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The Fight For Imagination
by DurotrigesI have a problem. Well, actually, I have lots of problems, but we won’t go into those right now. My main problem is work. It’s a problem …
I have a problem. Well, actually, I have lots of problems, but we won’t go into those right now. My main problem is work. It’s a problem most of the time, to be honest as I sit in a windowless office being blasted by ineffective air-conditioning while staring at a computer screen and pushing paper from point A to point B. And back again. Who says a degree in Ancient & Medieval History with a dissertation on Renaissance Italian Art wouldn’t get me anywhere! But that’s not my problem. My problem is in this job that your creativity, your imagination atrophies. Work likes it that way. Work doesn’t want thinking, creative, imaginative beings. Work wants drones, robots who come in, do the job with maximum efficiency and minimum downtime and then go home again. And to be honest, there’s part of me likes it that way. It means I can go home and forget about work. The only thing about it that matters to me is the paycheck. Well, that’s the theory. The problem is that imagination is a muscle and needs exercising. Back in school, I used to write. In fact, though I say it myself, I was rather good. But adult life suffocates the imagination. Remember school? You could make spaceships out of cardboard. Playing in the woods at the back of my school, sticks would make superb machine-guns, the copse itself became a battlefield. We must have shot whole battalions of the Wermacht out there. Or aliens. Or whoever we decided was the enemy that day. And there was always one spy in our platoon… Days of freedom under the summer sun creating other worlds. But suddenly, life is full of work and mortgages and fuel bills and house repairs. Imagination is confined to the TV or the radio or the computer. Is it any wonder that creating art is such a release? We get to be kids again – to see another world in the work we make. To take pleasure in the simple things of life. If we are to remain creative we have to find time to play. And I’m not talking video games here. I think we need to actually get out there and remember how to remake these imaginary worlds. We need to re-learn how to journey to the places of our childhood minds. How easy it will be to create then, if our imagination is fit and healthy instead of the anaemic thing it has become! So I’m off home now. But I’m going via the Horsehead Nebula… I’ll see you in the woods after school!
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Model – Atrophy Old work, never seen the light of day. Shot in early 2006. / Nikkormat ftn + Kodak Portra 160vc cropped. Copyright 2008 Harmony Nicholas
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Copyright: Photographique-Noire
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Copyright: Photographique-Noire
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Model: Atrophy Copyright: Photographique-Noire
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Model/MUA – Atrophy / Dress by Howard Showers I heart pools. I never had one, which might explain why I like throwing clothed models in them for the sake of art. Copyright 2008 Harmony Nicholas
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Models – Atrophy and Nick Ivka One off shot. She burst through the water in one fell swoop and nommed his con’s. Had to be captured, for the sake of humanity. Copyright 2008 Harmony Nicholas
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Model/MUA/Concept/Styling etc. – Atrophy Gloria Swanson is alive and well and living in Melbourne, it seems. Canon 40D + 50mm 1.4 + overcast daylight = Silver Screen Fun. Copyright 2008 Harmony Nicholas
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Bowie, MD
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Bowie, MD
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Bowie, MD
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The first of several images of rust and decay…this one looks like someone jumping out of a (blurry) fire. :)
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Another macro-ish shot of some beautiful atrophy. looks like a planet, as seen from the sky. keep an eye out for an upcoming calendar with these images of entropy.
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These are bleak and abstract scenes of decay, atrophy, ruin, disuse. Yet when seen through the lens, they take on a new kind of beauty, a second life.
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Calendars - in time for Christmas, even!
by Nikki TrexelHey all! Just wanted to let you know that my calendars are done and ready fo…
Hey all! Just wanted to let you know that my calendars are done and ready for your Christmas gifting! I really, really wanted to make an IR one – but not this year. :) There are seven options: Images of Entropy. This one features macros of rust and decay – in bright colors and fascinating patterns. / Summer in the Outer Banks. Breezy sandy beaches, remote islands, and lighthouses…need I say more? / The Glory of the Columbine. Who knows – maybe someone loves columbines enough to buy a whole calendar of them! / Everyday Mysteries. Things you probably don’t notice… / A Bouquet. My favorite florals from this year! The favorite so far! / The Year of the Leaf. Another effect of my late fascination with leaves… / Still Life & Structural. A unique blend of images with a subtle theme of structure running throughout. /
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Another image of entropy… see my calendar for 12 wonderful images of rust and decay! / Images of Entropy. Bright colors and fascinating patterns! /
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Guilty From Atrophy
by bryanboutwellI’m nothing but a con-artist fighting a revolution against truth.
This piece concentrates on the anxiety which occurs when one knows that they are in the wrong, but still cant do the right thing due to being to emotionally wounded at the time to actually make a literal attempt for positive change.
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Shot by Brent Leideritz, couture peacock tail & corset by Dragon’s Blood Creations, MUA, model & headdress made by me.
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shot by brent leideritz, jacket and hat by Dragon’s blood creations
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self by self
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Model: Nelli Scarlet http://www.modelmayhem.com/134234 / MUA: Becca Kennedy for Prophecy Makeup http://www.modelmayhem.com/718862 / Hair: Jackson Kennedy for Hippo Hair http://www.modelmayhem.com/823068 Inspired by Daniel Sannwald’s cover for Dazed and Confused magazine, Vol.2, Iss. 68 – Dec ‘08. There is a proper zipped version coming, eventually. This was taken whilst we were pulling the damn thing off her face at the end. Copyright 2009 Harmony Nicholas
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Atrophy
by msdebbieMalignant emotions / Swollen with a sense of shame / Loved ones try to absorb your pain / Yet I’m searching for someone to blame
I feel completely in awe of people who can sacrifice themselves in care for others – not just aged carers, or hospital employees, but also loving family members. Usually I feel far removed from my adolescent rage, but when it comes to sickness and suffering – it is as though I am transported back to that sense of outrage and horror, which while it means yes, I care to me it holds less relevance than those with the compassion and empathy reserves capable of that type of generosity of spirit.
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