I've been neglecting this a lot which is not cool because I promised myself I was going to use this to document my ideas, especially my photography ideas. Lately I haven't been inspired. I wanted to start a 365 project, which I did but unsuccessfully stopped at the second/third day. Now I just take a photograph once in a while so I'm guessing it'll take more than 365 days to complete. It could be because I've been having issues with myself -physically and mentally- and I can't find the proper photo that makes me feel "yeah, this is it, this is the way I look good and familiar".
Taking different types of ideas for my photos is something I've been liking. I really am tired of the same damn photo all the time because 1) I get bored, 2) I get bored, and 3) I get bored. I guess I'm not very surrealistic for my drawings for example, I do use some elements related to fantasy but it is focused on stories, or cartoons someday I want to develop. In my photography, on the other hand, I enjoy surrealism, and I think that's going to be my aim. And it's not because I want to fit into a movement, but I think my ideas are so messed up and scattered in my head, and putting everything in dream language makes it very easy to understand for me.
So, I want to talk about some of my favorite surrealist photographers, or well, show some of their work because they inspire me and make me want to go visit other places, take parts of my ordinary life and transform them into something out of this world.
Firstable I want to talk about Kyle Thompson which was the first surreal photographer I had interest in. I know many people are following his work right now because of his featuring in Reddit, but he deserves it. Anyways, I really like the way he manages to put himself into difficult circumstances to achieve an awesome photograph, like this one for example (sorry, Kyle disable has disabled anyone from downloading his photographs) Whenever he updates his flickr and there's a photo of him in that pond, in his comments he always mentions how the plants in the water gave him a rash, or how he got cut with something and he caught an infection, or anything. I think he's awesome and brave.
Another photographer I quite enjoy is Moritzaust. I have been following his work too and I think he's awesome. His concepts are not as complex as Kyle's, and I'm definitely not going to compare because they're both amazing in their own way. Moritzaust's work is simpler but beautiful to look at.
Finally, another favorite, Glenda Lisette. Not only she's a beautiful girl but she's extremely talented and she always amazes me with the ideas she comes up with. The colors in her photographs are warm and fantasy like, and I can't help to think that her photographs are always telling a beautiful and heartwarming story.
I'm afraid none of this artists allow downloading their photographs but make sure you visit those links, I assure you that you will not feel sorry.
