Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
This previously unpublished post by Tourmaline explores toy photography's origins and significance, reflecting a deep personal connection to the genre. It chronicles the early instances of toy photography, including its ties to history, and discusses the evolution of amateur photography through the Kodak Brownie, emphasizing the art of storytelling with miniatures.
Looking at the trends of the Lenscratch Favorite Photograph Exhibition and forming a new call for a yearly toy photography exhibition.
A representation of clinging to childhood. A figure reaches up to an oversize horse. A hand reaches down to grab the horse and take it away.
The leaves below her feet part for her. There's a galaxy in the Octopus's eye, a symbol of what's to come, what will open up.
Here's a complete walk-through of how I composed this single photo, which may give you some insight into my process overall.
A bit of a blog summary for all my new visitors.
"Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay between what you know you should be, and what you fear you might be."– DAVID BAYLES AND TED ORLAND, ART & FEAR: OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERILS (AND REWARDS) OF ARTMAKING Surrealism in its absolute simplicity is imagination, emotion, knowledge of self. Is this not what the aim of... Continue Reading →
"As the longest-running avant-garde movement of the 20th century, Surrealism’s scope and richness is perhaps unparalleled in its influence of modern art and culture." (2) Theory of the Unconscious In 1900 and then 1905, Freud developed a model of the unconscious mind. In 1915 Freud further defined this model. The mind is an iceberg. The... Continue Reading →