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PE Abstract and Surreal: KaleidoscopesKaleidoscopes

Previous posts of PE Week Abstract and Surreal:
Introduction: Defining Abstract and Surreal
Lines
Interview with =eintoern
The Colour and the Shape
Interview with *tuminka
Nature Abstracted
Interview with *KizukiTamura

The Surrealist VI"It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute
whatever for the force and beauty of its process." -- Max Eastman
Question For You: What does Surrealism mean to you?
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Jerry Uelsman and Why Surrealism is ArtJerry Uelsman established his unique and famous Photography style in the 1940s by using multiple photos to create a surrealistic and impressionist composite image. He's what we'd call 'old school' and is a modern day photographer with old style equipment. Even though he lives in an era when digital Photography is widely available, he chooses simply to stick with his film cameras and is famously quoted as saying...
"I am sympathetic to the current digital revolution and excited by the visual options created by the computer. However I feel my creative process remains intrinsically linked to the alchemy of the darkroom."
Uelsman exhibits up to this present day with his work being showcased across much of the USA. His exhibition is famously titled, Faking it: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop and serves as a poke that perhaps we can learn a thing or two from this great man.
Source: Uelsma

A Little Bit Of All - July 3Hello people, :iconcocowaveplz:

Lets start by featuring July's best 11 groups

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:iconbeginnerfanart:#BeginnerFanArt
:iconadoptscafe:#AdoptsCafe
:iconarts-galaxy:#Arts-Galaxy
:iconwhisperingnights:#WhisperingNights
:iconfeaturechallenge:#FeatureChallenge
:iconcutiekawaii-club:#CutieKawaii-Club
:iconcritiques-wanted:#Critiques-Wanted
:iconthecorrespondent:#TheCorrespondent
:iconsnapshot-serendipity:#Snapshot-Serendipity

Works from the last 11 days of July

:iconreachforthestarsplz: Photography :iconreachforthestarsplz:

:iconreachforthestarsplz:Digital Art :iconreachforthestarsplz:

Nom Nom #11

Apples
Chicken
Strawberries
Cinnamon
Chocolate
Sprouts
Cocktails
Ice Cream
Pasta

Project Educate: Artistic Nude + Fetish RecapThis journal contains mature content. For ease of access we've started to put all of the previous Project Educate articles into the relevant folders within our gallery. This means that if you want to read up on a certain topic that has been covered during Project Educate, you can head over and find it really quickly. Within People & Portraits there are several sub-categories that are managed by specific Community Volunteers, one of these is Artistic Nude. You should direct all of your Artistic Nude Photography suggestions towards ^Nyx-Valentine rather than a general photography CV such as myself or ^3wyl Additionally, ^Nyx-Valentine covers the Fetish Photography Galleries, so again, direct your suggestions to her.
Artistic Nude Recap

Literature DD Roundup - July 2012 July Literature Daily Deviations
Featured by ^Beccalicious
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Featured by `thorns

Our wonderful suggestors!
Again many thanks to EVERYONE who suggested DDs, but here are those whose suggested pieces were featured this month!
^NicSwaner, `Kneeling-Glory, =TheSkaBoss, *UnspecifiedUnknown, :devV

The Surrealist X

"Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist."-- Franz Liszt
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Happy Birthday dA Senior/staff Features Edition AHappy Birthday to DeviantART! I'd like to say thank you to all those who have impacted my experience here.
All seniors and staff members, thank you!

If you support senior members!
A-Z and in between here, my friends is a feature for all of these wonderful individuals.
There must be some one missing here. I know there is a few people, but just comment and i will add. They might be somewhere else in the senior list as well
:icondaseniors: :icontickedoffteam:
I scrolled up and down ~seniorlist's journals, so here we are:
`-X- A wonderful member for 12 years!

`-willow- 12 year member!
(has no deviations yet)
`-kron 9year member with a nice gallery.

`javierocasio 9year member, runs three wonderful groups, designs and interfaces.

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`12memories 8 year member, runs two groups,

:dev1articfox: 6year member, photograhpy/varied gallery.

