The 100th Post

It's been a funny old few months. I've really been struggling to get my head around what it is i'm wanting to do and achieve.

I've really struggled with the summer break, it's too easy to postpone, to put things off, all time seems to run into one another, but on the horizon is the deadline of my return to Lincoln, and I need something to return with.

This is a turning point.

Today I plan to force an idea out of this chaos.

I'll start with some reading, I'll setup a photo shoot, I will update this site.

It's raining outside so what else can I do.

I fear the forced idea won't be the final idea, but it will be progress to some degree.

Do you know Wabi-Sabi?

Lincoln's Zen Garden?

I know, that doesn't sound like something that exists, but sure enough, after a tip off from Clem, Mike and I ventured out with our cameras to Pureland in North Clifton.

It's a little gem of a place, somewhere where i can see myself visiting again in the near future.

Until then, here's some photos of the place, taken with no intention in mind as always.

Wabi-Sabi- The beginning

After a tutorial with the beautiful Clem she set me on the path of discovering WABI SABI.

I ran through all the things i've been looking at, exploring, sketching and planning, which quite honestly is all over the place. But through the connections between japanese wood prints, nature and projection the concept of Wabi-Sabi seems like a nice umbrella heading for this project.

Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfrect, impertinent, and incomplete

It is a beauty of things modest and humble.

It is a beauty of things unconventional.

Clem recommended a book by Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers

I am currently reading it, I'll let you know what i think when i'm done.

And the winner is......

My favorite image from the studio session is this one:



The decapitation and loss of the lower part of the body leaves an obscure result of the landscape originally shot.

After seeing the result of this particular projection I made a short video of the static projection but with the subject rotating on the spot. I'm not going to upload it presently, but have faith that it's quite a mesmerizing piece.

Still not sure what all this means, but something has begun.

Reading is now necessary.

Studio Projection Tests

A couple of weeks ago I had a mess around in the studio with a willing subject.

The choice of images projected weren't really planned in advance, I just used whatever I had to hand from my iPhoto library.

It was good to just have a play with textures and poses in preparation for a shoot with a new model scheduled for sometime in the near future.

Some interesting images and ideas came from this session though, here's a few for you to have a look at and respond to if you fancy:

Les archives du coeur

Now this is a box project i like the sound of:

Christian Boltanski - The Heart Archive from O Production Ltd. on Vimeo.

Christian Boltanski: The heart Archive
10 July - 8th August 2010 - Serpentine Gallery