| WEDDING INVITATION To show off the playful side of these newlyweds the bride (the little girl in pink, of course) was photo-collaged to appear as if she's holding the hand of her husband (see the young fisherman). The original picture was of Jessica walking across a stage in the opposite direction , holding her father's hand! The gummi fish at the end of the swordfish's snout highlights their love of candy; the Wrigley Field scoreboard (they are big Cubs fans) is repurposed to look suddenly nautical; and their two living dogs (plus the groom's dearly departed dog) are all reunited on the dock. |
KEEPSAKE How do you say thank you to Best Friends who love your children as if they were their own? The Lowenthals chose to remember this terrific vacation with a photo-collage that pulls Steve and Lisa out of separate swimming scenes to make them look like they were enjoying a good Montana salt bath. The peg game in the sky is made to look like it was shot straight up by the steam. Even the dogs are inserted into this bizarrely arid scene -although in reality they were photographed indoors. |
| | HEALING DREAMSCAPE Ten minutes was all it took for Therese's biological daughter, adopted by a family for nearly 30 years, to find her mother on the Internet. To celebrate, Therese commissioned a dreamscape that acknowledged the special mother and daughter connections -from their hairstyles to their Polish/Celtic roots. "Like twins," Therese wrote, "they look down upon a heart that's split and yet is one, and are in turn watched by the hope found in the future." A throwaway photo of Therese pushing something on a table became the unforgettable image of a mother blessing herself and her daughter at roughly the same age. | HEALING DREAMSCAPE Simon was a Holocaust survivor; a secular man who read the Jerusalem Post religiously from cover to cover and had the strength to run the New York Marathon every year. What could be more fitting than the beautiful old etching of Mount Sinai selected as the backdrop for this commemorative photo-collage? The little girl cradled in his arms is his great-granddaughter - a beautiful impossibility - because Sydney was born after he passed away. | | Dreamscapes from $48
This is of course, all custom work, and Nancy will be happy to quote a price for you. The fewer photos involved, the lower the price. Sample prices are $48 for work with 2 photos, $128 with up to 4 photos, $288 for work with 8 photos, etc. Included in the price is photo research (to find the perfect backdrop or "minutiae" to make the collage really pop), minimal photo-restoration (for historical photos) and photo-retouching (such as creating a second shoe)
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Folks, this is NOT just photo manipulation. It's the stories and emotion that flow from Nancy's artwork that will amaze you. "Wishful reality." That's
what Nancy Gershman's photo-collages create from your photos. Nancy 's
custom photo composites are, in the words of journalist Judith Weinstein, "so
seamless, and yet seemly at the same time." Maybe it's a surreal
landscape where you at age 16, 31, 52 and 89 all appear to be playing together,
sharing your favorite toys. Or maybe it's a healing dreamscape where we
combine photos of favorite places, objects, animals and people in a completely
unexpected way. There's a ton of reasons to commission art by photo collage
artist Nancy Gershman: for
coming of age corporate roast or centennial big wedding anniversary or birthday sympathy gift or as a talking piece to put the family back together again
Nancy 's photocollages are not merely unique, personalized photo gifts. They are beautifully impossible works of art that look spectacular in a den or bedroom, in a dining room or even a lobby. They would be unbelievably meaningful for the family of someone in hospice or a residential home, or someone who's passed away. What kind of a memento are you wishing for? If it's art for your sake, Nancy Gershman is your collage artist.
| | HEALING DREAMSCAPE. A daughter wanted to reconcile the family after decades of abandonment - apparently by a father who had a serious case of Wanderlust and who converted to Buddhism shortly before his death. The painting drying on the clothesline represents the mother's creativity and practicality. Through it all, she was a source of strength, managing to bring up five children alone. The baby in the center is my client. | BIRTHDAY DREAMSCAPE Husband Mike was president of the Longhorn Marching Band in his senior year at school. So it was a delight when his daughter Amanda could join him years later in a University of Texas pep rally. "Their special relationship," said wife Cindy, "began ever since he read to her the first day we brought her home" The arrangement of the "little Mikes" at the top says everything about his love of life. | | | XMAS DREAMSCAPE "OK...you are psychic," said Polly about this present to her grandparents when she saw the croquet mallet in the parrot's paw (on the granddaughter's shoulder) and the ball in the grass. Turns out, Polly's dad built an indoor croquet course in their basement and played all of the time! His other favorite hobby is collecting old lead soldiers and WWII fighter planes. "The plane you added dropping the rose was a great idea!" said Polly, "They have a standing joke about the old tune "Roses Are Red, My Love." | VALENTINE'S DAY DREAMSCAPE A loving wife had a vision for a very special valentine - a black and white portrait that would include her kids, her honeymoon, the Magic Kingdom and her in-laws as newlyweds (although now deceased). Placed in the hills, out in the beyond, Grandma and Grandpa appear to watch over this sublime scene like angels. When she first saw it, daughter Maria said ten times, "Daddy is going to cry." "He's very manly, very sensitive", adds Desiree of her husband. "Unusual for an Irishman. That's why I wanted to make it for him. A picture that says this is where he came from and this is where he's now". | |
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