This week, find inspiration in a piece of art. Then, imitate it.
By “Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”
— Oscar Wilde
Artists are inspired by and capture the world around us: sculptors immortalize people with statues; painters record events in their masterpieces. What about the other way around? For this week’s theme, find inspiration in a piece of art, and go further: imitate it. Here are some ideas:
- Reenact a painting. Need inspiration? Just google “American Gothic remake.”
- Take a new version of one of your photos. Re-create your own work. Same subject, same scene, same angle. (In your post, show or link to the original one!)
- Imitate a sculpture, as I did in London’s St Pancras International, before boarding a train to Paris. (You don’t have to physically stand next to a statue, but bonus points if you do!)
Posing next to a statue of British author and poet John Betjeman at St Pancras International in London, England.
You’re not limited to the options above — consider other forms of art, get creative, and interpret the challenge as you like. Don’t forget to identify the piece of art you’re referencing — and link to an appropriate source of information, if possible.
http://wp.me/p1j16x-1oG
Hastings
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Interesting challenge!
I have a picture of St. Pancras Station, too!
https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/life-imitates-art-2016-daily-post-photo-challenge-week-7/
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The Bean Sculpture in Chicago–Interactive Art: https://arrestingimagery.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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Got me thinking this week, this is what I found, https://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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art comes to life: https://sassyethnicbohemian.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/weekly-photo-challenge-art-comes-to-life/
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Great challenge! My mind immediately went back to a photo I took a few years ago of our cat who was imitating a photo of another cat: http://searchingforironman.com/2016/02/13/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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https://liontamar.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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A very challenging Challenge:)
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/the-daily-post-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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This Thursday I retook some photos that I published earlier on here, not knowing this theme would come out 🙂 Here is remake 1 http://wp.me/paGem-4Lr
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This one was hard but I came up with something after a while of thinking Hope it’s OK! http://wp.me/p2juKh-1Of
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Life Imitates Art
https://katpegimana.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/life-imitates-art/
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Life imitates art … http://eyestoheart.me/2016/02/13/moving-right-along/ … Thanks for visiting … Dorothy 🙂
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Cheri, I found this to be a very interesting challenge, it made me rethink the work I was doing this week:http://wp.me/p2owKx-IV
Cheers!
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But Art could imitate Life ….
http://photoartgraphicshot.com/
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Tricky challenge!
https://syllabubsea.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/imitating-art/
Marie
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I enjoyed my pictures from a couple of years ago 🙂
https://titaritadotcom.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/daily-post-life-imitates-art/
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Oh, the pollera. An art form itself, until it is art… https://indacampo.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/el-arte-de-la-pollera-mujer-y-nino/
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Remembering when my husband has got a knack at drawing everything he sees…
https://lespetitspasdejuls.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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I’m not sure if this is the right place to post a pingback query but I just don’t seem to be able to make mine work. 😦
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..can you see what I saw ? … 🙂
here’s my post for this week..
https://4otomo.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/life-imitates-art/
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This is such a great challenge Cheri and I love the photo of you and John Betjeman at St Pancras that inspired you. Here’s my take on it, which was a great way to spend an afternoon in the studio 🙂 https://thechangingpalette.com/2016/02/13/wpc-life-imitates-art/
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I went with the American Gothic remake: https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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This was a good challenge! I set up a dark background and went with a Still life portrait in the style of the old Dutch Masters. Playing with the aperture settings and natural lighting, went with a good depth of field. Thanks Cheri, i enjoyed this one. http://wp.me/p1wyZM-18k
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Here is my entry for this week
https://mecyme.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/the-weekly-photo-challenges-life-imitates-art/
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I wouldn’t usually do this, but I am sharing a friend’s photos (with her permission, of course) that are so fitting for this week’s challenge. What an awesome theme! 🙂
https://mishunderstood.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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Here’s mine. What’s this? https://60while60.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/laugh.jpg
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Amazing subject! Thanks Cheri! Allowed me revisited my archives and I was very happy doing it. Here my contribution : http://vatelechuza.com/2016/02/13/weekly-photo-challenge-life-imitates-art/
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An excellent challenge.
Here’s my submission.
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This was quite the challenge. It really pushed the photographic eye.
Happy Valentine’s Day !!!
Isadora
http://isadoraartandphotography.com/2016/02/14/life-imitates-art/
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Hmmm. My interepretation for the challenge.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/life-imitates-art/
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