06 October 2008

Flickr motifs/cliches




i hope to collect here
various motifs
that recur in flickr pix

one purpose
is to formalise a tagset

another
to stimulate creativity




fog-steam-smoke

outoffocus-bokeh

jumping-midair

backlit-silhouette

litfrombelow

thrufence-thruscreen-thruveil-thrucloth

thruhole

inmirror

armslengthselfportrait

overhead-groundlevel-shootingup

offcenter-tophalf-bottomhalf

tilted

lyingdown

squatting

underwater-wet

intree

detritus

makeaface-fakesmile-showtongue

strikeapose

handgesture-thefinger-peacesign

shakinghead-wildhair-hairinface-veronicalake

eyecloseup

mask

paintedskin-writingonskin

props: cigarette




kooky cliches

colored wigs/hair

eyemakeup

striped kneesocks [20,000]

asymmetrical (face)




color cliches

sunset

flowers

feathers





shock cliches

nudity

weapons

suicidal

symbols: satanic-nazi-death

blood-wounds-deadanimals

bodyslime





from website photo cliches:

StatueGroping
SeeNoEvil
LynndieEngland
ImKingOfTheWorld
JawsAtUniversal
SnortingCocaCola
FalsePhallus
KarateKidPose

also: perspectivegiant






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