**A Glimpse into Iran through Analog Photography**

As readers expect great things from analog photography projects, it's clear that this book, "Analog Iran," is no exception. The project's creator has woven together a series of urban vignettes, capturing the essence of a country under severe religious, economic, and political pressure. This approach allows for a nuanced exploration of the complexities that define Iran, making it more than just a photographic showcase of its people and landscapes.

**The Power of Selective Omission**

Photography projects are inherently subjective, and what's left out of the frame is often more important than what's included. In this case, "Analog Iran" deliberately omits certain aspects of Iranian society to focus on the mood and atmosphere that pervades the country. By doing so, it offers a thought-provoking commentary on the human experience in Iran, one that's both poignant and powerful.

**A Cinematic Dreamscape**

The photographs in this book evoke a cinematic dreamscape, transporting viewers into a world that's both familiar and strange. The use of black and white photography adds to the sense of timelessness, as if these images were captured on film in a bygone era. This aesthetic choice effectively conveys the complexities and challenges faced by the Iranian people, making for a deeply unsettling yet thought-provoking visual experience.

**Capturing the Human Spirit**

What sets "Analog Iran" apart is its ability to capture the human spirit, even amidst adversity. The images reveal a sense of resilience, defiance, and determination that's both inspiring and humbling. From opium addicts in dingy alleyways to devout pilgrims and bored conscripts, these photographs humanize the Iranian people, reminding us that we're all connected by our shared experiences.

**A Moment in Time**

The book serves as a snapshot of Iran at a particular moment in time, one that's both fleeting and forever captured. This is a moment that will be remembered long after the camera has been put down, a moment that will continue to inspire, provoke, and challenge us.

**Appreciation for the Unseen**

As Ali so astutely observed, "all right so Iran is exactly that." The title "Analog Iran" is more than just a phrase; it's a reflection of the country's complex, multifaceted nature. By embracing the unseen and unknown, this book reminds us that photography is not just about what we see but also about what's left to our imagination.

**A Unique Vision**

The photographer's unique vision is evident throughout the book. With a keen eye for detail and a willingness to take risks, they've created something truly remarkable. From the surreal to the poignant, every image in "Analog Iran" has been carefully crafted to evoke a response, whether it's curiosity, wonder, or simply a deeper understanding of this fascinating country.

**A Sense of Disorientation**

Some of the most striking images in the book are those that employ blur and ambiguity. The blurred edges and distorted perspectives create a sense of disorientation, as if we're witnessing something that's simultaneously familiar and strange. These photographs invite us to reevaluate our assumptions and consider new perspectives, adding depth and complexity to our understanding of Iran.

**The Importance of Context**

What left out of the frame is often more important than what's included in any photographic project. In "Analog Iran," this concept is taken to heart, with each image serving as a reminder that context is essential to truly understanding the subject at hand. By considering what's not visible, we're forced to engage more deeply with the narrative and explore new avenues of interpretation.

**The Power of Storytelling**

Ultimately, "Analog Iran" is about capturing a mood, one that's both ephemeral and eternal. The photographs serve as a testament to the power of storytelling, reminding us that even in the most ordinary-seeming moments, there lies the potential for extraordinary stories waiting to be told.

**The Art of Observation**

Michael Gersin's contribution to this project is a beautiful example of the art of observation. His photographs capture the essence of urban life with a quiet intimacy, inviting us to slow down and appreciate the beauty in the everyday. Each image is a masterclass in simplicity, stripped of unnecessary embellishments to reveal the raw truth of human existence.

**A Sense of Wonder**

Gersin's "The City I Dream Of" is an exercise in creative license, embracing the surreal and the fantastical to create something truly remarkable. The juxtaposition of seemingly disparate elements adds a layer of complexity to each image, inviting us to question our assumptions about reality. This is not just photography; it's an immersive experience that defies categorization.

**The Art of Dialogue**

One of the most striking aspects of Gersin's photographs is the way he employs dialogue between images. By placing two seemingly unrelated scenes side by side, he creates a visual conversation that challenges us to think anew about our understanding of the world. This technique adds depth and nuance to each image, inviting us to engage with multiple perspectives at once.

**A Moment in Time**

In contrast to "Analog Iran," Gersin's photographs capture a moment in time that's both ephemeral and uniquely singular. Each image is a snapshot of a fleeting instant, preserved forever through the power of photography. This is a moment that will be remembered long after the camera has been put down, a moment that will continue to inspire and provoke us.

