Luis Beltran's newest photography borders dreams and reality, analyzing what constitutes a dream and how reality can be bent in order to achieve a dream-like effect. Using photo editing techniques, Beltran has managed to create several beautiful pieces of photography, each one depicting a medley of imagination and reality.
For instance, one photograph shows a young girl on a plain wooden swing. However, instead of swinging from a swing set, the girl is swinging overtop of a gigantic, panoramic city. This type of situation could occur in a dream, or some fantastical daydream; but, like all dreams, it contains fragments of reality. The girl's swingset appears real, and so does the city; when paired together, the scene becomes unreal.
Beltran's amazing photography series demonstrates that photography can be used to capture more than simple reality; it can be used to alter reality, transforming it into scenarios we could otherwise only imagine.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Dreamy Photography
- Opportunities in photography to create imaginative and reality-bending images through photo editing.
- Reality-altered Art
- Opportunities to create pieces of art that blur the lines between reality and imagination.
- Surreal Imagery
- Opportunities in the art world to create dream-like scenes and photography that challenge our perceptions of reality.
Where This Applies
- Photography
- Opening new doors in the photography industry to create imaginative and surreal images through photo editing techniques.
- Art
- Disrupting traditional art genres and styles by merging reality and imagination in pieces that require a second, closer look.
- Graphic Design
- Creating a new and unique style of graphic design that incorporates dream-like aesthetics and fractured reality, appealing to those with a unique taste for the surreal.
