Dream Within A Dream is a photograph by Richard Smith which was uploaded on May 13th, 2014.
Dream Within A Dream
This photomontage is an example of following the urge to create when the time is right. It struck me one afternoon to make something with whatever... more
Title
Dream Within A Dream
Artist
Richard Smith
Medium
Photograph - Photomontage
Description
This photomontage is an example of following the urge to create when the time is right. It struck me one afternoon to make something with whatever was easily accessible at the moment. I’d recently photographed a setting sun behind a willow tree making some interesting shapes in a parking lot, so I combined that with a shot from earlier in the week of some railroad tracks I’d snapped on a walk downtown during lunch, selectively masking and highlighting to frame the hand/fern.
Assembling these elements for this multilayered photomontage was an ideal metaphor for my interpretation of the “Dream Within A Dream” phrase: consider the concepts created from the interchange of subconscious connections we might not even be aware are present – from a random parking lot with just the right lighting, to well-worn train tracks born of century-plus-old industry, to a glimpse of a fern branch being held on the other side of the planet.
Bonus points if you noticed our model’s face (shh… that’s a secret).
Uploaded
May 13th, 2014
