Entry Title: " Transformation:"
Name: Ivan forde, United States
Category: Non-Professional, Collage


Entry Description: This series of photographs titled 'transformation' is based on the mental process Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost puts readers through. The poem places readers against the unblemished background of the perfect world, thereby allowing them to see the distortions and flaws in comprehention they themselves bring to the story. I provide a more through description of the photographs below in the deeper perspective box. I created the images through minipulating the faces and cutting the eyes and ears a part in photoshop. so its a mixture of collage and minipulation through blending.

Guyanese born, I grew up on the demerara river. The youngest of 5, I lived in a very small village called timerhi. I did the usual things kids did: i swam with friends, played tennis, soccer and such. Pretty decent upbringing. My family moved to Harlem USA when I was ten. It was a shocking and complete change in culture, attitudes, and dialect. I became very shy and soft spoken. I made friends slowly and then slowly began to find my voice again within what was at the time, "this new strange place". I would fully discover my voice 5 years after living in harlem through photography in 9th grade. Since then i have grown through various artistic phases: from still lives, people, street photo, and now digital minipulation. where will i go next? maybe i'll pick up painting, who knows.