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Victor

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About Me

I call myself a Photographic artist as the images I create may be anything from straight photographs to completely over the top digital transformations. I am striving to create an impact, on whatever level that may be. I see beauty in both light and dark, in the mundane and the extraordinary, in the subtle and the blatant. Although I like the images I produce , they are never enough, there is always a way forward, a way to push back frontiers and somewhere to find something that reaches beyond the visual and the superficial. (This profile has been reported to the Pretentiousness Police)I'm described by people that know me as deep, creative, and with a mad sense of humour. I have spent most of my life searching for an answer, but somewhere along the way I forgot the question. I'm one of those odd people that are caught between a fascination for the analytical/technical and the creative/spiritual. I have a burning passion to create through music, images and writing. I also refuse to grow up, theres too much serious crap in the world, and too many people that have lost the child within and the fascination for everything out there.More pics on my website (which needs a mega-update) http://victorkurzweil.comMySpace Graphics MySpace Layouts MySpace Backgrounds MySpace Codes Glitter Graphic

My Interests

Music listening, playing guitar & keyboards, composing. Photographic art. Digital art, PC games. Writing a novel. Religion/Spirituality/Philosophy - everything from Buddhism to Vedanta to Crowley....theres an answer there somewhere. Travel. SF/Fantasy, Literature, History, Travelwriting, Astronomy/Space Travel, Mythology, Marvel Comics

I'd like to meet:

I'm looking for models that want to 'create', and want to be part of themes that fall into fantasy, sci-fi, horror, gothic, light/dark, eroticism, mythology.I'm also looking for outlets to publish images, be that other websites, magazines, books, CD covers etc.Bands looking for cover or promo artwork feel free to get in touch.I havent achieved what I'm aiming for in terms of images, what I've done so far isnt enough, there are barriers to be broken and frontiers to be pushed back...if you want to be part of that get in touch.
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Music:

I have had a passion for music since I was a little boy...I first heard Led Zeppelin when I was 11 and that changed everything. I was brought up on music in a time when there were no creative barriers and every type of music was valid and not compartmentalised. Creativity, virtuosity, and pushing back the frontiers was and is what music should be about... I still listen to that era when Gods walked amongst men. I always refuted the criticisms of the excess, pretentions & self-indulgence aimed at the musicians of that time...if you restrain an art by putting it in a box of conformity it ceases to be an art. Led Zeppelin, ELP, Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Frank Zappa, Santana, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Diamanda Galas, Supertramp, John McLaughlin, Shakti, PFM, It bites, Opeth, amongst others...and all their offshoots, and solo ventures. Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Holst, Orff, Gorecki, John Williams, Gershwin

Movies:

Lord of the Rings, 2001 Space Odyssey, Close Encounters, Blade Runner, Aliens, The Abyss, Donnie Darko, Deer Hunter, Out of Africa, Jacobs Ladder, Fifth Element, Dune, Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix series, Dracula, Interview with Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Braveheart, Apocalypse Now, The Killing Fields, X-Men, Ghost in the Shell, Final Fantasy, Sunshine

Television:

its all crap! except Save the cheerleader!

Books:

Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Dune trilogy(Frank Herbert), Gormenghast trilogy(Mervyn Peake), Eon & Eternity and anything else by Greg Bear, Magician & Riftwar and anything else by Raymond Feist, Thomas Covenant chronicles (Stephen Donaldson), I am Legend (Richard Matheson), Witching Hour & the vampire books of Anne Rice, The SF books of Kim Stanley Robinson, The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje), The Stand (Stephen King), Norwegian Wood & others books by Haruki Murakami, 2001 A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke). Foucaults Pendulum (Umberto Eco) Mountaineering books of Joe Simpson, Jon Krakauer. Military history books of - Stephen Ambrose. Buddhism books of - Robert Thurman, Lama Surya Das. Vedanta & Hunduism books of - Swami Vivekananda, Paramhansa Yogananda, J. Krishnamurti. Occult works of - Aleister Crowley & Israel Regardie & Colin Wilson. Marvel Comics...Thor, Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, X-Men

Heroes:

Heroes isnt a good word, there are lots of people that I admire for their talents such as the musicians and writers listed above, and people that I find fascinating due to their life and works ranging from Buddha to Jimmy Page to Tolkien to Aleister Crowley.

My Blog

Photo Plans - the year so far, the next 6 months

Just after Xmas last year I posted a blog about my photo plans for 2008, well half of 2008 is almost gone, and its been busy. I'd talked about doing a Lara Croft/Tomb Raider shoot with it being more t...
Posted by Victor on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:59:00 PST

Photo Plans/Ideas for 2008

2007 was quite a year as what I can achieve now is far ahead of anything I was able to achieve at this time last year. I could go on and on about what was the best what was the worst, who I met, who d...
Posted by Victor on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:26:00 PST

A Family story

My Dad was born in 1920 in the town of ..:Stanislawow in Eastern Poland (its now part of Russia), he was one of 8 children, he was third youngest with 3 brothers and four sisters it always seems there...
Posted by Victor on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:10:00 PST