**The Power of Photography**

As we reflect on these photographs, it's clear that "Analog Iran" has not only captured a moment in time but also tapped into something deeper and more profound. Through its use of photography as a medium, the project invites us to reevaluate our assumptions about reality, to question our understanding of the world, and to explore new avenues of interpretation.

**A Final Thought**

As we close this book, it's clear that "Analog Iran" has left an indelible mark on our collective psyche. These photographs have not only captured a moment in time but also offered us a glimpse into the human experience, one that's both poignant and powerful. As we reflect on these images, we're reminded that photography is more than just capturing what we see; it's about revealing the unseen, the unheard, and the unsaid – a true testament to the power of art in our lives.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis video is brought to you by Squarespace welcome back everybody it's time once again to do some viewer mail this is all stuff that's featured that's been sent in by viewers like you normally we do a lot of books and Zen but I want to start today a little bit different I've got a print that I want to share with you this comes to us from Michael Haley I'm going to hold this up so you can see it better but Michael writes in here that this image was taken in duth Minnesota of the duth north Pier Lighthouse taken at 302s at F22 in the fall of 2018 what is so special about this Photograph to me is that this was the second to last trip that I would take up to duth with my oldest brother David I'm going to paraphrase a lot of this because it's a very personal letter but uh David passed away from cancer uh they were very close and uh this picture kind of represents that he stopped going up to duth into the North Shore of Minnesota shortly thereafter but has recently been inspired to start shooting again and I want to honor this and I want to uh say thanks to Michael for sending this in this is very special and I think that if your brother were alive he'd want you to be shooting actually one other thing that I want to note about this what's really cool is this is a long exposure so 30 seconds and you can see like people look like smoke going through here but these birds are perfectly still this reflection down here at the Lighthouse is absolutely fabulous man you should be really proud of this this is really nice work all right so next up is this book which comes to us from Mitchell Austin this is called perspective this is an collection of images taken from Japan he did not include a note in here but I will read you a little bit of the forward while I show you some images here Mitchell writes as photographers we have the capability to convey our perspective in this world to show The Good The Bad and unpleasant we bend light to Showcase endless amounts of creativity with the right Muse and the bounds of visual expression exceed more than anyone can fathom photography's expression is not only intimate in the eyes of the viewing guest but holds an emotional memory for one who snapped the photo through my years of lived experience Japan is my second home and I invite you to see my perspective on this impossible mission so Mitchell this is a really interesting book I think you have some absolutely beautiful work in here it's interesting that your style kind of goes between two different things here you've got these long uh landscape panoramic shots and then you've also got some vertical shots as well the interesting thing here and actually you've got a couple that are almost vertical Panorama which is kind of cool I love the Japan stuff in here it's all Japan but I love the Landscapes they are very Japan they speak well to that and I think your color work is really nice as well the only thing that I would suggest on something like this this is a tough project to include all in one book I think if you depending on how much work you've done in each one of these Styles you could just do a book of the vertical shots or you could just do a book of the panoramas that might work or I think another solution that would work really well and the only reason I say this is cuz when you go to the vertical shots they tend to be a little far apart so I don't get that much of a dialogue between them and that's just because you've got a long landscape orientation page that you're working with and you're centering everything up you might consider going with a smaller format or even a vertical format book that way the vertical images work or you could do panoramas is spreads and you've done one of these L this is called a l flat book that blurb and a couple other Publishers offer and the whole idea is that the gutter really is non-existent it will lay flat on a table so with something like this if you went with a vertical format you're not going to get the gutter going on in other words a big crease in any of these images and I think that might be kind of interesting to look at so just a couple things I would consider but is a beautiful book I only thing I want to do is see more which is a nice compliment I can give you so awesome job Mitchell next up is this Zen which comes to us from Steven Lawson who is from Glasgow Scotland it's called neon rain the city at night this is an interesting colorful collection of images of basically their abstracts of water on the hood of his car I'm going to read you a little bit of his intro here about this project these images were made through the winter of 2022 sl23 in and around glasow Scotland the Project's origin lies in street photography or more accurately in a break from street photography when driven into my car by Heavy Rain I began to notice the abstract patterns created by rainfalling on my wind screen and the headlights and the street Suns once I had settled on a technique to record these beautiful splashes of color by focusing on the rivulets of water running down the glass rather than the distant lights themselves the neon rain project was spawned the technical challenges were many waiting for the right amounts of rain so that the water didn't simply wash straight down the screen finding different colored lights and locations where I could