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Stock by :The original shot can be found here [link]
Amazing photographer, amazing bloke. Do visit both of his galleries
Pleeeeeease listen to the full monougle, it will explain why the shot was made so grain filled and antique like yet somewhat serene. I wanted to make it a cross between the man's memory of the beutiful pas tand the ugly present:
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It was Coney Island, they called Coney Island the playground of the world.
There was no place like it, in the whole world, like Coney Island when I was a youngster.
No place in the world like it, and it was so fabulous. Now it's shrunk down to almost nothing...you see.
And, uh, I still remember in my mind how things used to be, and...uh, you know, I feel very bad.
But people from all over the world came here...from all over the world...it was the playground they called it the playground of the world...over here.
Anyways, you see, I...uh...you know...I even got, when I was very small, I even got lost at Coney Island, but they found me...on the...on the beach.
And we used to sleep on the beach here, sleep overnight..they don't do that anymore. Things changed...you see.
They don't sleep anymore on the beach.
This is my attempt to portray the 1st movement in Godspeed You! Black Emperor' song "Sleep"; called murray ostril: "...they don't sleep anymore on the beach..." off their record "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heavens". I fully intend to dedicate one shot for ever single song and movment by the band. Maybe it would convience the wankers to get back together, work on a new record and go on tour.
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liquorandjazz [2009-11-28 02:27:13 +0000 UTC]
My favorite song by GY!BE, along with Moya...
The way he says 'They don't sleep anymore on the beach' is heartbreaking...
I have the cover of Lift your skinny fists... tattooed on my forearm. Maybe that will convince them to get back together too? haha we can only wish... At least ASMZ are doing shows every once in a while, and are mindblowing as well
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jaakobou [2006-08-16 20:28:41 +0000 UTC]
i like it... personally, i'd soften the grain some on the skies.
cheers
jaako
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moejo In reply to jaakobou [2006-08-16 20:54:27 +0000 UTC]
I really contemplated doing that. But the more I listened to the song the mroe and more the grain seemed to fit it better. I dont know how to describe it, but it carried such a lonesome, rigid feel. So I left the grain in
plus this was early on in my PS stags and I cant believe how bad I was XD
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HickChick614 [2006-07-30 06:32:00 +0000 UTC]
amazing work...and it gives it so much meaning and emotion...i love it
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Tocuri [2006-06-14 19:17:57 +0000 UTC]
nice mood edit...but i think the original crop was better...think it through
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moejo In reply to Tocuri [2006-06-14 20:32:23 +0000 UTC]
I'm actually trying out several angles, but that one just fit the mood of the song. The big one focused on the entire area, but I wanted to highlight the little child in the distance and the run down shack..
But I'll give it a few more tries. Thanks for the critique mate
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El-Jackal [2006-06-11 22:38:12 +0000 UTC]
awesome mate, if i had to say somethin negative about would be.. dunno... pic got a lil angle.. or somethin... well awesome anyways
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CellularModular [2006-06-11 10:23:02 +0000 UTC]
Is this Sleep1 or Sleep2 moe? I absoloutely love it.
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moejo In reply to CellularModular [2006-06-11 22:02:07 +0000 UTC]
sleep2 =] I still cant manage to calibrate my screen properly so your help was greatly appreciated <3.
Thanks for the fav too
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Dragonzair [2006-06-11 09:18:58 +0000 UTC]
You did such a frikkin good job on that Like Beckieee-chan, I like how you cropped it out and made the viewer's eyes look only at that beach house and the clouds, or something like that. XD
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Dragonzair In reply to moejo [2006-06-11 22:53:00 +0000 UTC]
T____________________________________T
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EternalDystopia [2006-06-11 06:14:34 +0000 UTC]
The way you've cut the image makes it so much better!! I wish I had your eye for these things D}:
I love the colouring you've given it too!! Makes it seem so hot and so summerish. just waiting for a chick in those vintage red with white polka-dot bikinis to be lying down with a huge grin and an ice-cream. that would be such an awesome place to stay xD I really like how the artist has captured the scene and you've made it a tonne better
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moejo In reply to EternalDystopia [2006-06-11 22:03:39 +0000 UTC]
You do have an eye for that. Even more than me. I just do stuff and hope it fits the final image i have in my brain. Ph34r the amature!
Glad you liked it darling.
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EternalDystopia In reply to moejo [2006-06-12 04:01:24 +0000 UTC]
but you had an image in your head!! That is what my lectuer keeps going on about. "you need to learn how to form an image in your head now that you know which tools are needed to execute the procedure" etc etc. we'd make a good team XD
<333
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ashellessmind [2006-06-11 03:44:39 +0000 UTC]
I love those lyrics. I love the shot and the lyrics.
you do a good job of finding things that fit other people's messages.
I gotta wonder though.
You ever gunna strike out on your own and make your own messages?
I mean. You have to believe something.
I know you do.
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moejo In reply to ashellessmind [2006-06-11 22:01:16 +0000 UTC]
Thanks mate =]
I do have some of my own thoughs that I wish to portray. I think I have. But my own thoughs and messages at the moment are somewhat...muddled I supose. I can't pinpoint who or where I am to make a distinct image of anything.
I do believe in goodness and the sweetness of dreams, but it's rather hard to believe in anything right now. I need to get over this stand-alone phase I'm in.
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ashellessmind In reply to moejo [2006-06-12 03:00:22 +0000 UTC]
Fair enough man. Everyone's got a hard luck story, after all. I can sympathize with ya.
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Toadsmoothy2 [2006-06-10 23:11:34 +0000 UTC]
An interesting piece and recording. Sooo...when am I gonna see UAE beach photos?
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moejo In reply to Toadsmoothy2 [2006-06-11 21:56:12 +0000 UTC]
I'm hoping to go shotting near the beach/park area soon. But the weather is far to warm for me to dare outsides @_@
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Bibiana [2006-06-10 22:39:52 +0000 UTC]
what can i say... it would be awesome if your work could convience them and well... have such a big impact on the band such <3
about your work now, its lovely. i like so much what you did with it. when i compare your work with the original one, i like yours a lot more. your's tells a story, it communicates a feeling to the one who looks at it.
well done moe
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