Carousels transforming into enormous pinkish jellyfish (Carousellyfish) or that give rise to volcanic eruptions (Eruption of Joy – see cover).
The moon becoming an air balloon (Moon Balloon), a cuddled embryo (Moonchild) or torch (Moonlight). An elephant’s palm-shaped trunk (Palm-Treelephant).
A dress which flows into a waterfall (Waterfall Dress). Planet Earth blending into a beach (Edge of the Earth).
Science fiction? No, pure fantasy. It’s hard to put the brakes on creative inspiration when it comes to Justin Peters. German digital artist and photographer who dissolves the fine line between reality and imaginary in favour of the creation of perfectly realistic images.
Pablo Picasso’s renowned quote “Everything you can imagine is real” becomes the starting point for Justin’s artistic and stylistic research, where unique and rare photos mix to digital manipulations with Photoshop to reach new visual paradigms.
Inspired to the technique of collage art, unexpected elements spacing between science, landscapes and nature harmoniously meet with surrealism.
The laws of logic are shattered by the dichotomy contained within the dualism of possible-impossible, leaving space to the perception of new and vital concepts, revisited by the imagination and yet further: everything is possible if we open our minds.
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WHY
why and how did you end up in your career path?
Because of my family I was always surrounded by design, photography and art – I had an interest in it too. During my first education – which wasn’t the right thing for me – I started to experiment with and to learn photography and editing in Photoshop. I started to share my photography first and a bit later my very first photo manipulations on social media. After trying different platforms, I decided to use Instagram as my main page. I challenged myself to upload a new work regularly every 1-2 days, in this way I was able to learn as much as I could in a short time and received good feedback so I was motivated to continue. A few months later I got the first inquiries from companies and for the first time I saw that there was potential. Since then I got many opportunities to work for well-known brands and companies, I broke up my education and now study graphic design.
WHO
how would you describe yourself in a few words?
I would describe myself as a modest and quiet person. I think a lot and focus myself on what is important for me or on things I want achieve.
WHAT
what is your source of inspiration?
Inspiration is everywhere, so I try to get it from where I can. Nature itself is a huge inspiration for me, also music and surreal painters like Dalì – they inspired me a lot in seeing and doing things differently.
WHERE
where do you go to when you need a break?
I take a walk outside or just listen to music.
WHEN
when and what will your next steps be?
Continue to work on new personal works; I have so many planned concepts to create this year! I’ve also planned a few other things but we’ll see what else this year brings.
**WILDCARD
is there a composition you keep imagining but haven’t created yet due to its complexity?
Not because of it’s complexity, but there are many compositions I have in mind that I haven’t created yet.