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Dreamtime

2026 Annual Competition

Dreamtime

Michael PottsUnited States

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Fine Art

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Open B&W

Entry type: Series
Series: 10 photographs

"Dreamtime" is my ongoing 2017-present collection of dreamlike underwater images that are meant to evoke feelings of sublime peace (that fine line where the conscious and subconscious meet), and the creative chaotic (where energy is released that fine line is broken and the potential becomes kinetic). The sequence is meant to take the viewer from the surface of the conscious into the subconscious and back again, a descent into dark, sometimes nightmare-ish feelings, and reemergence into the ligh

Complete series

Dreamtime — Image 1 of 10

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Dreamtime — Image 3 of 10

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Dreamtime — Image 7 of 10

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Dreamtime — Image 10 of 10

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