safely park for a length of time contorting myself in my small car to match up the rain and lights but at least I managed to stay warm and dry as I created this work Steven Lawson 2023 all right so Steven this is a really nice scene that you put together and I really like this experimental Direction I'm a big fan of abstracts so I like what you've done here I think this is a wonderful study of color and texture and I think you've done a really good job with that and as you've kind of said in the about section on here that this is um this is a new technique that you're working on and I would encourage you to take this further and one thing I want to just give you some creative criticism on and this gets difficult when you're dealing with things that are highly abstract is it becomes Graphics at some point and you're dealing with a lot of patterns and you want your photography to have some kind of payoff to it and I think that while a lot of these are really beautiful you don't really have that so every time I turn the page I know I'm going to see another abstract and I think you've tried to break that up by using some quotes there's a Dolly Parton quote here not a big fan of quotes running across the image itself I'd rather see just an empty page with maybe a quote on it if you want to go that route but I would actually encourage you to stay with this technique and work with it a little more and deal with the whole aspect of Reflections here and what you can start incorporating in I think one of the biggest differences between abstract painting let's say and Abstract photography is abstract painting is created it's all done by hand uh it's it's applied to the canvas and photography tends to be a little more subtractive as a process in other words you're deciding what to show what to crop out you know this through going through the project it gets weird positions sometime make sure the lighting's just right and one thing I do love is I love your your study of colors as you go out throughout here there's beautiful Reds Blues big bold colors that's something I really like but I think with photography you need to have a little bit of element of realism in there that could be abstracted and I think one thing that could be interesting on this is if you started maybe you you still use the hood of the car but try to get Reflections in that of what you might see reflected and abstracted in there I think that would give you a little bit more of that payoff or maybe you move your medium to maybe windows in the rain or something like that but I don't want to see you abandon this because I think this is a really strong start uh the book layout works I mean it's consistent throughout uh your modern typography and all it's not exactly what I would have chosen personally and I'm not really into Im Sorry type running across and image but I think you've got a really good start so I would keep it up and I would love to see more man this is an awesome beginning to something that could be a really interesting abstract project so awesome work keep it up man all right so a couple more things that we've got here this is a beautiful book that was done in Iran which is amazing and another one of really interesting street photography I'm going to get to these in a second but real quick I want to give a shout out to our sponsor today who are the awesome folks over at Squarespace how easy is it to build an amazing website in a matter of minutes Squarespace has you covered it's dead simple head over to Squarespace hit get started you can start by using 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today and I want to give a special shout out and thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video all right so next up is this beautiful little book I really like this this is all black and white photography that was shot in Iran this is called analog Iran it comes to us from Ali MC who is a photographer and writer from Melbourne Australia and there's no note in here really he just has the intro here but I'm going to read you just a little bit of his forward when you title a book as audaciously as analog Iran readers expect great things after all isn't this a book about an entire country one that's most people are never going to visit well yes and no in some ways this book is about Iran mostly depicting a series of urban vignettes in many other ways this book is about a mood the mood of a country under severe religious economic and political pressure any photography project is of course a subjective selection of pictures created by an artist and what left out of the frame is often more important than what is included and that being the case analog Iran could of course never be a complete representation of an entire nation instead this ball book captures a moment opium addicts in Dugout Graves the deceased peering down from alley walls the all pervasive Asura black the worn expression of the Working Poor defiant women and leatherjacket rebel youth devout pilgrims and bored conscripts blurred images in black and white that conjure up cinematic Dreamscape from which I never fully awoke a taxi driver once told me as he navigated down the hustle of downtown tan young Iranians are old inside perhaps analog Iran is exactly that all right so Ali my man this is absolutely beautiful I love the fact that you went black and white for this entire thing I think it delivers a really specific mood I think you have a really interesting style of Photography and I love the images that are in here I love the fact that you didn't go with what was going to be expected for a book like this you went clearly for the unexpected and I love that a lot of your photographs this one of my favorite spreads in here have this ore of mystery about them they leave the viewer wanting to see something that maybe uh isn't completed in the photo and and your quote in the very beginning when you talked about what often is more important of what's left out of a photograph than what's in and that is a deep topic and I will talk about that sometime in its own video but it's always been something that's fascinated me what is left out versus what's left in and sometimes what's left in doesn't have a truth to it and anyway I'm going to get on a