Photography Fortnightly #52“Since I’m inarticulate, I express myself with images.”- Helen Levitt
Firstly - new layout courtesy of =StudioLoftDesign's Journal skin! What do you think? Easier to read? Harder? No change? Thoughts and feedback appreciated!
I suppose one of the most intriguing news stories the past few weeks has been the announcement by some Restaurants in the USA that they will be banning food Photography! Some claim that it's because of the flashes going off in restaurants and spoiling the mood for other customers. Others are angry that some professional photographers are making money or getting a name for themselves by sharing images of food that someone else has 'arranged.' And then there are the few that don't like the instagram snaps floating around that don't show their dishes in the best light. But what are your thoughts on the matter? One way of getting around the lack of being able to take a photo of your dinner is that some establishments are going to allow g

The Polaroids of DeviantART
Polaroids--The way to get beauty out of old vintagey mysterious goodness.
Specifically, these are 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 polaroids.
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July Artisan Crafts DD RoundupThe "Try Something New" Challenge is over

winners will be announced soon. We received lots of really awesome entries, you can see them all here: http://projecteducate.deviantart.com/gallery/38009373We're looking for the community's input about the Culinary Arts gallery and a possible renovation, new galleries, and such. Please give us your opinion here: http://fav.me/d58v86zWe are also trying to update the description of the Artisan Crafts galleries and make them easier to understand, please see what it is about here: http://fav.me/d58lnsiCommunity Week at #projecteducate is starting soon! It's a great opportunity to share your expertise with the community, more information here: http://fav.me/d57wlfa
I'm looking into representing the most obscure, under-recognized and emerging Artisan Crafts, so if you think that any gallery is not being properly represented please send me a note with your observations and DD suggestions!I'm looking for DDs about glass work, stone work, baske

Photography Fortnightly: Edition Forty EightPhotography Bi-Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Which of my photographs is my favorite?
The one I'm going to take tomorrow." ~ Imogen Cunningham
I'm loving jars this month. I'm not sure why, other than the fact that I saw some set up at a craft fair that I had a table at, and I just fell in love with them. A couple of large jars with some fairy lights nestled in them - the effect was immense. It was so simple too! Sadly the people weren't actually selling the lights, but once I'd made a little profit on my sales, I went over clutching my ten pound note and picked out a few. So I was delighted to see that on Flipboard today, there was an article exploring 19 great photos of jars. If you're stuck for inspiration, grab a jam jar (take the jam out first maybe) and start shooting. Shoot things through them, around them, in them - get creative! Jars are awesome.

Photography Weekly: Edition Forty FourPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Creativity, like human life itself - begins in Darkness "
-Julia Cameron."
I read a very interesting article this week debating Photography Vs Literature and which one of the two tells us more. Of course there is always the element that a picture could be accompanied by words but neither aspect is enough to tell a whole story. But as the article says, Photography has become a universal constant in the world today and is accessible to nearly everybody. Yet many still believe that only pure narration can truly tell a story. What are your thoughts? As Photographers we can choose to limit what we tell or show with a photograph, we can even mislead. Can we convey more with words? Or more with an image? You could describe a person with words but never truly give an accurate picture of who they are visually without a photograph...

Community Relations News
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Photography Weekly: Edition Forty TwoPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
“Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.”

― Mark Twain
The sky is so often underestimated in terms of Photography that I felt compelled to give it a bit of love and talk about it in this weeks article. I've been following UK Storm Chasers on facebook who have been documenting the arrival of the 'demon child of Nadine' as it has been deemed. Hurricane Nadine is still out there in the Atlantic Ocean spinning around and preparing to send the UK another demon child (which is really just a tropical storm to us) and with it comes a plethora of opportunities to snap some stunning skies and horizons. But do we appreciate the sky enough? I don't think we do. When was the last time you stopped shooting at eye level and looked up? Often, there's nothing there - but often too, there's something worth capturing. The general rule when capturing la

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*mimikascraftroom Dec 20, 2012 Digital Artist

Thank you so much for the honor!!

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*AFineWar Jan 4, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

You're welcome

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Mood: Wow!

~redriding-stock Nov 1, 2012

Wow, stunning collection! Thank you for including my stock piece. Love!

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*AFineWar Nov 1, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the feature

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~HAUSofNAHRIN Aug 21, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

Thank you so much for the feature!!!

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*AFineWar Aug 21, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

You're welcome

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~Flockhart Aug 17, 2012

Thanks for the include a really fantastic collection Surreal Art is just the bees knees.

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*AFineWar Aug 18, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Isn't it though

Glad you enjoyed the feature and was happy to include one of yours

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~jinterwas Aug 17, 2012

Awesome collection! Very inspiring.

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*AFineWar Aug 18, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks for having a look, glad you like it

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