The past month I've been following closely the photomanipulation submissions in DA and I have a few observations to share:
a. Inspiration and skill are not balanced: I see I lot of technically superb works that are reiterations of a certain theme that I would call "Emotional in a Fantasy World". These kind of works usually depict a female figure in a semi-real, surreal or completely unreal environment, doing usually a kind of gesture with 'significance': looking own reflection in a pond or mirror, playing a violin, dancing, turning back etc.
b. As a consequence of a. there is not much of story telling: yes, you can wonder how did she (or h