tangent that goes Way Beyond your book but I really think this is beautiful and thank you for sharing it there's some wonderful images in here and my favorite work of yours in here some of these blurry things where you've got this guy biking down an alley there's there's a sense of disorientation that you get from the blurriness and also the sense of mystery and like where's he going what's down this Corridor what am I looking at beautiful book uh this is absolutely fabulous and if you guys are interested in getting books from anybody that I'm showing today I will have links to everybody's websites Etc in the description below this video so make sure you check out their work support your colleagues and I like thank you for sending this this is awesome all right so next up is this little Zen which comes to us from a gentleman named Michael gersin who included a very quick little ripped out note which reads hey Ted wanted to pass along a copy of my new Zen in case you want to feature it on your channel hopefully enjoy either way cheers Michael so Michael I do want to feature it on my channel I think this is really well done I like how simple this is I love the whole concept and the title the city I dream of and I think this is echoed really well throughout a lot of these images and spreads I think it is very trippy uh I would the only thing I would like to see that I would encourage you on is to just amp this up even further you've got some of these that are just really wild like I think at the very beginning this whole thing with the car with the Wizard of Oz characters in it is just really unexpected and very bizarre and then I love some of the way the spreads work in here you've got these guys carrying a mattress and somebody with a painting there's this really interesting play with the dialogue between images that face each other and I think this is really well done I think that it gets inconsistent in spots and I think I would like to see that carried out another good one the school kids and then this double exposure over here and she's putting something over her eye like she's looking at something anyway it's it's a really cool concept I think you've done a really great job and you know again I say this with a compliment to a lot of people I just want to see more of it which I think is really cool the Smoking Man and then the feathers from from the pillow coming out over here really nicely done and very interesting and I will link up to Michael and everybody else in the show description below and if you have any questions drop them in the comments I will catch you guys in the next video Until then laterthis video is brought to you by Squarespace welcome back everybody it's time once again to do some viewer mail this is all stuff that's featured that's been sent in by viewers like you normally we do a lot of books and Zen but I want to start today a little bit different I've got a print that I want to share with you this comes to us from Michael Haley I'm going to hold this up so you can see it better but Michael writes in here that this image was taken in duth Minnesota of the duth north Pier Lighthouse taken at 302s at F22 in the fall of 2018 what is so special about this Photograph to me is that this was the second to last trip that I would take up to duth with my oldest brother David I'm going to paraphrase a lot of this because it's a very personal letter but uh David passed away from cancer uh they were very close and uh this picture kind of represents that he stopped going up to duth into the North Shore of Minnesota shortly thereafter but has recently been inspired to start shooting again and I want to honor this and I want to uh say thanks to Michael for sending this in this is very special and I think that if your brother were alive he'd want you to be shooting actually one other thing that I want to note about this what's really cool is this is a long exposure so 30 seconds and you can see like people look like smoke going through here but these birds are perfectly still this reflection down here at the Lighthouse is absolutely fabulous man you should be really proud of this this is really nice work all right so next up is this book which comes to us from Mitchell Austin this is called perspective this is an collection of images taken from Japan he did not include a note in here but I will read you a little bit of the forward while I show you some images here Mitchell writes as photographers we have the capability to convey our perspective in this world to show The Good The Bad and unpleasant we bend light to Showcase endless amounts of creativity with the right Muse and the bounds of visual expression exceed more than anyone can fathom photography's expression is not only intimate in the eyes of the viewing guest but holds an emotional memory for one who snapped the photo through my years of lived experience Japan is my second home and I invite you to see my perspective on this impossible mission so Mitchell this is a really interesting book I think you have some absolutely beautiful work in here it's interesting that your style kind of goes between two different things here you've got these long uh landscape panoramic shots and then you've also got some vertical shots as well the interesting thing here and actually you've got a couple that are almost vertical Panorama which is kind of cool I love the Japan stuff in here it's all Japan but I love the Landscapes they are very Japan they speak well to that and I think your color work is really nice as well the only thing that I would suggest on something like this this is a tough project to include all in one book I think if you depending on how much work you've done in each one of these Styles you could just do a book of the vertical shots or you could just do a book of the panoramas that might work or I think another solution that would work really well and the only reason I say this is cuz when you go to the vertical shots they tend to be a little far apart so I don't get that much of a dialogue between them and that's just because you've got a long landscape orientation page that you're working with and you're centering everything up you might consider going with a smaller format or even a vertical format book that way