Distortion: Andrew Pusbach

 

 

 

 

  

Distortion is the twisting, changing, or alteration of a shape, truth, or condition.  
 

Eliminating the subject’s environment from the composition, viewing it from a unique angle, or employing selective focus, removes its context. This allows the viewer to free his imagination to see the subject in a more creative and abstract way.

When a photograph is created, the composition, timing, and inclusion of specific elements, is all subject to the photographer’s personal vision. This can be interpreted as distortion, due to the fact that the photographer’s personal vision dictates what is conveyed to the viewer.

For this particular image, I photographed an old and dilapidated train car in Victor, Colorado. I found the subject to be interesting, but a compelling composition was evading me. As I studied the car I noticed some peeling paint on one of the walls, and realized that I found my subject.

 

Decay: Matthew Moore

Life About To Be Reborn © 2012 Matthew Moore

Decay is an often ignored process, perhaps because it can be disgusting as well as boring in some cases. Yet if you think about its process from a bigger point of view it might just become exciting or exhilarating.

Decay takes something that once was alive or refined but is now dead or has outlived its purpose and turns it back into its raw state so that it can once again be alive or refined into a new purpose. An over simplification of this cycle is that of bread. For example, a seed is planted, it grows into a plant, it's harvested, crushed, and ground into flour, then mixed with water, and baked into bread to give life again.

Decay is just part of death but death is part of life.  When thinking about such things Emily Dickinson's poem I reason, Earth is short comes to mind…

I reason, Earth is short --
And Anguish -- absolute --
And many hurt,
But, what of that? 

I reason, we could die --
The best Vitality
Cannot excel Decay,
But, what of that? 

I reason, that in Heaven --
Somehow, it will be even --
Some new Equation, given --
But, what of that?

As Dickinson portrays, life is short and no one or thing can escape the inevitable—that death is the great equalizer and death as well as decay are only a part of life.

Decay: Shalia Boggs

Decay.  Old and weathered.  Dead or dying.  When I think of decay, I immediately think of the worst.  However, it doesn't always have to be terrible.  Decay can sometimes be quite beautiful.

The photo I've taken is one of driftwood.  It sits hidden behind trees in full blossom that are full of vibrant life, almost like the ugly duckling.  But look closer and you'll find beauty in the lichen that live on this tree.  Old and weathered is the beautiful swan.

Time: Devin Swift



        True time keepers are the old time cuckoo clocks. Not the clocks that are made in a factory, and there are 500 of the exact same clock. Delicate but elegant and old fashion charm is what you will see with old cuckoo clocks. The old hand crafted cuckoo clocks are the way to go. Each clock is different and there is so much more personality in every clock over the factory made clocks. Go visit Antique Cuckoo Clocks for some history on cuckoo clocks or it you won’t one or need parts for the one you have.

Links:
http://www.antiquecuckooclocks.biz/

Devin Swift
yourswiftphotography@gmail.com

Funky: Moriah Gallagher

Funky is a very broad term that means different things for different people.
For some, it is a music genre from the 1960s.Likewise, it could be seen as a fashion statement that was either popular in the same time frame or even a more modern version.
Since the age of five (when I accidentally drank old milk), it has had only one meaning to me, and that is the most literal definition: moldy.  Mold makes any food dangerous to eat, so that instead of provided nourishment, it now is a threat in itself.  Not only is that warped enough to be "funky", but the smell is horrible enough that even an image like this one could bring that remembered scent resurface.

Old School- Devin Swift

Every time I sat down to think about what to do, the first thing that came to mind for Old School was travel. I have no idea why, but I went for it. First I had to figure out what people packed, how they packed it, and what did they pack it in. Once I figured out what each part was it all just came together.