Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
Our conscious mind is a strict editor. From the moment we wake up, it categorizes, rationalizes, and cleans up our thoughts, ensuring everything fits neatly into the boundaries of daily logic. But for creators, that logical filter can sometimes feel like a cage. It edits out the weird, blocks the magical, and stalls our momentum... Continue Reading →
October 1 marks the start of #TsDailyOctShare, a month of creativity anad community engagement. Tourmaline . plans to explore themes like retro self-help, Surrealism, and personal experiments in dream interpretation. Upcoming activities include a climbing trip in the Ozarks and local fall festivals, promising a visually rich and inspiring month ahead.
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.
There is something sacred about working in inches when miles feel impossible. Following a nomination for the Wynn Newhouse Awards, I considered what it means to build small worlds with multiple sclerosis, and to be seen within them.
If tasks were always finished, what purpose would we find in our everyday lives to stretch, to explore, to engage?
Want to add fun to your mini photos? How about using candy as a scenery element, or even as your main subject matter?
Never losing interest, but maybe losing sight. Never disowning, but always distancing. My tumultuous journey with toys and miniatures as I worried about the perception of others in my school days.
I bought a light table off amazon and have been telling myself and others that this will be what's been missing in this series. A delusional though? Maybe. But there has to be some of those to make precisely what's in my head come to life. Wish me luck. And call me out if I don't have an update for you here in one weeks time!