Abstract Photography – On Lone and Loneliness

“I’m lonely. And I’m lonely in some horribly deep way and for a flash of an instant, I can see just how lonely, and how deep this feeling runs. And it scares the shit out of me to be this lonely because it seems catastrophic.”
― Augusten Burroughs, Dry

Photography by © Jerry Uelsmann

Photography by © Monica Denevan

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
― Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPhotography by © Balázs Kovács

The Monastics – Secluded Expression of One’s Self

The word Monastic derives from the word monastery or its characteristic and lifestyle of someone who gives up all earthly possessions in order to pursue a life of religious piety, seclusion, very disciplined and contemplative. This photo-shoot takes on that idea and expands it into a more viable expression of the individual, adding to it the abstract, grace and color. At the same time it offers a rare opportunity where a way of life, chosen by so many throughout the centuries, is transformed into a modern almost surreal contemplative expression. The dramatic facial expressions or lack thereof, feeds onto a feeling of loneliness and strong psychosis. Viewed in such a way, it is visually a breathtaking work of art.

Divine Decadence (Part II)

“You’re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. You’re alone, so you think it’s a vast, magnificent panorama. You haven’t sounded the depths. You simply believe in the beauty of God’s creation. But I have spent all this time in the water, diving deep into the howling ocean of life, deeper than anyone. While you were admiring the surface, I saw the shipwrecks, the drowned bodies, the monsters of the deep” ― Alfred de Musset, Lorenzaccio

Divine Decadence (Part I)

“The exotic and the erotic ideals go hand in hand, and this fact also contributes another proof of a more or less obvious truth – that is, that a love of the exotic is usually an imaginative projection of a sexual desire.” ― Mario Praz, The Romantic Agony