light and darkness counterpoints, with elements of Chiaroscuro. Strong, dramatic expression, while ... acutely observed realism brought a new level of emotional intensity, Observation of physical and psychological reality… Symbolism, Transcendental ART, Metaphysics ART, Perception beyond Appearance’s,.
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"I've brought you a mirror….
Look at yourself and remember me.".
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Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure featuring a young, blind woman who depends on her razor-sharp hearing to solve an ancient mystery and survive the forces that pursue her.
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