Photography & Dreamscape Collections

The Artist's Lens

I've had an interest in photography since I was a young child. I took photography classes when I was younger but didn't gravitate toward a camera until the last fifteen years. Once I became more familiar with my Nikon D3100 DSLR, I challenged my artistic eye in many ways, trying to capture life, light, and darkness in their most unique aspects. 
 
My photography is the source of much of my digital art. It also serves as inspirational content for my written works (eg. having an authentic picture of a scene or character or storm or etc. helps me write a description of it), as well as serving as the visual content for some of my paintings.
 
As my artistic eye evolves, so does my photographic ability - and the ability to create dreamscapes from the visions I capture.
 
Please enjoy these Collections, and if you see a shot that you'd a copy of, contact me and I'll add it to my DeviantArt profile so you can print it. As I have tens of thousands of photos, most of my pieces are not presently set up in my digital portfolio. But I'm happy to set it up for you.

Photography & Dreamscape Collections

A photography collection is a grouping of my photos around a specific event, experience or theme; dreamscapes are tweaked and tripped out versions of specific photo collections. For example, my Hawaii photo shoot from 2000 was adapted as a dreamscape; the original photos are not available in this collection (though I have them in my database).

My goal with these collections is to tell a visual story over 40-50 pictures, to capture the essence of an experience and express its synthesis. In most collections, I captured hundreds of photographs and determined a specific set of the best to carry forward into a collection.

Photographs in the collections below are shot with my Nikon D3100 DSLR or Samsung Android and edited with Adobe Photoshop or Photo Studio Pro, unless otherwise specified. All photos were taken and edited by Artemis Sere.

Thank you for taking the time to explore the Photography & Dreamscape Collections of Artemis Sere.
 
Yours truly,
 

Artemis Sere

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2020

SUMMER 2020

Shots from my search for Zen during Summer 2020.

Echoprism

Shots from the development and publishing of my Gallery Book, Echoprism.

2019

FOG OF LIFE

Photo collection from my 2019 road trip to California.

FOG OF DEATH

Photo collection following the passing of my Father in January 2019.

DAD'S PASSING

Shots from my Father's funeral in February 2019.

Alexandria

The Project that ordered my Art.
Shots from the evolution of my Gallery.

FOG OF LIFE
(XeNOBLEED DREAMSCAPE)

Wild, vibrant remixes of my
"Fog of Life" photo collection.

FOG OF DEATH
(INVERTED DREAMSCAPE)

Behold the shadow
of the fog of death.

2018

wraithskeep

Shots of my home design, home decor,
garden and gardening.

XEnobleed

Images from my "Xenobleed" Gallery Show at Lake Elmo Coffee, MN.

willow river

Wanderlust when I needed it most.
Serenity for the lost.

deadly pour

I make art with toxic chemicals.
And I'm not talking acrylic.

2017

Bloody HEll

First Gallery Show of my career at
the Amsterdam Bar in St. Paul.

homewrecker

Photography and design for
Black Flood Diesel's EP.

sydney

Australia. One of my favorite
places in the world.

netherwhere

Shots from my Gallery Show
at the Pourhouse in Minneapolis.

2016

THe Wilds

Nature. Nature. Nature.
Can't get enough.

BATTLE CREEK

Celebrating the nature of one of 
my favorite artwalk locations.

jinx

I love my little black ball of murder. Beware, he'll put a spell on you.

ARTWORX2016

Shots of my painting process during
the year 2016. 

2015

Como zoo

Not a fan of caged animals,
but they take great pictures.

ARBORETUM

Images from the University of
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

serefire

My return to candlemaking,
branded and beautiful.

artworx2015

Shots of my painting process during
the year 2015.

2014

DULUTH

Shots of Minnesota's beautiful
city by the bay. 

ARTWORX2014

Shots of my painting process during
the year 2014.

2013

COLD waves

A return to Chicago, IL for
Cold Waves Music Festival.

LAG

Photo shoot of my friend's band,
no longer together.

XEnomorphine

Shots of the publishing
of my second book.

ARTWORX2013

Shots of my painting process during
the year 2013.

2012

science of ice

Exploration of winter in MN.
Expect frostbite.

SPRING FORWARD

Spring is a time of reflection,
and nomadness.

SHORES of BLiss

Locations include the city of Miami, Miami Beach, and the Florida Keys.

ULTRASTATE

Ultra Music Festival, March 21-27, 2012. Bayfront Park in Miami, FL.

2011

INTO THE THAW

Celebrating the dying of Winter,
and the coming of Spring.

CAST AWAY

Franconia Sculpture Garden
and other nomadic places in MN, USA.

SIN CITY

Through the eyes of Artemis.
And his trusty Nikon.

HARMONY FALLS

Nomadic shots of MN.
Spellunkery abound.

Obscurious

Shots of the publishing
of my first book.

ginnie's exit

Virginia (Hallberg) Dent was
a loving, caring Grandmother.

before the vows

Pre-wedding shots of a betrothed couple,
now divorced.

AN affair to forget

Wedding shots of my friends,
now divorced.

2010

WATEROUS

An abandoned warehouse
in the Twin Cities.

ASTOR PLACE

A haunting development
in Green Bay, WI.

ON THE TWO

Mourning the passing of love.
And life.

SNOWFIRE

Snowy collection from X-mas Day
in Sparta, WI.

IDYLL

Lost on the rustic backroads
of Sparta, WI.

UNSTILL LIFE

Nomadic shots of WI & MN
during Autumn.

The fall

Celebrating the vibrant
colors and fires of Autumn.

lightdirge

Rage against the dying of the light.
And the coming of winter.

2009

Paradise lost
(DREAMSCAPE)

For the love of Hawaii.
And all that we leave behind.

CITY OF WINDS

Random shots of Chicago, IL, 
a city with much history.

nokomis

Colorful love of one of my
favorite local lakes.

twilight of
the Gods
(DREAMSCAPE)

Where machines go to die.

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