Untitled digital photograph, 2012
Untitled photomontage, 2012
Untitled digital photograph, 2012
Untitled digital photograph, 2012
Untitled digital photograph, 2012
“There are no demons behind this – just men, Rufus. We’re creating Hell on Earth.”
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Nice photographs! Especially drawn towards the third and final ones. That movement you’ve managed to capture gives it just the right about of horror. Love it.
Thanks Jessica! Yes, those two are probably the least contrived of the set. Love your blog.
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Thank you!
there’s something disquieting in these stills
I was aiming for some kind of “wrongness” with them. Maybe the juxtapositions and the sequence add to the effect – I’m not sure. Anyway, thanks Katrien!
Love the black and white ones. The shadow and light play is so interesting. There does seem to be something wrong to them, which is just a great thing. 🙂
Thanks Katie. I think B&W lends itself to more “textural” images (not necessarily abstract, but abstracted?) – something I want to explore more in future. Love your photo of the sleeping nail.
very nice, and the title brings to mind the old joy division song…
Thanks! Yes, that song was definitely going through my mind, but I didn’t want to impose it on the images the way I sometimes do. Are you a fan of JD?
Yes, there was a period of time in my life where I listened to their stuff on a regular basis while writing and painting, not so much these days– But I would still say that they are one of the most underrated bands of the last few decades…
They’re perfect for a particular kind of mood, aren’t they? Something dark and driven (Unknown Pleasures) or desolate and longing (Closer). Never tried to create anything to their music, because I know I would lose concentration in what I was doing and just listen. Good to meet another fan.
the second one does it for me, i love all of those lines and contrasts
Thanks Z! Think I was subconciously going for the angular, German Expressionist look. Have you seen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari?
I have not, but I just looked up the film and it looks really interesting. I will be watching it this weekend. Guessing you were going for something like that, I like it
You’re in for a rare treat – it’s a beautiful film (if a little gloomy), and quite unlike anything else.
Great work
Thanks Ryan! Love your Mardi Gras pictures.
I really like the way you put these image sets together. A similar mood but all quite different from one another. It takes a particular type of discernment to place these.
Thank you John for your very kind words. I’m really glad you like the sets. There’s usually a “trigger” image for me and once it makes itself apparent the sets come together quite quickly.
Very effect creation of atmosphere. Captures that classic sense of unease that can can be found in European cinema of the 1960s. 🙂
Thanks so much, Joseph. This was done so long ago I’d forgotten what it was. I heart the European cinema of the 60s (and the 80s).