676th Show & Tell Competition: Unity of Opposites

[hughjones]

The last competition was about commonality between themes. This week's theme explores combining differences into a whole - mashup. A definition for mashup is: 1. (Pop Music) a piece of recorded or live music in which a producer or DJ blends together two or more tracks, often of contrasting genres. The idea here is to combine images that express differences into a unity of opposites.

The synthesis can express harmony, humor, surprise that arises only through the combination.

Can be a digital combination in a single image. Or two (or more) ideas presented in a single image. Maybe two ideas combined through the use of reflections. Or two or three images that work together to mesh the differences. An image projected onto a person. Can be subtle or overt. Can be based on color differences, structural differences, conceptual differences. Open to interpretation! Examples:

Avalokiteshvara


From many, one


Cleopatra


Vieux Paris


Tune In Turn On


It's full of stars


Touch


A Sinking Realization


Untitled


Submissions will be closed on Sunday the 23rd of July 2023 at 14:12:36 UTC

Posting Photos for a Contest
1. Photos must be hosted on pbase.com
2. Maximum of 3 photos per contest.
3. Photos must be embedded in your post. See the following link for how to do this http://forum.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?t=18022
4. Post only medium versions of your picture using the PB-Image button
5. The host is not eligible for their own contest.
6. Any picture you've taken is eligible, regardless of date taken and camera, as long as it hasn't already won another contest.
7. You can do all the post processing you want.

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7. Include these rules in the body of your contest.

Competition History available at https://forum.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=42757

[jarekm]

An interesting and challenging topic, I do not have collage-style images in my collections, however, I'd like to submit three photos taken at the Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague.

Some graves there have statutes that seem to be totally out of place, they are not mournful, they celebrate the person buried there in a joyful, lively way, in this sense, they unite the opposites, life and death.

[grompem]

[kzaret]

Following on Markus' historical mashup...
Among the stars, in a cave, while in a barn:

[luxun54]

[mclew]

Koi swimming among reflections of sky and trees.


Souvenir of Florence


Windows and mirrors

[amoxtli]

[allen_hart]