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  • Current Residence: Western NY
  • Interests: Photography, Nine Inch Nails, decay.
  • Favourite movie: The Crow, Natural Born Killers, Saw II
  • Favourite band or musician: Nine Inch Nails
  • Favourite genre of music: industrial, hard rock, metal, techno
  • Favourite artist: Jhonen Vasquez
  • Favourite photographer: Rob Sheridan, fragilemidnight, me
  • Operating System: Win XP
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod nano
  • Wallpaper of choice: mine
  • Favourite game: Soul Calibur III
  • Favourite gaming platform: PS2, Sega Genesis
  • Favourite cartoon character: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
  • Tools of the Trade: Cannon Rebel TXI and my eyes
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My best inspiration...

Mon Mar 10, 2008, 10:52 AM
My best inspiration has always been music (especially Nine Inch Nails).
To my, and everyone's surprise, Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) released a 36-track instrumental album called Ghosts I-IV (and yay, there will be more volumes to come).
"This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams."~TR
Now, normal NIN albums inspire me enough, but an album that from the start was visual...


So, as soon as I heard the album all the way through, I started taking pictures around my house that very night.
I made a folder in my gallery for these shots. I will be taking many, many more, and hope to have a shot for each track ("1 Ghosts I" - "36 Ghosts IV").
The folder can be found here: [link]


If you want to hear what's inspiring these photos, visit [link] and click listen for a streaming sample, download the first 9 tracks for free, or order/download the full album. Or, you can go to ainr.com and go to music to listen to even more tracks.

EDIT:
I was asked why the images are named "inspired by (name of track)".
This is a bit more explanation about the project.
I listened to the whole album all the way through a few times. For some songs I could see specific ideas (one that apparently Rob also picked up on, flowing water for 23 and 24). For others, I could see waves of color (warm colors like red, yellow, orange for some; cool colors like blur, purple, gray for others) but no definite shape or idea/object/theme, just colors. Starting from there, I took my camera for a walk while listening to Ghosts. Each song inspired a different photo. Some songs inspired a few shots, and some photos seemed to fit with multiple songs. After the sun went down, I headed in after day one, cropped (no photomanipulation) the images, and listened to one song on repeat at a time while I went back through the finished images I took from that day, making sure each song and picture matched up. Then, I titled them, according to which song inspired them.


EDIT2: Seems I'm not the only one inspired by Ghosts. Make sure to check out drawings inspired by Ghosts I-IV here: [link]

  • Listening to: Ghosts I-IV

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:iconwestwolf270:
love the your icon... i'm a big nin fan!

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:iconbird-of-light:
Thank you for the fave!

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My galleries;
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I appreciate every comment and +fav, even if I don't reply to them. University is eating my head :ohnoes:
:iconm0rt:
thanks a lot for supporting me!!
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please check out my gallery and prints.
:icontenma-mouko:
Good photography should always be supported!

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:iconartcreep87:
Thanks for faving The neonites it is greatly appreciated =)

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:iconamoretti-amaranthine:
Featured! [link] :)

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:iconlipstickkisses:
Thanks for the fave!

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:iconlenny2412:
amazing gallery :)

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visit my gallery :w00t: [link]
:icontenma-mouko:
Thanks :D

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:iconkemalan:
thank's for fav...

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:icontenma-mouko:
It's a wonderful photograph, I had to fav it.

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:iconhezi:
Thanks darling for the
:+fav:!! It was sooo awesome to get to finally meet you!!! Wooo... I have to say last weekend was possibly the best shows I've ever seen. :)

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:iconkommanderkat:
what an excellent gallery you have! great eye for shots, keep it up!

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:icontenma-mouko:
Thanks! :D

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:iconbrokk66:
Great job with the "inspired by Ghosts" pics. Will you be inspired by "The Slip" as well?

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:icontenma-mouko:
Not as much, lol. Ghosts was a very visual album. As is made obvious by the track art, The Slip is not a very visual album.
I will be taking a few photos for dysd.ca to use for a The Slip shirt though.

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:iconbrokk66:
thanks for the link to dysd. i'll be buying from there when more stuff comes out!

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Brokk@nin.com [link]
:icontenma-mouko:
no, thank YOU. I know Broken will be out soon, as the images has been sent to the printers.

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:icontinylittlefracture:
Hey, I found you at ETS. Awesome shit you got here, I'm gonna watch you.
:iconbrewhizz:
Love the work as I stated on ETS. Keep it up!

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:icontenma-mouko:
Thanks! I'm so glad other NIN fans are enjoying my work so much. Only someone who has heard the songs can FULLY appreciate the corresponding photos.

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:iconbuffnstuff:
hey! which ghosts package did you get? i ended up getting the $75 because i'm too poor for $300. though i wish i could have had that one. amazing album though. also has been inspiring me to photoshop
:icontenma-mouko:
I had to get the $10 because I don't have a blu-ray player, the multitracks will be online hours after people get the packages, and I'd rather spend money on getting my own Ghosts pics as a book than Rob's. Also, I'll probably get the 4-LP set that's being sold separately in stores.

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my inspiration: [link]
my site: [link]
PRINTS AVAILABLE FOR ALL PHOTOGRAPHS, visit site for details
:iconspike-o:
gotta love the icon :)

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