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Wonder why the boy isn't looking out at the horse.

If he didn't look so bored and had been facing the view, with fingers curled along the bottom edge of the window sill, the photo would have been dramatic.

Or perhaps the photo says something about the toll long car trips take on little boys.

love this picture

I think it's saying something about the boy feeling trapped, in contrast with the wildness of the horse. The boy's shirtless, and a little dirty, he's like a wild animal in a cage in that car.

The view has to be photoshopped into the window. The coloring doesn't look right for it to be authentic.

Nor does the distance from the car to the beginning of the scene. There is no space allowed for the highway, ditch and fence line.

The two photos together make a commentary.... but it didn't happen that way.

I also think if the horse were startled by the car (and a horse kept that close to the road wouldn't be) it would have taken off the other direction.

I think this is the most interesting "through my window" post yet.

Quite creepy to me - I agree that it's "off" -

Love the picture, but it's a photoshop job.

Thanks. I really enjoyed going through your pieces. Surreal, colorful and dark. I love the vivid manipulation.

That its photoshopped is part of why its such a great picture. The artist isn't trying to pull one off on everybody.

Yikes, skeptics and critics!

Isn't a painting a "manipulation"? Why is photography given such a wary eye when artisitic tools are used to shape it? This isn't photojournalism.

Who cares how this image happened? It's striking and gorgeous, with a strong but completely open-ended narrative.

Is the horse wild or domesticated? Startled or escaping or just running in the wind? Dirt or bruise or just shadow on the boy?

The boy and horse are angled away almost identically, making the glass between them a mirror. Is the horse the boys wish... of strength, of escape, of freedom? Or is it a reflection of what the boy will be, or already is, deep inside?

Even the details of the car interior are wonderfully ambiguous... it seems like a pristine and very high-end vintage car interior. So why the shirtless boy?

There is an amazing tension (to me) between "captivity" and "escape,"... almost to the point that I can even see a "kidnap" angle to the image.

Love the whole thing, my favorite so far.

It's an entire Gus Van Zant movie in one still.

Here is the artist's statement:

"As an artist I have created photomontages to reveal a personal vision about the nature of children, animals, and their interactions. These images illustrate the fleeting moods that can't be captured by a traditional camera or seen by the naked eye."

There are some very surreal and lovely photos in the online gallery. This is definitely art that prompts discussion.

This is a very cool, if a bit creepy, photo-- I'm loving the bizarre contrasts and off-kilter composition, and the look on the boy's face!

P2, so witty and erudite too.. This photo is one of the best things I've seen on this site. It is pure magic. Summer Night Ride made my jaw drop in amazement. That is how I have programmed my brain to hallucinate at my death, if I get the chance to think. Thanks AT for showing us this artist.

oops, didn't mean to sound creepy or gothish. Currently spending time with an elderly relative who hallucinates about tedious people in the attic making trouble.. Galloping horses represent the embodiment of beauty and strength and moments of pure joy in my life, where I hope I'll escape to when I need a good hallucination or just a happy daydream. That's what Summer Night Ride says to me.