Basée dans l’Ohio, la photographe américaine Rachel Baran s’exerce notamment à l’autoportrait avec des images surréalistes, jouant avec ta
I love the surreal worlds of Rachel Baran, a self-taught, 20-year-old photographer who creates beautiful images—sometimes disturbing, sometimes erotic, always hypnotizing. This is Rachel in her own words, as she told me in an email:
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Aaaagh this has been sitting edited on my computer forever but I've kept forgetting to upload it for the past month. Better now than never :) I was going to title this something from 'Runaway' by Kanye, but thought it was a little unoriginal. So I started thinking about escape artists and escaping, and looked up 'escapement' because I wasn't actually sure if it was a word. Aaanyways I ended up really liking the definitions, even though they don't directly apply to the photo: es·cape·ment [i skáypmənt] (plural es·cape·ments) n 1. clock mechanism: in a clock or watch, a mechanism that permits motion in only one direction, allowing power from a spring or falling weight to turn gears connected to the hands 2. music piano mechanism: in a piano, a mechanism that allows the hammer to rebound from a string after striking it 3. typewriter mechanism: in a typewriter or printer, a mechanism that regulates the relative movement between the paper carrier and the typing or printing position on a line So. Yep. There you have it. Keep on movin. Weeeeee hopefully I'll be back soon! I hope your Thanksgivings are all wonderfully splendid if I don't upload before then :) Before & After instagram: racheldbaran tumbla tweetta
"No matter how bad everything else is, there's still October." -Rainbow Rowell I love fall so freaking much. There's more in comments because I do what I want. :) Oh jesus, explore #1? I should toss leaves around while frisbee golfers judge me more often. Y'all are cray. But thanks. <3 Before & after instagram: racheldbaran tumbla tweetta
Rachel Baran is an extraordinarily talented photographer who creates amazing surreal and conceptual portraits that thousands of people have fallen in love with. And she's only 20 years old. Some of her images are dark, introverted and full of suffering, while others encapsulate the young and artistic photographer's youth and joy. What's most important, however, is that all of them are creative and very well-done.
Flickr is nothing without you, our community. We want to make sure this community continues to thrive, grow, and inspire, so we've made some big changes.
Rachel Baran is an extraordinarily talented photographer who creates amazing surreal and conceptual portraits that thousands of people have fallen in love with. And she's only 20 years old. Some of her images are dark, introverted and full of suffering, while others encapsulate the young and artistic photographer's youth and joy. What's most important, however, is that all of them are creative and very well-done.
butterflies are such creativity block saviors :) exploooorrrred march 6, 2011
Maybs I'll title this later? But I think I'll just let you guys have your way with interpreting it (mostly because I'm super lazy and hot, but shh). I did a before and after for once though! Moved back to college today...I've cried about sixteen thousand times in the past two days (not that I don't do that usually) but everything's settled down; I got ice cream and ran through the fountains with friends; 's all good. Smooth transitions are definitely not my thing, lulz...I'm excited for the change of scenery, though. I think I needed it. Hope everyone's school year/regular year goes splendidly!! instagram!: racheldbaran tumbla twitta
'The things you own end up owning you...It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.' Aight so let me explain you some things because that probably needs done amiright. I guess in a nutshell joy to me equals freedom, from worries, addictions, meaningless things, of everything save the important parts of life that are actually worth tying yourself to you know. Honestly I wasn't sure I would make something for this because I was having such a hard time coming up with ideas, but I realized it's not something I tend to feel really obviously all the time, since instead of a thing it's like, an absence of things, does that make sense? Like for me I'm definitely happiest when it's just me and people I care about having a good time or helping other people have a good time and that's all. No fanciness, no regrets, no useless worrying about things that might not even happen, no caring about who or what anybody else thinks you should be or judging other people for who they are or what they're doing or any of that bull. Joy for me is just letting go and being present and being thankful for just being, you feel. So right, the whole fire bit was just inspired by the scene in Fight Club where Tyler's loft gets blown up and all his shit's on fire. So it like symbolizes getting rid of things and whatever and all that. Metaphors man. Although one of my dream jobs is being one of those stunt extras in movies that get to wear those fire suits and get paid to just run around on fire all day so maybe it represents like, dream fulfillment or whatever now I'm just bullshitting you, so sorry. Not about the fire job, though, that shit's for real. Anyhow, have a mad joyful weekend and I'll cuagainsoon <3 Prints Facebook Instagram Tumbla Tweetta
light's out. november 25, 2010 p.s.: i already said this on the other photo i uploaded this morning, but more people will probably view this one so i'm going to make you listen to it again. happy thanksgiving!!! i am so so thankful for all of you here that support me in any way. i love you all, and hope you have a delicious day :)