the vertical images work or you could do panoramas is spreads and you've done one of these L this is called a l flat book that blurb and a couple other Publishers offer and the whole idea is that the gutter really is non-existent it will lay flat on a table so with something like this if you went with a vertical format you're not going to get the gutter going on in other words a big crease in any of these images and I think that might be kind of interesting to look at so just a couple things I would consider but is a beautiful book I only thing I want to do is see more which is a nice compliment I can give you so awesome job Mitchell next up is this Zen which comes to us from Steven Lawson who is from Glasgow Scotland it's called neon rain the city at night this is an interesting colorful collection of images of basically their abstracts of water on the hood of his car I'm going to read you a little bit of his intro here about this project these images were made through the winter of 2022 sl23 in and around glasow Scotland the Project's origin lies in street photography or more accurately in a break from street photography when driven into my car by Heavy Rain I began to notice the abstract patterns created by rainfalling on my wind screen and the headlights and the street Suns once I had settled on a technique to record these beautiful splashes of color by focusing on the rivulets of water running down the glass rather than the distant lights themselves the neon rain project was spawned the technical challenges were many waiting for the right amounts of rain so that the water didn't simply wash straight down the screen finding different colored lights and locations where I could safely park for a length of time contorting myself in my small car to match up the rain and lights but at least I managed to stay warm and dry as I created this work Steven Lawson 2023 all right so Steven this is a really nice scene that you put together and I really like this experimental Direction I'm a big fan of abstracts so I like what you've done here I think this is a wonderful study of color and texture and I think you've done a really good job with that and as you've kind of said in the about section on here that this is um this is a new technique that you're working on and I would encourage you to take this further and one thing I want to just give you some creative criticism on and this gets difficult when you're dealing with things that are highly abstract is it becomes Graphics at some point and you're dealing with a lot of patterns and you want your photography to have some kind of payoff to it and I think that while a lot of these are really beautiful you don't really have that so every time I turn the page I know I'm going to see another abstract and I think you've tried to break that up by using some quotes there's a Dolly Parton quote here not a big fan of quotes running across the image itself I'd rather see just an empty page with maybe a quote on it if you want to go that route but I would actually encourage you to stay with this technique and work with it a little more and deal with the whole aspect of Reflections here and what you can start incorporating in I think one of the biggest differences between abstract painting let's say and Abstract photography is abstract painting is created it's all done by hand uh it's it's applied to the canvas and photography tends to be a little more subtractive as a process in other words you're deciding what to show what to crop out you know this through going through the project it gets weird positions sometime make sure the lighting's just right and one thing I do love is I love your your study of colors as you go out throughout here there's beautiful Reds Blues big bold colors that's something I really like but I think with photography you need to have a little bit of element of realism in there that could be abstracted and I think one thing that could be interesting on this is if you started maybe you you still use the hood of the car but try to get Reflections in that of what you might see reflected and abstracted in there I think that would give you a little bit more of that payoff or maybe you move your medium to maybe windows in the rain or something like that but I don't want to see you abandon this because I think this is a really strong start uh the book layout works I mean it's consistent throughout uh your modern typography and all it's not exactly what I would have chosen personally and I'm not really into Im Sorry type running across and image but I think you've got a really good start so I would keep it up and I would love to see more man this is an awesome beginning to something that could be a really interesting abstract project so awesome work keep it up man all right so a couple more things that we've got here this is a beautiful book that was done in Iran which is amazing and another one of really interesting street photography I'm going to get to these in a second but real quick I want to give a shout out to our sponsor today who are the awesome folks over at Squarespace how easy is it to build an amazing website in a matter of minutes Squarespace has you covered it's dead simple head over to Squarespace hit get started you can start by using Squarespace blueprint Ai and SEO tools which will give you an impressive website in no time something unique because you know you're not like other websites give your site a name next you can build your homepage we'll start with a few preset layouts just to get us going want to sell products like prints books maybe you make a Zen well you can feature those on your homepage create a few more sections if you want let's also give it a color palette there's a whole bunch to choose from then just get us started we can change this all later next let's select the typography choices welcome to your website everything is set up and it's all ready for you to customize Squarespace is built on fluid engine the next generation of website design select edit and fluid engine allows you to drag place and resize any element on the page you can snap these to a grid you can make them float on top of one another you can free form however you like you can even preview and adjust how the site looks on either