Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
I've been working on a photographic series called Canals for some time now. These strange, unfamiliar environments have given me an opportunity to explore scale, perception, and the relationship between curiosity and vulnerability. I'm not quite ready to explain everything you're seeing.
René Magritte's philosophy in La Ligne de vie emphasizes uncovering hidden relationships between ordinary objects to create visual riddles. His approach contrasts with typical Surrealism by focusing on familiar items rendered in realistic ways that prompt profound insights. This philosophy inspired a photographic project exploring playful juxtapositions of manufactured and natural weather representations.
The passage evokes a serene vision of Heaven inspired by Robert Monroe's words, depicting individuals relaxing on soft clouds bathed in shifting light. Tourmaline . uses simple materials to build this otherworldly landscape, carefully crafting clouds and arranging HO scale figures, capturing the essence of balance and belonging through photography.
How does context change the way we interpret a photograph of the body? From medical and crime-scene photography to fine art, erotic imagery, dolls, and abstraction, this post traces the shifting meanings we assign to bodies, and what happens when those categories begin to collapse.
It's no secret that the backdrops I most often use in my photos are simply sheets of scrapbook paper. My favorite is glitter scrapbook paper. Turn it just a bit and it catches the light in such wonderful ways. I've used iridescent scrapbook paper recently too, which can be turned just about any color based... Continue Reading →