Nowhere Man by frogdot
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
I was searching for reference photos of old houses and came across a couple of sites that had all sorts of miscellaneous old family photos. Evidently they are found at flea markets and estate sales. They would seem useless and unimportant to anyone outside the original owners. As a collection, it's fascinating to look at them and imagine the stories behind each picture. Kind of sad and nostalgic too wondering why they aren't in a family album somewhere on a dusty shelf.
Then there was a section of photos where the faces were cut out, scratched out, or obscured by a pen. They might have been defaced from anger, or just kids playing. Those cutout might have been done to erase a bad memory, or maybe placed in a locket by a sweetheart. Who knows?
After I rendered this, I made the cutout in Photoshop and felt the distant memory of my father who left when I was five years old and we never saw him again. Weird night.

Comments (21)
excellent!!!
Looks very Magritte style....bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
very original and fine image.
Does remind me a bi tof Magritte. Nice pic and like the subdued pallette.
Wonderful Idea!!! Great Job!!!
Great image and idea. Excellent executed:)!
something new. playing with the mind. it's good!
You cought the soul of a nowhere man!!
Outstanding !!
excellent and magrittish - izzat the bryce desktop pattern behind there?
Superb image and sentiment!!!!!!!! Your stuff always gets me thinking.
Nice concept, very well done.
COOL & Great idea like the shadow!
Really fantastic work!
really intense. thanks for sharing.
CRIATIVA OBRA,EXCELENTE.+++++++5
Thats a sensational piece of artwork - simple, yet so evocative. You've captured the moment so concisely and its poignant how it reminds you of your father. Makes me think of the movie, "The Man Who Wasn't There". 5 stars from me!
Excellent and interesting concept. Inspires me. Like you, I had an "absent" father. Had a great maternal uncle to model myself after, though. Hope you had someone too.
Impressive artwork!!!Wow!!!!
Amazing how you express your life through word and image! Every upload you present has its unique skew that inevitably draws in the lucky viewer!...Awesome output you have been giving us! I,too, lost my father at a young age....peace to you!
Your images and creativity are nothing short of inspirational. Great job.