Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Making Room for a New Perspective


Normally I would say, 'Don't mess with perfection," but then I ran across something this morning in my pursuit of an image to illustrate a poem and had to make room for a new perspective. Serena Malyon, an illustrator, has taken several paintings by Vincent van Gogh and, using Photoshop, created what is known as the tilt shift. I'm fascinated by them and immediately wanted to share them with you.























Addendum: I've also posted my poem, "Vincent In Another Life," at my poetry blog with another image:

http://teresaevangelinespoetry.blogspot.com/2014/03/vincent-in-another-life.html



Here are the sites where I found them and more information regarding their creation:

http://twistedsifter.com/2011/01/tilt-shift-van-gogh-paintings/

http://smalyon.acadnet.ca/blog/?p=28

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/hot/tilt-shift-van-gogh.htm


16 comments:

  1. The paintings have a dreamy 3D appearance.

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  2. The new dimensions definitely add a depth. But between the originals and the enhancements I would still take the originals. Fascinating piece of work though. Great find.

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    1. Nothing can come close to the originals, but it was fun to see them this way. Thanks, Tony

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  3. WOW! These are truly amazing. I'm off to read more. Thanks for the information on all this, Teresa. You do find some interesting stuff. :-)

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  4. Interesting but for some reason I find them unsettling. Could I be a conservative traditionalist at heart?

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    1. I doubt it .... lol ... but maybe they are unsettling for the same reason digitalized films can unsettle me ... something in the "translation" can be like faint, or not so faint, motion sickness. Or, new perspectives can sometimes be unsettling ...

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  5. Yes they are interesting - the way they focus our attention on specific aspects of the paintings and thus tell us something new about them.

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    1. That's it for me, too ... I knew I could count on you to summarize it perfectly. :)

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  6. Reminds me to focus on what is important. To a certain degree this may be the point. Thanks!

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  7. It does give them an even more vibrant aspect ~ a lively feel of energy .
    I do find them quite fascinating !

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    1. It's fun to see things from a new perspective. Thanks, Willow.

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  8. Strangely enough I think Vincent would have approved.

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