Sweet home

Surrealistic montage, inspired by a famous belgian surrelistic

painter.. I hope you like it.

 

Best regards, Ben

Some of the shadows just don't seem right, especially on the one on the hand, cast from the apple. You have hard (dark) shadows on the apple showing that the light is fairly intense, but then the cast shadow is barely even there so to my eye it doesn't quite look right. Interesting ideas, but some of it just doesn't quite come off the ground. Good thoughts - interesting pic. I rated aesthetics lower, because you had control over all of them since you "painted" where as an untouched photo relys somewhat on nature for shadows and such.

Hello Ben:

 

Of your several styles, this one with the trademark black-purple sky and vanishing-point perspective is by far and away my personal favorite.

 

I think I am even more transported by "Sweet Home" than by your last upload in this style, "Dominated." And that's saying a lot!

 

It's the fundamental simplicity of this scene -- just three objects, really -- that really captures my imagination. It is the same with a certain Belgian painter. The images I find most powerful -- "Le Chateau des Pyrennes," "Le Clairvoyance," "Le Beau Monde," "Grand Famille," "L'Oiseau de Ceil," etc. contain just a couple of familar objects, but present them in such remarkable and dreamlike juxtepositions that having once laid eyes upon them, they are imprinted forever in our memory.

 

So it is with "Sweet Home." Beyond the technical wizardry is the fact that, for me, this image gets to the essence of dreams. Fears and fantasies -- repressed or perhaps merely forgotten -- bubbling to the surface. Familar things gone strange with the subconscious mind's own dark, disturbing logic.

 

Another masterpiece from the master. Wonderful! --jim

 

 

well, Magritte would be satisfied. Maybe the door is too metalic and cold for his style

Magnificent work, Ben!

Generally speaking I appreciate and respect your work more than like it..... but I do like this one!

I'm with David, a la Voltaire (pour notres amis Americains: "I may not agree with what you say, but will fight for your right to say it!").

Si Magritte habite a Belgique, et il-y-a trouve Photoshop... ;)

Good job!

perfekt, great, prachtig

 

I like this one. A lot of imagination went into creating it. Would you share the basics of how you go about creating your montages and how long it takes you to finish one?

I happen to think this is great artwork but it really seems like digi art and not really photography at all...

Prachtige bewerking. Kleuren in combinatie met het onderwerp geven het geheel een desolate sfeer die (in elk geval op mij) nogal impact heeft.

Hi Kim,

I have no secrets about this image.

 

It tokked me 45 year to have the spirit of creativity, mosly inspired by a famous surrealistic painters, 15 years professional experience with PS and a couple of years to photograph all elements.

 

 

The stone hand, I shot a year ago during a ( model photo-session , in a garden. When I saw the hand, I know already what the future image would look like.

 

Once I had that, I started creating an image with photo's I made all over Europe, which I have a stocked during 45 years.Even a photo of marble plate, which I used for the apple/marble. The most difficult part is, to have all photographic element in the same light situation. It's not a photo, but 8 photos

 

The rest is pure fantasy.

 

 

I hope, I have been of any help for you

 

Best regards, Ben

 

 

amazing creativity, congratulations

It's always a pleasure to view your images, Ben.

Dear Ben, I absolutely love your photos, and I see perfectly the founding of the answer you made to Kim. However, and I have already asked this question to Jim McNitt, all the objects are real (or photographed or recieve photo texture) except the skies and land which are volutarily unreal. Surely you have enough horizons and skies in stock so you can put real photos? Why don't you? Take for exemple Uelsmann... all skies, land etc.. are not created...

Thanks for an answer...