Friday, November 24, 2006
Eight Zeds
Colin wondered on my blog why I wasn't putting more of this kind of stuff on Stills. The answer to that was that much of it tends to dilute the photographic element(s) and I considered this a mainly photographic forum. However, that said I can't but help feel curious as to what others think of this kind of work.
The main subject is photographic. Taken with my 105mm macro. The context clash is created with the application of a zebra skin to the knight. The pattern it creates when repeated does my eyes in.
How about yours?
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I think photography is about exploring the domain and personally having accepted that items can be 'photographed' with a scanner I cannot even define the domain with the word 'camera'. So explore the domain and have fuzzy edges to your domain!
Do I enjoy this? Well it certainly got my attention when I first opened it up. Then I started to see things that I would do differently, so it is communicating with me. However I cannot see the knight but there is a lot to look at!
I got excited a while back by being able to photograph somebody sitting on a different continent by using video Skype across a wireless connection. It is quite difficult to reconcile that to the idea of a light tight box.
I'm happier looking at this and not trying to see it as a 'photograph'. Like Rex, I can't see the Knight. The more I look, the more chance that I have of spoiling the overall impact of the image. This isn't about details, but about design.
Would I produce something like this? No. Could I hang it on my wall? Happily.
A zed and two noughts.
"Do you think a zebra is a white animal with black stripes, or a black animal with white stripes?" (thanks to Peter Greenaway).
I can see some objects that I presume are knights although it is only because you mention it that one can see them. Initially I didn't see them and saw a cat at the bottom in the centre, or maybe a zebra-marked seal.
It's a good use of a photo (and, in my view, totally legitimate). I'm not sure about the design: the obvious one is fine but the combination is not fully convincing: these knights look like a cross between a WWII gas mask and an elephant's trunk with zebra stripes.
"Could I hang it on my wall? Happily."
As could I. It's not entirely my taste, but it's intriguing. I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at, but it's fun to think on.
Whilst away on holiday we managed to take in a couple of art galleries. Both contained modern work (i.e. post 1880) and much of it European. The galleries were small and intimate and not very crowded. Why do I say this, well it gave me more time to view art I don't usually get a chance to see close up. It also opened my eyes to the possibility of what you can photograph and how you could present it to the viewing public. One work of interest was a Pollack. In it he had cut some of the canvas away. I look at this photograph and think kaleidoscopic animal hide. I'd cut away the white sections and mount this off a wall. I'd also want to bring those eyes out a little stronger. An interesting piece of work.
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Do I enjoy this? Well it certainly got my attention when I first opened it up. Then I started to see things that I would do differently, so it is communicating with me. However I cannot see the knight but there is a lot to look at!
I'm happier looking at this and not trying to see it as a 'photograph'. Like Rex, I can't see the Knight. The more I look, the more chance that I have of spoiling the overall impact of the image. This isn't about details, but about design.
Would I produce something like this? No. Could I hang it on my wall? Happily.
"Do you think a zebra is a white animal with black stripes, or a black animal with white stripes?" (thanks to Peter Greenaway).
I can see some objects that I presume are knights although it is only because you mention it that one can see them. Initially I didn't see them and saw a cat at the bottom in the centre, or maybe a zebra-marked seal.
It's a good use of a photo (and, in my view, totally legitimate). I'm not sure about the design: the obvious one is fine but the combination is not fully convincing: these knights look like a cross between a WWII gas mask and an elephant's trunk with zebra stripes.
As could I. It's not entirely my taste, but it's intriguing. I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at, but it's fun to think on.