desktop or mobile the layouts are independent of course you'll want a portfolio for your work creating an image gallery is as easy as dropping a folder of images on your web browser once uploaded you can drag to Resort customize the look and Squarespace writes all of the code for you everything just works and it looks fabulous want to sell your own prints books or Zen flexible payments allow you to make the checkout process absolutely seamless when you sell products s or Services you can accept credit cards PayPal Apple pay and in eligible countries you can offer customers the option to buy now and pay later with afterpay and clear pay you should try Squarespace for yourself it's absolutely free no credit card required just go to squarespace.com aop sign up for that free trial if you decide Squarespace is right for you I can save you an additional 10% on your order by using offer code aop on checkout that's right the code is aop so stop procrastinating go build your website today and I want to give a special shout out and thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video all right so next up is this beautiful little book I really like this this is all black and white photography that was shot in Iran this is called analog Iran it comes to us from Ali MC who is a photographer and writer from Melbourne Australia and there's no note in here really he just has the intro here but I'm going to read you just a little bit of his forward when you title a book as audaciously as analog Iran readers expect great things after all isn't this a book about an entire country one that's most people are never going to visit well yes and no in some ways this book is about Iran mostly depicting a series of urban vignettes in many other ways this book is about a mood the mood of a country under severe religious economic and political pressure any photography project is of course a subjective selection of pictures created by an artist and what left out of the frame is often more important than what is included and that being the case analog Iran could of course never be a complete representation of an entire nation instead this ball book captures a moment opium addicts in Dugout Graves the deceased peering down from alley walls the all pervasive Asura black the worn expression of the Working Poor defiant women and leatherjacket rebel youth devout pilgrims and bored conscripts blurred images in black and white that conjure up cinematic Dreamscape from which I never fully awoke a taxi driver once told me as he navigated down the hustle of downtown tan young Iranians are old inside perhaps analog Iran is exactly that all right so Ali my man this is absolutely beautiful I love the fact that you went black and white for this entire thing I think it delivers a really specific mood I think you have a really interesting style of Photography and I love the images that are in here I love the fact that you didn't go with what was going to be expected for a book like this you went clearly for the unexpected and I love that a lot of your photographs this one of my favorite spreads in here have this ore of mystery about them they leave the viewer wanting to see something that maybe uh isn't completed in the photo and and your quote in the very beginning when you talked about what often is more important of what's left out of a photograph than what's in and that is a deep topic and I will talk about that sometime in its own video but it's always been something that's fascinated me what is left out versus what's left in and sometimes what's left in doesn't have a truth to it and anyway I'm going to get on a tangent that goes Way Beyond your book but I really think this is beautiful and thank you for sharing it there's some wonderful images in here and my favorite work of yours in here some of these blurry things where you've got this guy biking down an alley there's there's a sense of disorientation that you get from the blurriness and also the sense of mystery and like where's he going what's down this Corridor what am I looking at beautiful book uh this is absolutely fabulous and if you guys are interested in getting books from anybody that I'm showing today I will have links to everybody's websites Etc in the description below this video so make sure you check out their work support your colleagues and I like thank you for sending this this is awesome all right so next up is this little Zen which comes to us from a gentleman named Michael gersin who included a very quick little ripped out note which reads hey Ted wanted to pass along a copy of my new Zen in case you want to feature it on your channel hopefully enjoy either way cheers Michael so Michael I do want to feature it on my channel I think this is really well done I like how simple this is I love the whole concept and the title the city I dream of and I think this is echoed really well throughout a lot of these images and spreads I think it is very trippy uh I would the only thing I would like to see that I would encourage you on is to just amp this up even further you've got some of these that are just really wild like I think at the very beginning this whole thing with the car with the Wizard of Oz characters in it is just really unexpected and very bizarre and then I love some of the way the spreads work in here you've got these guys carrying a mattress and somebody with a painting there's this really interesting play with the dialogue between images that face each other and I think this is really well done I think that it gets inconsistent in spots and I think I would like to see that carried out another good one the school kids and then this double exposure over here and she's putting something over her eye like she's looking at something anyway it's it's a really cool concept I think you've done a really great job and you know again I say this with a compliment to a lot of people I just want to see more of it which I think is really cool the Smoking Man and then the feathers from from the pillow coming out over here really nicely done and very interesting and I will link up to Michael and everybody else in the show description below and if you have any questions drop them in the comments I will catch you guys in the next video Until then later\n"