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Expression in Photography Series by Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

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Asher

sigh- "this work is for doing or making photographic art"
I thought that was what I was doing! (doing and making)
my definition of art any art is "An act of seduction"
I believe there are many ways to seduce- because I use different ways of coloring a photo
doesn't mean I need to (stick) to any one way of coloring
all ways ARE my style
and if this was not important to me as an artists I wouldn't have invested my efforts in this forum
I am an artists type that loves any thing out of the box I consider my art as such
but the colorinGS are my style-

Charlotte
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
charlotte thompson said:
Asher

sigh- "this work is for doing or making photographic art"
I thought that was what I was doing! (doing and making)
my definition of art any art is "An act of seduction"
I believe there are many ways to seduce- because I use different ways of coloring a photo
doesn't mean I need to (stick) to any one way of coloring
all ways ARE my style
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For sure, you have a style of coloring, but for presentation, one related palette and set of esthetics links together that particular series. For the next exhibition, another color palette and design or emotional thrust for that month's seduction can be redefined. You can change whatever you like. However, it makes it easier to follow one collection at a time, so the idea is to keep the thread here for images that would fit into a collection that a museum or gallery would put on of your work for one month.

So in this partcular thread, if you keep to the same set of imagination elements, then the reader is blessed with a seductive path to follow that works not wiggles away!

Asher
 
Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

Well-known member
Asher

well I sure wouldn't want any one wiggle away from the point of it all-
I will try my best-mantra...one color-one theme- no wiggle-
one color-one theme- now how's that?

Charlotte
 
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Kathy Rappaport

pro member
Bravo

Charlotte

These are the nicest pieces from your work. They are incredible. Print and Frame them. Sell them if you like.
They are unique, balanced in the color and style. Beautiful. I like there a lot!
 
Cem_Usakligil

Cem_Usakligil

Well-known member
Kathy Rappaport said:
Charlotte

These are the nicest pieces from your work. They are incredible. Print and Frame them. Sell them if you like.
They are unique, balanced in the color and style. Beautiful. I like there a lot!
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I agree with Kathy, this is your best work (which I have seen) yet. Now that you've raised the bar, the challenge is to keep on raising it higher.

Cheers,
 
Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

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Kathy Asher and Cem

Thank you all so much!

this genre is new -a lot of possibilities for sure
the fragile beauty of life and light is my thought with these 2 enhanced collage pictures
more work for sure to do- I am currently working on a horror series for a book cover -author and publisher overseas so I am going between light and dark these days in my work
I am here and then there going on a mind trip as it were- in this medium
again thank you all-

Charlotte
 
Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

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more fairys

more of the collage Fairys as I see them at midnight in my garden-the color scheme is close to the same as is the theme-due to the natural light at the time of the shot my coloring is a bit affected
however the theme I think still works as the colors

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Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

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Janet

thank you so much! I do appreciate your encourgement, it means a lot
this series has brought about so many ideas for this kind of art
it is stimulating to say the least and challenging as well
but I love where it is pushing me now-

Charlotte
 
Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

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Latin Child Fairy

This is a beautiful Lation boy who has a darker skin color so in working with the colors and collage I used warmer tones- Can you find this midnight garden fairy child?


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Ken Tanaka

pro member
Hello Charlotte,
I very much enjoyed walking through this thread and watching you explore this concept. (It's actually not "collage"; it's transparency overlays.)

May I offer two comments for you to consider as you move forward with this work?

1. The late, great German artist (and visual theorist) Josef Albers was fond of saying something to the effect of, "Shape trumps color". That was a short-hand way of stating that our brains react more swiftly and strongly to the identification of shapes than to colors. That also extends to patterns. For example, people find faces in shadows on the Moon, in rust stains, in burnt toast.

The reason I offer this remark is to perhaps heighten your awareness of the shapes and patterns you create when you overlay two or more images. This can be a very powerful tool for creating imagery that carries many levels of visual meaning and information.

2. May I also suggest that you explore the use of non-sentimental elements? The combination of children and flowers immediately invokes (per #1) a certain saccharine feeling. Perhaps explore the use of elements that, in themselves, do not induce any particular feeling. Combine, arrange, and tone them in ways that draw upon Albers' observation to create a subtle feeling or an image that could only be achieved through such an arrangement of neutrals.

Keep 'er going, Charlotte. These types of personal explorations are like strength exercises for your creative mind.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Ken,

There are several things going on here. There's the creative process and technical skills to be mastered. Here, there is a close relationship between Charlotte's erotic poetry and her extraordinary fascination with hyper sensation. I call this "sensotic". Yes it might approach getting over the top, but Charlotte is that way, if I may say that :) in a positive sense. It does fit in.

Asher

In some of my own work, I myself do combine inanimate objects to create emotional scenes. I call this "Images Élémentaires" It's a fascinating approach.
 
Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

Well-known member
Ken

yes we have discussed the use of neutrals in my work- I enjoy shooting children and exploring that genre and am also exploring horror as well- I will indeed expand my work as I go along
and will do so. I do understand the power neutral colors have in combinations of a non subject- just haven't jumped on that horse yet-and good ideas you give me. Thank you for your interest
-art is such a big soul-

Charlotte
 
Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

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Blue Boy

to find the color of real blue-the blue eyes, the look the child has in his eyes-the towel color
all come together as blue-as I see as true blue

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Charlotte Thompson

Charlotte Thompson

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Rachel
these children are parts of me- they are grandchildren I often shoot and use
I did a little overlay to show you- I appreciate your support

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