When I think of Lucy a lot of terms come to mind. She radiates a wonderful combination of strength and kindness, all wrapped in an unflappable poise (and, honestly, WHO would want to cause her any flap? You'd be a terrible human.). So it's always surprising when an image pops up that shoves raw energy through the screen. It might be MORE surprising given my knowledge of her disposition.
This came toward the end of a struggle with some pallet wrap. We talked about bit about the environmental "ugh" of plastic but agreed that making art out of ugh might be its highest purpose.
The plastic wrap theme has been fascinating over the past couple years. I believe I've tried it almost a dozen times -- the first few indoors, with decidedly mediocre results. It came alive when I took it to a grove of trees in a local natural area and shimmering sunlight and reflections gave me the permeable interface I had been hoping to achieve. Each of the last half dozen sessions have been very different, driving home my idea that the photograph is a collision between camera/intention/experience and environment. I continue to keep an eye out for the perfect space for this, indoors or out. I'd love to find a high-ceiling'd warehouse-y space with lots of upright columns and enough time to turn it into a shining spiders web to play in. Or maybe a stand of alder, whose trunks are better-suited than fir or pine for this sort of thing.
More to come! '- )
In my mind, the perfect experience with plastic wrap would be to allow the model to float in the air on what would appear as a sea of light. This is, as you might suspect, more difficult to achieve than one might think.
There have been a few brilliant moments in this. Each model has managed a different direction, sometimes even managing to be "on-brand" in the process. Amazing.
I honestly cannot wait for summer and an opportunity to spend some time on the next iteration.
Oh fer fucks sake, I made it through two sentences and was out of characters. #raw #fight #resist #pushback #grit #oregonphotographer #travelingmodel #fierce
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