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- Stevee Postman - U.S.A.
- Although Stevee Postman lives in San Francisco’s
Haight-Ashbury district – ground zero for the Summer of Love – his
inspiration for these mystical images is not borne of his urban surroundings.
"Although I live in the city, my real inspiration is what I find in the
natural world".
His figures are at home in their fantasy kingdoms, composed by taking the
initial photos with a 35mm camera and than manipulating the imagery on his
MAC; he’s been using Photoshop for the past 9 years. Each image takes 10 to
40 hours to complete. Most of the photos are taken at gatherings across
America that bring together members of many alternative cultures that want to
break away from city life and live in communion with nature.
Postman’s images have been published as a Tarot deck, a calendar, numerous
book covers, cards, in magazines, and also in two photobooks published by
FotoFactory Press. In the introduction to the Tarot deck, The Cosmic Tribe
Tarot, Eric Ganther describes Postman’s images as "synthesized from a
variety of cultural traditions… Stevee is less interested in the written
strictures of a particular path, preferring to let the images, liberated from
their cultural moorings, speak for themselves. In this way he draws on the
treasure trove of the world’s images."
"I believe in the sacredness of the earth and its interconnectedness to
spirit," says Postman. "That is what my art is about. I like to
blend technology with the organic in ways that communicate this sacredness,
the unification of these mysteries through a kind of techno-paganism. My
creative process is a sort of prayer for me, an offering."
Conrad Hector - Blue Magazine #22 August 1999
- Live and work in U.S.A.
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"This is a Tarot deck for the 21st century, full of imagery
that is beautiful, provocative and stimulating. This deck will make
you reconceive everything you thought you knew about Tarot."
Starhawk, author of The Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing
"Stevee Postman is one of the best of a new generation of
digital visionaries who have wedded occult spirituality with
computer wizardry. Stevee's art has the convincing feel of one who
has been to the other side and can harness the most sophisticated
technology to articulate the patterns of infinity and archetypal
powers which are the fabric of our divine imagination. His tarot
deck should become an instant classic."
Alex Grey, artist and author of Sacred Mirrors
"You must see The Cosmic Tribe Tarot. Every card bursts with
hallucinatory power and beauty. Stevee Postman has created a deck
for our time and for the ages: sensual and often humorous, yes-but
also deeply potent and magical."
Brian Williams, artist and author of The Renaissance Tarot and the
The PoMo Tarot.
"This Tarot is truly beautiful, full of striking colors and
patterns that move the spirit. It speaks to a new freedom and a new
perception of self in the world through our relationship to others
and to nature. It is open and imaginative, full of wild and tender
love and transcendent experience. The Cosmic Tribe is awesome!"
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Alexandra Genetti, artist and author of The Wheel Of Change Tarot
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>>> To
buy The Cosmic Tribe Tarot <<<
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SITO UFFICIALE DELL'ARTISTA - ARTIST SITE
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www.stevee.com
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