Antique Psychedelia


  • Photographer
    Vic M. Montaigne
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    July 2012
  • Technical Info
    Hasselblad on infrared film

Photography is about painting with light. Like in the art of painting with brushes and colours this may be done more or less naturalistic. In figurative painting some of the old masters used to give their pictures a slightly psychedelic or mystic touch without actually resorting to psychedelic or surrealistic forms. This impression was achieved mainly by playing with light effects that presented scenes in a slightly surreal way. In photography the use of infrared light is one technique to render familiar sights unfamiliar. The visible spectrum is shifted only so much… and immediately reality shines very different…

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