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stevebrot · 02-26-2010, 01:01 PM

Do you ever shoot the occasional image that is unusual, bizarre, disorienting, and/or disturbing. Are there some that you are hesitant to show family or friends for fear they will begin to doubt your sanity? Is the dark side hiding just under the surface of some of your best work? Are you a closet goth?

Now you don't have to wait until Halloween or the next goth convention to share your stuff. Post them here!

Confusing?
Disorienting?
Disturbing?
Bizarre?
Dark?
Macabre?
Hints of alienation?
Highly symbolic?
Threatening?

Note: While I encourage the surreal, I would hope that good taste would prevail and that we refrain from gore, carnage, graphic violence, and stuff of the slasher genre. Think Hitchcock, not Freddy Kruger.

Steve

(Generally an upbeat, positive sort of guy, but with this nagging tendency towards the macabre...)

Last edited by stevebrot; 02-26-2010 at 03:03 PM.

stevebrot · 02-26-2010, 01:05 PM

Here is one to get us started...

Youth Is Fleeting

This is an architectural detail on the side of a 18th-century convent church in Austria. The grim reality is that little separates the bloom of youth from the decay of the grave.

Steve

stevebrot · 02-26-2010, 01:12 PM

And to show that this thread is not just about death and such, here is one with a disorienting perspective...

Someone mentioned a similarity to the Batman comics. I concur...or maybe Hitchcock...

Steve

Nesster · 02-26-2010, 01:43 PM

Great idea, Steve, and that Youth that is Fleeting is pretty eerie.

Here's something I find surreal.

stevebrot · 02-26-2010, 01:46 PM

Jussi,
Those fingers are just plain creepy! Immediate shivers...

BTW...I have seen your Flickr photostream...you have lots of stuff to share here...

Steve

bbluesman · 02-26-2010, 02:36 PM

Great idea Steve. Here are a few:

I think you can see the theme emerging...mwahahah!

fractal · 02-26-2010, 02:47 PM

Look out.. here comes Mark.. Your chicken one brought a very dark one to mind. And a couple more

stevebrot · 02-26-2010, 02:48 PM

Just declined by PPG...

Guy In A Box

I guess the guys at PPG don't appreciate washed out colors or mildly disturbing subjects!

Steve

stevebrot · 02-26-2010, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by fractal

Look out.. here comes Mark.. Your chicken one brought a very dark one to mind. And a couple more

That last one is pretty shocking Carl...I was hoping to avoid the R-rating...

Steve

**Tamia** · 02-26-2010, 03:15 PM

Bottom's Up! (Is there a foot attached down there in the water?)

georgweb · 02-26-2010, 07:33 PM

My own hand with a projection of the tendons (or was it nerves?) in a bionic exhibition.

fractal · 02-26-2010, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by stevebrot

That last one is pretty shocking Carl...I was hoping to avoid the R-rating...

Steve

If i'm not mistaken, you did ask for dark and disturbing images. The shot in question is simply something I shot at a market.. markets do not have an 'R' rating the last time I checked and are open to the general public. To you this may be shocking, but to another person, in China or Vietnam, it is simply food.

Sorry to have offended you.

bbluesman · 02-27-2010, 02:10 AM

Originally posted by georgweb

My own hand with a projection of the tendons (or was it nerves?) in a bionic exhibition.

So knew you were the real Wolverine of X-Men!

wllm · 02-27-2010, 05:34 AM

Just a piece of rotten bark.

**Tamia** · 02-27-2010, 07:10 AM - **1 Like**

Frontal Lobotomy

02-26-2010, 01:01 PM	#1
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Visit the Surreal!! Show Your Psychotic Edge... Do you ever shoot the occasional image that is unusual, bizarre, disorienting, and/or disturbing. Are there some that you are hesitant to show family or friends for fear they will begin to doubt your sanity? Is the dark side hiding just under the surface of some of your best work? Are you a closet goth? Now you don't have to wait until Halloween or the next goth convention to share your stuff. Post them here! Confusing? Disorienting? Disturbing? Bizarre? Dark? Macabre? Hints of alienation? Highly symbolic? Threatening? Note: While I encourage the surreal, I would hope that good taste would prevail and that we refrain from gore, carnage, graphic violence, and stuff of the slasher genre. Think Hitchcock, not Freddy Kruger. Steve (Generally an upbeat, positive sort of guy, but with this nagging tendency towards the macabre...) Last edited by stevebrot; 02-26-2010 at 03:03 PM.

02-26-2010, 01:12 PM	#3
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007 Original Poster	And to show that this thread is not just about death and such, here is one with a disorienting perspective... Someone mentioned a similarity to the Batman comics. I concur...or maybe Hitchcock... Steve Last edited by stevebrot; 02-26-2010 at 02:41 PM.

02-26-2010, 01:46 PM	#5
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007 Original Poster	Jussi, Those fingers are just plain creepy! Immediate shivers... BTW...I have seen your Flickr photostream...you have lots of stuff to share here... Steve Last edited by stevebrot; 02-26-2010 at 02:30 PM.

02-26-2010, 07:33 PM	#11
georgweb Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,386	My own hand with a projection of the tendons (or was it nerves?) in a bionic exhibition. Last edited by georgweb; 02-26-2010 at 07:45 PM.

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02-26-2010, 01:05 PM	#2
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007 Original Poster	Here is one to get us started... Youth Is Fleeting This is an architectural detail on the side of a 18th-century convent church in Austria. The grim reality is that little separates the bloom of youth from the decay of the grave. Steve

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Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	Great idea, Steve, and that Youth that is Fleeting is pretty eerie. Here's something I find surreal.

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bbluesman Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2009 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,615	Great idea Steve. Here are a few: I think you can see the theme emerging...mwahahah!

02-26-2010, 02:47 PM	#7
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547	Look out.. here comes Mark.. Your chicken one brought a very dark one to mind. And a couple more

02-26-2010, 02:48 PM	#8
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007 Original Poster	Just declined by PPG... Guy In A Box I guess the guys at PPG don't appreciate washed out colors or mildly disturbing subjects! Steve

02-26-2010, 02:50 PM	#9
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007 Original Poster	Originally posted by fractal Look out.. here comes Mark.. Your chicken one brought a very dark one to mind. And a couple more That last one is pretty shocking Carl...I was hoping to avoid the R-rating... Steve

02-26-2010, 03:15 PM	#10
Tamia Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Here, there, and everywhere. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,384	Bottom's Up! (Is there a foot attached down there in the water?)

02-26-2010, 11:20 PM	#12
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547	Originally posted by stevebrot That last one is pretty shocking Carl...I was hoping to avoid the R-rating... Steve If i'm not mistaken, you did ask for dark and disturbing images. The shot in question is simply something I shot at a market.. markets do not have an 'R' rating the last time I checked and are open to the general public. To you this may be shocking, but to another person, in China or Vietnam, it is simply food. Sorry to have offended you.

02-27-2010, 02:10 AM	#13
bbluesman Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2009 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,615	Originally posted by georgweb My own hand with a projection of the tendons (or was it nerves?) in a bionic exhibition. So knew you were the real Wolverine of X-Men!

02-27-2010, 05:34 AM	#14
wllm Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 710	Just a piece of rotten bark.

02-27-2010, 07:10 AM - 1 Like	#15
Tamia Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Here, there, and everywhere. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,384	Frontal Lobotomy

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