Fifteen Fabulous Fantasy Fotos from Flickr
Fantasy, fiction, surreal, conceptual, composite, Photoshop… call them what you will. I call them artistic and creative.
Photography in itself is artistic and creative, but using a photo (or photos) for a derivative work is no less appealing to me. I'm actually envious of people who can combine images or add to photos and create something completely new — I can't do it… and I probably never will.
Jerry Uelsmann has been a favorite of mine for a long time because of his ability to combine images and produce fantastic works of art (and he does it old school — none of that digital stuff). If you've never seen his work, go look NOW.
Here are a few others kicking around Flickr, trying their hand at this type of thing. Great stuff in my opinion, and all very different styles and techniques.
photo credit: Rayani Melo
photo credit: h.koppdelaney
photo credit: kaneda99
photo credit: movimente
photo credit: paul+photos=moody
photo credit: Stephen Poff
photo credit: neeZhom
photo credit: pulpmojo
photo credit: Poe Tatum
photo credit: Bill Gracey
photo credit: ViaMoi
photo credit: Mara ~earth light~
photo credit: Desirée Delgado
photo credit: Zoriah
… oh wait, that last one isn't a fantasy — you thought it was though, didn't ya? I'd freak out if I caught something like that by chance.
So what do you guys think? Are you into this kind of stuff too, or are you a “purist”? Anybody have some examples of their own or links to other images like this that you find compelling? Let's see them in the comments!
Brian Auer
March 15, 2010I’ll toss in one of my own to kick things off:
This was only a double exposure made with my Diana+ on medium format film (so no Photoshop “trickery”). But it still exhibits a bit of a surreal aspect because it’s not something you’d expect to see… especially on a single frame of film.
Arpit
March 16, 2010I got something like the last one!!
oringinal link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10515764@N04/4415606081/sizes/s/
–Arpit
Kaeyla McGee
March 16, 2010“Battle for the Souls”
Happy playing in Photoshop
Joanie
March 17, 2010I love these photos and what they represent – vision, creativity. Sometimes I get lost for hours on Flickr or DeviantArt looking at such amazing creations and I leave there feeling so inspired. Sadly, my skills are nowhere near what they should be to accomplish such beautiful results.