It's a Beautiful Day
Self portrait. It's not as manipulated as it looks. Mostly a lot of dodge & burn. The background is my garage...this is what it looks like when you're spinning in an office chair because you're too lazy to get off your ass and find a proper background. This photo is probably the result of growing up during the Cold War, an overactive imagination, and too many post apocalyptic movies...Road Warrior was always one of my favorites.
36 responses
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Eric G said (20 Sep 2007):
Beautiful background, and inventive technique. When I saw the theme, I immediately though goggles. Well done.
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Joe Graziano said (28 Sep 2007):
Thanks :) I would have responded sooner, but I didn't even know I had a comment here.
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Tonio Lombardi said (1 Nov 2007):
amazing! i love the background idea :)
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Joe Graziano said (11 Nov 2007):
Thanks :) The background was inspired by the fact that I get off work at 3am and really have nowhere to go at that time of night to do this.
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Ronnie Ginnever gave props (17 Nov 2007):
Cool image!
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Mark Vancleave gave props (26 Jan 2008):
scary!
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Mandolin Davis gave props (27 Mar 2008):
this is fascinating!
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Donna Tine said (7 Apr 2008):
great idea for an image, and they say necessity is the spark of invention (or something like that!) - this background is 100x better than anything else you could have put yourself in front of. Great execution - I'm thoroughly impressed and jealous as I never would have thought to do something like this!
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Joe Graziano said (9 Apr 2008):
Ha! Thanks :) This is still one of my favorite self portraits....I hate self portraits, which is why I'm almost always wearing a mask in them.
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Debra Livingston said (29 Jun 2008):
scary though..
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Hannah Hess gave props (17 Aug 2008):
This is just plain awesome. No words could describe its awesomeness properly.
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s trott gave props (20 Nov 2008):
i am freaked out and i love it!
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Paul Nickerson said (18 Apr 2009):
awsome. i have almost the same pic, i did mine in bw, amazing what backgrounds you can get with spinning around.
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Lynda Jeffers gave props (21 Apr 2009):
very clever
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Joe Schaf gave props (5 Jun 2009):
Fantastic Shot Joe! Gets My "Yeah!" Vote!
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Romain Chassagne said (5 Jun 2009):
nice shot, my vote
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Gabriel Bonino said (5 Jun 2009):
Wow... I'm in love with this picture, EXCELLENT
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Gabriel Bonino said (5 Jun 2009):
... a mask like the Slipknot's DJ
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Frederic Charpentier gave props (6 Jun 2009):
Wow. Well done. Impressif shot !!! Got my vote too !
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Reggie Mateo said (10 Jun 2009):
Got my vote!
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sebastien querec said (12 Jun 2009):
you got my vote . A post nuclear future vision.
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Jordan Whyte gave props (13 Jun 2009):
This is amazing work... scary as hell and yet makes us all think of the type of world we wish to live in. Excellent work.
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Jay Getsinger gave props (24 Jun 2009):
Cool shot!
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Gary Rittermeyer gave props (25 Jun 2009):
cool shot
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Leonardo Regnier gave props (26 Jun 2009):
Great picture and title, voted!!
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Sandy Tyler gave props (26 Jun 2009):
Wonderfully creative image!!
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Kimm gave props (28 Jun 2009):
awesome! voted
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Gilda Seisanu gave props (6 Jul 2009):
AWESOME, with capitals ! V+
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mirko bianco said (11 Aug 2009):
great picture... at first sight it reminded me of some tom waits' shot seen somewhere...
I'm still laughting thinkin' of how you found the background... I'm a lazy italian and this would be a smart way to keep my ass on the chair!
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Giles said (31 Aug 2009):
beefy
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Joe Graziano said (3 Sep 2009):
Thank you everyone for the comments, the favorites, and the votes. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping this one gets in the magazine. This photo has probably got more attention than anything else I've posted publicly. I hope they do more themes like World of Tomorrow. This was by far my favorite theme on JPG. I kind of hate to see it close.
Cheers!
Joe G :) -
Sophia Germer gave props (8 Sep 2009):
gas masks are always fun to shoot! Love this one! Out of the ordinary!
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Julien Maury gave props (9 Sep 2009):
really good.!!
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Delores Harshaw gave props (9 Sep 2009):
this is so fantastic. def got my vote!
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Kevin Kreighbaum gave props (9 Sep 2009):
H1N1, SARS, etc. Hopefully not the world of tomorrow, but it feels like it.
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Joe Graziano said (9 Sep 2009):
HA! Yeah. Funny how it's changed from wondering when the bombs would fall to hoping you don't catch some horrific strain of the flu from the guy next to you on the bus.
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