Waiting for the Train - Steampunk
by Jeff Burgess
Title
Waiting for the Train - Steampunk
Artist
Jeff Burgess
Medium
Photograph - Fusion Phtography
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Steampunk fashion is a statement that harkens back to the time before electric engines and modern times. According to Wikipedia "Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century. Therefore, steampunk works are often set in an alternate history of the 19th century's British Victorian era or American "Wild West", in a post-apocalyptic future during which steam power has regained mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power. Steampunk perhaps most recognizably features anachronistic technologies or retro-futuristic inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them, and is likewise rooted in the era's perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. Such technology may include fictional machines like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or the modern authors Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld, and China Mille. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of such technology as lighter-than-air airships, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace's Analytical Engine.
Steampunk may also, though not necessarily, incorporate additional elements from the genres of fantasy, horror, historical fiction, alternate history, or other branches of speculative fiction, making it often a hybrid genre. The term steampunk's first known appearance was in 1987, though it now retroactively refers to many works of fiction created even as far back as the 1950s or 1960s". For the artist, visiting a 'convention' of steampunk enthusiasts is tantamount to 'nirvana' as everywhere you turn there are wonderful fashions that 'have' to be photographed (if you know what I mean). So in this work I used an image taken by Laurie Hemingway, a friend and fellow artist (by permission), with an image of a steam powered train that is taken from wikimedia commons with multiple stylistic manipulations to create the final result.
Steampunk also refers to any of the artistic styles, clothing fashions, or subcultures, that have developed from the aesthetics of steampunk fiction, Victorian-era fiction, and films from the mid-20th century.[2] Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.
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May 4th, 2013
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Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured on the homepage of the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! l/f 4/9/23
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #25 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Nancy Carol Photography
WELL DONE! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "April -May 2023 Features."
RONALD MILLS
Very impressive photography! Amazing! Nominated for Special Feature in 1000 Views group.
RONALD MILLS
Very impressive photography! Amazing! Nominated for Special Feature in 1000 Views group.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Bob Christopher
Hi Jeff...I like your image. In fact, I love everything about it. Well rendered. Nice work...Cheers Bob fv
Jeff Burgess replied:
Thanks much Bob.....most of my work is post manipulated. If I were a better photographer like yourself I wouldn't have to.....actually I love putting elements together to 'create' an image or concept.
Linda Phelps
All the work you did with the layers and the artistic editing has put together a fantastic image! I love the backgound. It looks like a photo of a marble tile. I just recently photographed some in brown tones to use for backgrounds. The editing on the train engine is marvelous. It show the detail in the front and then goes on to give us a look at the polished metal toward the end of the engine. The work you did with the lighting gives it almost a 3D appearance. I could go on & on.... V.
Jeff Burgess replied:
Thanks for the very in depth look at the image. Yes, it did take a long time and many reworks to get this image just right (in my mind's eye). The background was originally a rust piece that was manipulated by adding and erasing color via a special brush that I fabricated. I spend much time on making specific brushes for use in my work. Thanks again.