No, not THE Doors, though Jim Morrison was and still is a very cool dude...

I'm talking about doors.

Doors grab my attention in the same way boxes do, they exude an air of mystery and generate extreme curiosity. What's behind it? Who's behind it? Is it locked? Why is it locked? Does treasure, death or an empty soul-less space await?

Stop laughing... I'm a failed author and class A pervert.

Anyhoo... there's nothing nicer than a lovely, well textured or strangely situated door, expecially if it's part of a well composed image.

This, of course, is just my opinion... take a look and let me know what you think and more appropriately let the photographers know!

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There is something about doors you have to understand: It's very easy to get obsessed with them - this applies to stockers and other artists as well.  In the stock gallery you can find a great variety of amazing doors. It's up to your imagination to decide what lies behind them: A new and undiscovered world, a lovely place that you can never reach or a place you're not longer allowed to live in? Let's take a closer look at a small selection from the stock gallery in which you can find inspiring entries to another world.


Superior

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Open

That’s right, It’s Summer 2009 and what better way to get your summers creative juices flowing than a NEW CONTEST from Porge And this years theme may be slightly more challenging than the ones before, so get your deviant thinking caps on as I introduce to you….

Behind Closed Doors

Sure curiosity killed the cat…. But what was he so curious about in the first place? What was it that that poor little cat wanted to go and investigate?... Was it worth it?

It doesn’t take much. Something so small can spark a persons interest so much, that curiosity grabs them, and they can’t rest until they see more. Think about it…. all it took for Alice was a Rabbit going down a hole, and look where that lead her.

So what do I want from you in this contest?
I want a door. Not just any door, a door leading to your imagination. The door and it’s outside surroundings need to catch my curiosity and make me want go inside. What the door leads to is up to you but it has to be represented in your deviation. I’m looking for the deviation that’s used the most imagination, the most creativity, and the one with the most originality

Rules
-All entries must be submitted by 14/09/2009 (14th September).
-All Mediums allowed… yes even literature if you manage to work in the theme
-Must be a new deviation, so submitted between 05/08/2009 and 14/09/2009
-You may enter as many times as you want, but you can only win once!
-No mature content… that’s NOT the kind of door we’ll be wanting to go through

How to enter
You’ll need to upload your entry to your deviantART gallery with a link to this contest in the description. Then send the link to the deviation in a note to myself, ~PORGEcreations. You entry will then be added to a contest folder, provided it's in line with the rules.

Judges
The contest will have a panel of two judges who will decide the three winners. The judges are as follows
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Prizes

FIRST PLACE
A 3 Month subscription given by ~PORGEcreations
A choice of a Chocolate or Doughnut bracelet by ~PORGEcreations
A postcard sized doodle from ~MOGsplosh
A full journal feature by ~blacklavaPRINTS
A full journal feature by ~Kelzky
A pair of Love Heart earrings by ~citruscouture
A full color commision by ~fuzzykitty01
A chibi commision sheet of up to nine chibis by ~fuzzykitty01
A journal feature by ~fuzzykitty01

SECOND PLACE
A 1 Month subscription given by ~PORGEcreations
A necklace with one charm of your choice by ~PORGEcreations
A flower broach by ~MOGsplosh
A chibi commision sheet of up to nine chibis by ~fuzzykitty01
A journal feature by ~fuzzykitty01
A pair of Love Heart earrings by ~citruscouture
A full journal feature by ~Kelzky
A party ring keyring by ~geurge


THIRD PLACE
A 1 Month subscription given by ~PORGEcreations
A Robot charm by ~PORGEcreations
A journal feature by ~fuzzykitty01
A chocolate charm from ~Kelzky
A full journal feature by ~Kelzky



Any more questions, feel free to note me at any time! And most importantly, remember to have fun !

Winners will be announced on the 16th September
Keep checking my journal for updates on the contest

Best of luck!

Porge


“...Happiness enters our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open”

I've always been fascinated by doors because they have
so much personality from colors, textures, shapes, old and new designs,... they all make me wonder what is on the other side. (same for windows...but they will come later )

Doors seem to talk to me in different languages, sometimes to say "Come in and feel like home", or "you haven't been invited" lol...  or again "look at me carefully to know what my story is"
What I'm trying to say is... doors seem to have a soul. They can make us feel good, sad, scary, give comfort, almost anything in fact ... and can bring back to us so many memories

so now, let's travel around the world... and let them speak to us !





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~Aimelle

DOORS DOORS DOORS

"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of."Ogden Nash

What about them??
A door is a movable barrier used to cover an opening. Doors are nearly universal in buildings of all kinds, allowing passage between the inside and outside, and between internal rooms. When open, they admit ventilation and light.
Doors also have an aesthetic role in creating an impression of what lies beyond. Doors are often symbolically endowed with ritual purposes, and the guarding or receiving of the keys to a door, or being granted access to a door can have special significance. Similarly, doors and doorways frequently appear in metaphorical or allegorical situations, literature and the arts, often as a portent of change.

