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Alberto Agnoletti
{K:12808} 9/29/2003
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Fantastic work!!!!!
Best regards,
Alberto
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 9/29/2003
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Is there no end to your knowledge, Jim?!
Frankly I'm amazed at the scope of it ~ and that's not flannel! I mean it!
I'm also really impressed with your creativity and PS technique.
This is another fine example of seamless montage work. Images thrown together, not haphazardly for effect, but thoughtfully to help create a moment of imiginative time.
It won't be everybody's cup of tea, but I think it's great stuff!
Best regards, Chris.
P.S. I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you producing these for sale or merely for 'fun'?
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Francesco Martini
{K:12304} 9/29/2003
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Very strange work, but very creative! Good!!!
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Aykan OZENER
{K:5996} 9/29/2003
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My dear friend Jim!
Very effective work.You are artist.Cong...
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Mário Sousa
{K:16985} 9/29/2003
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fantastic photo
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Tomo Radovanovic
{K:12788} 9/29/2003
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excellent work
nice idea
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Peter Aczel
{K:1852} 9/29/2003
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Excellent departure - surely it will be a great journey.
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MaryBell
{K:32791} 9/29/2003
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I like the marbled effect that I assume comes from imitating Max Ernst's grattage effect.
Two things seem a little off - the dolphins may be too abstract and the door looks like an old time radio to me (in this incarnation of it).
That said - I love the man in the corner (Chronos?) - pondering time...in that ever-eternal moment - midnight...
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Rhonda Prince
{K:17684} 9/29/2003
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I knew it was an 'inevitability' that you would reach this level in your artistic endeavors. The grattage effect is so well done. Did you know children gravitate to this technique a lot when they are painting? Not saying this is childlike by any means but it does represent such a sense of creative freeness but at the same time pulls the symbols together in an incredible fantastical (my word again) moment. Like Mary I really like the man in the corner, he looks a little peeved at the whole experience. I guess entwining world-eggs can be a nasty job.
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Craig Garland
{K:27077} 9/29/2003
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Jim; I find this image disturbing-- cool on the intellectual level-- but on the emotional level disturbing. So, Kronos was the Greek God of Time-- thought it was something like that. I'm not sure what the 3 vertical objects are-- to the right of the serpent-- maybe represent the 3 heads. But I like the technique, and glad you explained about the use of newspaper-- works well.
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 9/29/2003
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I think the composition is very strong: there is much going on at several level here, but I do not have a feeling of overcrowding, or that something is missing, so for me, you have acheived balance here. Not an easy thing to do - wouldn't know where to start myself even if I had your skills in editing.
The "top" layer (grattage) effect is effective, I particularly like how some elements peek out of the layer while remaining convincing.
My only McNit here is the lobster the snake is holding, that strikes me as a slightly goofy detail in the otherwise restrained detail landscape you have here.
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Ingrid Mathews
{K:7277} 9/29/2003
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I have to hand it to you. This is very original and well done on all levels. It get you thinking about alot of things as well as makes you want to learn more. Very effect impact from a photograph I'd say. Super job!
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Lexie Summers
{K:2027} 9/29/2003
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Very nice composite you have here. Such a creative hand and mind you have. Such inspiring work you post. But I find it hard to put into words what I feel. Thanks for sharing your wonderful art.
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Carol Watson
{K:5185} 9/29/2003
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help us when Jim no longer has a creative outlet.....
Have you ever thought of the legacy you'll leave, Jim? :-) You're going to have your great-grandchildren (and their children) talking up a storm when they look over your photo art 100 years from now while watching the earth set over their little mobile pod on Mars.... :-)
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Kristina Kohut
{K:49990} 9/29/2003
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Hoho... a master piece here again! Typical "Jim-tones", and the composition is so artistic, interesting and fantastic! Very very good!
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peta jones
{K:12615} 9/29/2003
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Jim, it's all been said, it's going on 2am, so adding anything of any sense or worth is a no go...except I looked at this earlier and was astounded at the complexity of all that this image holds, and that you have mastered your vision in a most excellent way.
