Mirage 24: More Holga fun!
Another from the Mirage series of art nudes in polished metal, and another using a plastic Holga lens. More after the jump! (more…)
Creative Process pt 2: Nudes in Nature
A poorly planned art nude shoot is not going to go well. Go in without a clear concept or even a concept beyond “nude woman in front of X” and you risk creating a boring image. The whole goal of the Art Nudes in Nature workshop was to avoid boring images. Hit the jump to see if we met that goal!
Mirage 21
Mirage 21- from a series of abstract art nudes. My experiments with surface alterations to the metal plates continues! I brought out some of the surface markings by pushing the…
Mirage 19
Nineteenth in the Mirage Series of Abstract Art Nudes. It was hot that afternoon and the air was thick with humidity- unusually so even for the city. It made her…
Mirage 18b
Mirage 18b: Abstract Art Nude Eighteenth in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. This is the mildly NSFW version. I feel like I should have a band, so this…
Mirage 18
Mirage 18a: Abstract Art Nude Portraiture. Eighteenth in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. My friend Sera has been having a big hair week, on account of the heat…
Experimentation pt 2: Surfaces in the Mirage Art Nudes
Experimentation with surface treatments in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. This is the second image where I was experimenting with surface treatments to the metal plate. My goal…
Experimentation: Plate Surfaces in the Mirage Series
Experimentation with surfaces in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes.
The Mirage series has been about re-imagining the art nude. I love working with the human form- it can be so graceful, pliable and surprising. But nudes can just as easily be cliché. I didn’t want to create a literal image of the body; it’s just been so “done” in the internet era. Which is why I find the metal reflections so appealing. The images are traces, abstract suggestions of the human form, rather than literal translations. The treatment of the metal has been a major component of the Mirage series. The polishing, scratching and distressing of the sheet are an integral part of the process and the final image. It got me thinking about how I might bring more texture to the metal surface. (more…)
Mirage 15
Fifteenth in the Mirage series of abstract art nudes. This image, unlike others in the Mirage series, was produced outside. It is a photograph of reflection in a sheet of…