Ohmgsh the bugs last night JFKLAJFA. Little shits. Little secret: I SUCK at golden hours. Like, I hardly ever get the chance to shoot during them, so I still don't really understand how to get my settings right ughhhh. Or by the time I do get them somewhere in the vicinity of where they should be the sun's already set and I have to expand and pack it up before I can't see. I WILL get the hang of it, if it kills me. Which I don't know, it might, golden hours are dangerous things I've heard. You don't want to see them angry. I'm actually really, really happy with this though. There were a few other more 'impressive' hur flips I guess, but I don't know. You know when there's that one photo that you're like, if I edit this it's either going to turn out fantastic or fantastically shitty? Those are my favorites, because they're like surprises. And they're so satisfying when they turn out okay, because you had faith in them. I just really love editing fjkafjfdkla;jk. jdfklajfkaj. dkla;jfkdjfk and I love you guys, of course. Happy Sunday :) Facebook page Instagram Tumbla Tweetta
“I felt something loosen in me, that shouldn't have loosened. A stitch come undone...I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it.” -Gillian Flynn, 'Dark Places' 6/52 I went through a pretty major G.Flynn craze last year; I probably wouldn't call her books my all-time favorites by any stretch, but she uses words in a pretty great way and they suck you in and make you wonder about things which is all I can ask of mah reads. Aanyways, I can't remember exactly what inspired this, although I know I wanted to wait to do it until all the leaves had fallen and everything was all desaturated and such, and also the sharpies I normally draw with are at school so all I had was this half-dried out calligraphy pen, but mehh. I'm impatient :) Though I tend to think a lot about the meanness in myself, and the meanness in pretty much everybody; the ugly things in our heads that shouldn't be there but are and always will be because we're human and we're supposed to feel all the bad as well as the good because otherwise we wouldn't appreciate the good as much. NOnono, I remember--I was thinking one day about all the good that I want to project and give to other people when I have all these dark places, so I was just imagining one day the contrast between the lightness that we tend to give off when inside we're still so dark and broken...ughhhhhhh does that make sense? I feel like I ask that too much; if it doesn't then I guess just like, I'm sorry but also thanks for reading anyways, yo! Also life update I got another tat, of a bee, on my arm, and it's kind of huge and I dig it because reasons and also because it's a little obnoxious and strange and dark and intricate or whatever sort of like mahself. And also I named him Ludwig van Beethoven because get it. And also I might have a photo of it up soon but it'll probably just be on tumblr because other reasons. MehANYways, you guys rock and love you and have a super kickbutt weekend <3 Facebook Instagram Tumbla Tweetta
These beautiful photographs of a solitary female in an imaginative world are the work of the exceptionally talented Rachel Baran. Each photograph is
Rachel Baran est une jeune photographe talentueuse de 20 ans résidant dans l’Ohio. Ses clichés, surtout des autoportraits (mais elle promet de ne pas être narcissique pour autant), reflètent une candeur à la fois inquiétante et onirique. Vous pouvez la suivre sur sa page facebook où elle partage, entre autre, ses secrets de post prod (foutrement créatifs et techniques). Images © Rachel Baran
Rachel Baran takes a lot of selfies. And while other girls her age are also taking a copious amount of...
Flickr is nothing without you, our community. We want to make sure this community continues to thrive, grow, and inspire, so we've made some big changes.
Rachel Baran takes a lot of selfies. And while other girls her age are also taking a copious amount of...
I love the surreal worlds of Rachel Baran, a self-taught, 20-year-old photographer who creates beautiful images—sometimes disturbing, sometimes erotic, always hypnotizing. This is Rachel in her own words, as she told me in an email:
I've been listening to this pretty much nonstop for the past 27 hours, thought I should share the beauty. Seriously, go. I don't think I've like one of my photos this much in a looong time, and I don't think I've ever spent this much time editing a photo. Ever. I mean like, tones and shit. Usually I just slap everything on and see what happens, but I just wanted everything to be perfect this time because this feels like my baby...if that makes any sense? Come to think of it, It's probably because I almost caused a major motor vehicle accident when I saw them birds. DON'T SHOOT AND DRIVE KIDS, OR YOU WILL GET PREGNANT, AND DIE. Or just die. Hope everyone's day/week/year/life/everything is swell! Internet bear hugs to all. instagram: racheldbaran tumbla tweetta
A young photographer named Rachel Baran is taking surrealist pictures to a new level. Mostly self portraits in strange settings, her manipulation in photoshop allows fantastical things to happen....
You're waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you don't know for sure. But it doesn't matter. How can it not matter to you where that train will take you? Eugh, for some reason that quote from this scene has been circling around my brain for the last few days, in Marion Cotillard's creepy insane voice. I think my head's just telling me to watch Inception again :p instagram: racheldbaran tumbla twitta