Time I sleep I think. :)
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 9/30/2003
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Wow.. You are my Magician dear Jim. great. I love it. Like for a cover of a special book. great work my wonderful Jim. Bravoooooooo! Into my favorites.
Kiss, BIliana
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Robin McAulay
{K:8908} 9/30/2003
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reminds me of the hellraiser series - unholy and awesome - definately the favorite for me so far - the movement in here is forcing my cheeks back..
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Alex Uchôa
{K:18547} 9/30/2003
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WOW this is faboulous. Very creative and well executed. I apreciate very much or kind of creative artwork. Congratulations.
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G C
{K:12204} 9/30/2003
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Spectacular detail and complexity - brilliantly symbolic. Magic image, your work has so much depth, look forward to seeing you explore this avenue more! Cheers!
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Gaetan Chevalier
{K:4188} 9/30/2003
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J'aime beaucoup l'explication que tu donnes à cette photo. Je trouve celle-ci très belle au niveau de sa créativité artistique et de la gradation des couleurs. Belle réussite!
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evreniz e.
{K:5484} 10/1/2003
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Great illustration.. Very impressive work dear Jim.. I looked at your other photographs, very easy to see that every one of them has a deep story and feelings. Thanks..
Ciao, M.
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ADAM ORZECHOWSKI
{K:7957} 10/1/2003
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Excellent new creative composition.Fantastic work ,Jim.Congrats,AdamO
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Yutaka Itinose
{K:21359} 10/1/2003
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Splendid fable art! Good concept!
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Anna Pagnacco
{K:7448} 10/1/2003
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You should publish your beautiful illustrations in a book, Jim! Anna
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Benedetto Riba
{K:15792} 10/1/2003
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WOW this portfolio is amazing, so many compliments.
Best regard
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Jim McNitt
{K:11246} 10/1/2003
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This scene brings together three symbolic elements from previous images in the series -- the gothic clock, the door that passes beyond time and space; a trinity of birds growing out of the earth. Plus, it introduces two new symbols -- a snake on a tombstone spitting venom and a heroic, but befuddled human figure. This Autumn my daughter's homework has included several Poe stories, which were not far from my thoughts while I worked up the overall ambience.
The setting is the stroke of midnight at the beginning of time. Good and evil, it seems, are woven into the very fabric of the life -- an inescapable consquence of creation, time and thought.
That's basically what I was thinking. But I also think of all my surreal composites as akin to the old Rorschach Inkblot Test. They are a place to project a few hopes and fears. A point of departure, not a destination.
Finally, I'm trying to say something about photography. That it has boundaries which are far more fluid and flexible and fascinating than some people seem to want to recognize. That these things we make, or take, are just so many phosphors on a two-dimension screen, just so much dye on piece of paper. Photographs are NOT reality. But they are a way of perceiving reality.
(Thanks Audrey Reed -- for all your questions.) --Jim
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Neil Shapiro
{K:2122} 10/1/2003
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Another fantastic creation. Great tones, interesting elements, put together in a well balanced comoposite! Beautiful.
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Hakan Aker
{K:14146} 10/2/2003
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Another strong image Jim.I like Max Ernst a lot.I wish he could see your work & imagination.Brilliant work.Regards,H.
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Gregory Fiedler
{K:15439} 10/2/2003
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Three headed serpents! Hey those are penquins! Grea image Jim! The clock dail in the back sure fits into the time thing. The person has a look that makes me sit and think also! great piece Jim.
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Marion Luijten
{K:6172} 10/5/2003
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Jim, you have been so productive! I had a hard time deciding which picture to take to comment on (I only have time for one....sorry).
You are such a great artist!
I hope to mail you soon, but it may be till next weekend before I have time.
Take care,
Marion
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André Bermak
{K:14443} 10/21/2003
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Lindíssima composição,excelente tonalidade e textura!!!!!!
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Harlan Heald
{K:13990} 11/5/2003
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Terrific composite! Superb Ps work! Very clever concept!!!
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Naty Z
{K:16486} 11/14/2003
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lost in this magic journey into your works...
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