Etymology

Middle English, merger of Old English. dor (neut.; pl. doru) "large door, gate," and Old English duru (fem., pl. dura "door, gate, wicket"), both from Proto Germanic. *dur-, from ProtoIndoEuropean *dhwer-/*dhwor- "a doorway, a door, a gate" (cf. Greek. thura, Latin. foris, Gaulish. doro "mouth," Gothic. dauro "gate," Sanskrit. dvárah "door, gate," Old.Persian. duvara- "door," Old.Prussian. dwaris "gate," Russian. dver' "a door"). The base form is frequently in dual or plural, leading to speculation that houses of the original Indo-Europeans had doors with two swinging halves.


Famous doors along history and trivia

The earliest records are those represented in the paintings of the Egyptian tombs.
The ancient Greek and Roman doors were either single doors, double doors, sliding doors or folding doors
The doors of the church of the Nativity at Bethlehem (6th century) are covered with plates of bronze, cut out in patterns.
Heron of Alexandria created the earliest known automatic door in the 1st century AD during the era of Roman Egypt. The first foot-sensor-activated automatic door was made in China during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 604–618), who had one installed for his royal library. The first automatic gate operators were later created in 1206 by the Arabic inventor, Al-Jazari.
in France the metal work of the doors of Notre Dame at Paris is perhaps the most beautiful in execution, whereas in Italy, the most celebrated doors are those of the Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence)
The doors of the mosques in Cairo were of two kinds; those which, externally, were cased with sheets of bronze or iron, cut out in decorative patterns, and incised or inlaid, with bosses in relief; and those in wood, which were framed with interlaced designs of the square and diamond, this latter description of work being Coptic in its origin.
The oldest door in England can be found in Westminster Abbey and dates from 1050.
More real and metaphorical doors would be as follow :
The Portal to Narnia, The Columbus Door, Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salons and surely, Number 10 Downing Street

Some Door quotes too -

“Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.” George Bernard Shaw
“How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on” Common Knowledge
“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.” Albert Camus

And yet...
There can be many reasons - You may wonder ! -  as to why one would be photographing doors. Whether it be wondering what lies behind, out of curiosity, or just because of the particular beauty of the door itself, as a subject. The point here was no more and no less than this and I must say it's really interesting to see there can be so many different takes and interpretations on the subject out there...

So there, this is how it started :

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And your views...


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As expected, the submissions are wonderful and - as someone suggested, they could make for a really beautiful book; I can't speak for Cy and J., but for me, selecting just one image has been next to impossible; however, here are our (extremely subjective) preferences:



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THANK YOU ALL, CONSPIRATORS AND SUPPORTERS!! I HOPE YOU HAD AS MUCH FUN AS WE DID, AND YOU'LL JOIN US AGAIN ON OTHER FUTURE VISUAL ADVENTURES

Windows and doors, always tend to be beautiful in the most uncanny way..
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ANNOUNCING A LITTLE VISUAL GAME / CONTEST FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIKE HAVING FUN AND FEEL LIKE RUNNING ABOUT THE CITY WITH OPEN EYES AND A CAMERA AT HAND.</I>

A few weeks ago - we've suggested a similar happening, "WALK WITH YOU, WALK WITH ME" (Click to see the entries)

The response was great, but I got many notes from people who missed the deadline or the game altogether; this time I am making a news article as well, hoping all of you get the information in good time.
And since last time the required photos involved people, this time the challenge will be to photograph still subjects, namely....DOORS.

"MY DOORS ARE PRETTIER THAN YOURS"




A NEW PHOTO EXPERIMENT BY and


WANNA TRY ???



RULES:
1. PHOTOGRAPH NINE DOORS; ALL NINE DOORS NEED TO BE FOUND ON THE SAME STREET OF YOUR CITY (LEFT AND/OR RIGHT SIDE MIX - DOESN'T MATTER), AND TAKEN DURING THE SAME DAY - HARD TO PROVE, BUT I COUNT ON YOU
2. MAKE A 3 BY 3 PERFECT SQUARE MONTAGE
3. NAME YOUR IMAGE "DOORS OF..." (name of your city )
4. DEADLINE - SUNDAY, JUNE 14
5. YOU CAN SEND MORE THAN ONE IMAGE, OF COURSE - THIS IS A GAME, SO JUST HAVE THE BEST OF FUN!!!GOOD LUCK!

ALSO - IF YOU LIKE THIS GAME - FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE WORD IN YOUR JOURNALS

PLEASE POST YOUR IMAGES IN YOUR GALLERIES AND LINK THEM BACK TO ME IN A NOTE. I WILL ADD THEM IN MY JOURNAL AND THEN I WILL MAKE A NEWS ARTICLE AND OFFER SOME NICE (SUR)PRIZES TO THE BEST OF THEM




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