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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/13/2007
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Yes, I do often pretty much the same, Andre!
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 7/10/2007
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Thanks Nick,
I do something similar. I usually leave the comments in my inbox until I have a little time to make a thoughtful reply. I feel better doing it that way.
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/10/2007
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Hi Andre!
I wonder inhowmuch such a politeness can be a good thing. It could also bring us in situations in which we don't really have anything to say, but just say it out of... obligation. Perhaops that's the way many of those oneliners are generated?
Anyway, of course I can also see that there is always some kind of returning since this is only human. But still I guess that this shouldn't be such a strict "rule". I would prefer for example to return to some portfolio some other day, and comment some image when I really have something to say. Or perhaps I idealize too much the meaning of such comments.
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 7/10/2007
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Hi Nick,
I know what you mean. I always like to return a comment myself though. My feeling on this is that it is polite to return a comment. (even if it is somewhat self promoting) When someone comments on one of my images, I normally will go to their portfolio and find something to return the comment with. There always seems to be something to say :) And I try to make meaningful comments most times.
There are really only a few people here that I carry on longer discussions with now a days. But I feel the same as you when it comes to the one line or one word "great shot" type comments that are obviously only there to promote ones own images.
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/7/2007
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Well, Andre, perhaps after all it would be better to write fewer but more thorough comments. I notice some tendencies of too many people here to write as many as possible oneliners (OK, sometimes also twoliners ;-)) just for making it more probable that the own images receive many comments/ratings too. It really tastes like taping on each others shoulders to me - some kind of "politeness" that doesn't really do anything good.
But I can also understand the eternal problem of time - oops, I must be going! ;-)
Cheers,
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 7/6/2007
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Thanks very much for the very good comment on this one Nick!
It is really nice when people take their time to do a full analysis like that. I don't expect it on every image... we just don'e have that much time. But, when someone takes the time, then we know that we have something a little special or unusual. I just uploaded an image that I took a few days ago, trying to attempt an homage to a photographer that I discovered in the early 70's "Arthur Tress".
Thanks again Nick.
See you later.
Andre
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 7/6/2007
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Thanks again Kes.
Nothing freakier than a suspended "Care Bear"
Andre
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![Nelson Moore [Kes] -](http://images.imageopolis.com/images/5/7/8/7/5787/1481659-micro.jpg)
Nelson Moore [Kes] -
{K:20241} 7/6/2007
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"gasp"
-from my from the womb dream. Really don't want to go there. I still like #2 the best.
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/3/2007
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And I think that your way, to not demand any kind of "glory" for artistic work, but simply working for it, is the best possible approach, Andre!
Of course we get influenced from anything we see or hear, since it makes us take the elements that we want and refuse those we don't want - so combining them from here and there does also put its signs to whatever we do.
Thanks a lot for the explanations about your work and the used methods - very interesting! It also seems that some kind of "innocence" in an otherwise uncomfortable place is always good for that subtle horror that doesn't rely on splashing effects - and you do have both things here.
I do understand the unsettling effect of the things upside down now. It works in a very strong way. And the grain adds something sad to it - or rather tragic, I would say.
When I think more about this image... it is like a modern continuation of the old story of Oedipus - a character that didn't have the good luck and turn to what he is because things run simply wrong. Or, to put it other words, angels in hell do offer more potential for a story, an image, a song, than angles in heavens.
Best wishes,
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 7/1/2007
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Thanks again Fadel.
I have a few ideas for something else inspired by a photographer that we talked about a couple of years ago. I'm going to try some this weekend. If they come out, I'll let you know.
Andre
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 7/1/2007
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Very interesting idea with flipping the image. I flipped the laptop and now see what you mean in your reply to Nick. Very nice series indeed Andre!
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 6/30/2007
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Thank you Nick for doing a nice job of interpreting this image. I don't want to appear to be too pretentious when doing images like this, because I really have no formal "art" training other than a few Photo arts courses taken quite some time ago.
The innocent Teddy Bear seemingly suspended in a sort of dreamscape is an idea inspired by a few images I have seen by other people. The same unsettling effect can be achieved by inverting an image of a child crawling on the floor. The image just doesn't rest well with our minds. I think that is why so many horror movies use these kind of upsidedown tricks to make us feel uneasy.
The grainy/texture effect is caused by a second layer overlayed on the original image. The textured layer is an image of wet creased paper towel hanging over a light bulb. I got this idea from another member here (Fadel J)
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 6/25/2007
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I will have to take much more time for your last 3 images, Andre! They are way not easy! But for now, and for this one, a very interpretative work on a very simple subject, which you turned to a source of brainstorming. So, generally spoken, you seem to put a lot of quirks in your images, which of course has to wake my attention!
This one... and I speak in insecurity... this one makes me think about innocence in hell. Something so soft and familiar that could cause my worst nightmares, *because* the familiarity is a threat in disguise ???? There comes the teddy, but... uuuhhhuhhh! He approaches me from beyond, from where I wouldn't expect it!!! Have to think about that!
But, what I already can say is: An image that manages to upset the spectator this way, *has* to be special!
From the technical point of view, one could also speak about sharpness and detail and composition, but I don't think that such things are appliable here. Here we have to do with the own devil in mind.
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 6/25/2007
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Thanks Dubravko,
Maybe not 100% original... I like to think I pick up a little bit from a lot of people.
Andre
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Dubravko Grakalic
{K:25235} 6/24/2007
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nice work, original... congrats!
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