Nadia MariaThe ethereal portraits of Brazilian photographer Nadia Maria evokes the mysterious borderland between waking and dreams. Citing the hypnagogic visions glimpsed in the moments before sleep as the primary source of her creativity, Maria shows solitary figures (usually women) enmeshed in constellations of stars or seemingly about to undergo a transformation to an entirely different order of being. These photographs confront us with the beautifully bizarre revelations that we each experience nightly when we close our eyes and that we seek to dismiss every morning; though no light is strong enough to totally dispel that blissful darkness that is the source of all true inspiration.
Oh, I like these. My favorite is the one with what looks like tree roots or lightning on her back and the last one, where it looks like she’s emerging from smoke. Beautiful work.
They are great photographs. I am trying to mix in newer art and artists with the Surrealists, though they have to meet the standard of what Cake likes.
These are beautiful. An artist I’ve seen before, can you believe it? The half sleep, half awake state is as often disturbing as it is blissful. You managed a pretty great post, Cake.
Thank you, it was an effort. Of course I can believe it, outside of Surrealism I am not well informed at all so this was a recent find for me. Definitely has a Surrealist touch about her.
Good morning. I am not the least surprised these caught your attention. In some of her photos – they may be older ones, the images dissolve into ‘smoke’ -you may have come across them in your search. Anyway, really beautiful. Hope you’re improving.
I didn’t see many like that but I had already enough captivating images so I probably didn’t get to those, but I can always do another post. I am still so so but hopefully on the mend.
I like photography a lot, and it was probably the Surrealist medium par excellence. It’s impact on painting is limited, literature wise mainly on French and while movies incorporated surrealistic effects it was quickly subsumed into the vast repertoire of available techniques, but its impact on photography has been immense, hence the amount of photography on the site.
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Oh, I like these. My favorite is the one with what looks like tree roots or lightning on her back and the last one, where it looks like she’s emerging from smoke. Beautiful work.
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They are great photographs. I am trying to mix in newer art and artists with the Surrealists, though they have to meet the standard of what Cake likes.
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Yes, you must keep up your standards. 😊
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Always I hope
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Of course, you always do.
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Why thank you Vic I always like compliments
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These are beautiful. An artist I’ve seen before, can you believe it? The half sleep, half awake state is as often disturbing as it is blissful. You managed a pretty great post, Cake.
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Thank you, it was an effort. Of course I can believe it, outside of Surrealism I am not well informed at all so this was a recent find for me. Definitely has a Surrealist touch about her.
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Good morning. I am not the least surprised these caught your attention. In some of her photos – they may be older ones, the images dissolve into ‘smoke’ -you may have come across them in your search. Anyway, really beautiful. Hope you’re improving.
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I didn’t see many like that but I had already enough captivating images so I probably didn’t get to those, but I can always do another post. I am still so so but hopefully on the mend.
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I’m glad you are getting better. 🙂
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Hopefully
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I really hope you being overly dramatic. I am worried.
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Don’t be worried
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Stunning.
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Thanks Em, they are wonderful.
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Yes. Do you have the year these were taken?
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Very recently… within the last five years
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Thanks. Wonderful work… Have a good evening, C.
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Hopefully I still have a good eye for these things
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Always fascinating to see what you deliver here. 🙂
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Thanks Em, I have been under the weather and very unproductive. I will visit later.
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No worries! I know you will when you can. I’m sorry to hear you’re not well and I hope you recover soon! Is the flu going around over there?
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No it was another compliant and the medicine was rather harsh, but I think I am almost better.
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Glad to hear. Take good care.
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Thanks
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These are stunning! Very beautiful,
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Thanks Christine, they are very dreamy and quite beautiful.
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Yes, I have never seen them before. Really unusual, very talented artist!
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I always aim to show works that may be unjustly neglected
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Your work is always SL fascinating. Thanks for sharing and very eager to hear what you think of eaten an Eskimo. Rogers going to help with the editing
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No problem I promise to be over shortly probably this evening.
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Love these!
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Thank you very much. I love them as well.
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Very pretty!
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They are, thanks for commenting.
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Thank you introducing this art to me it is dark, beautiful and shows the better side of something that can be terrifying.
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Thank you I do try
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Great photos: I love the starry sky ones. The long journey between sleeping and waking. A very fertile time indeed.
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The most fertile in my opinion, but you already knew that.
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They really are great. So much visual material that I haven’t seen before. I never went much into photography.
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I like photography a lot, and it was probably the Surrealist medium par excellence. It’s impact on painting is limited, literature wise mainly on French and while movies incorporated surrealistic effects it was quickly subsumed into the vast repertoire of available techniques, but its impact on photography has been immense, hence the amount of photography on the site.
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These are gorgeous!
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They are wonderful…an excellent photographer
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Great images, 061 and 71 in particular, matter and consciousness.
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Thank you, she is an excellent artist and the images are stunning. Matter and consciousness indeed.
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