The exhibit is part of a city-wide photography festival called Photopolis 2008 where several galleries across Halifax host the work of photographers. My work is being displayed with another local photographer, Nick Rudnicki, whos work depicts lonesome scenes of Halifax at night. My images are of frozen sand landscapes taken on Sable Island off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Frozen sand I
These landscapes form after wet and cold weather followed by strong winds that blow loose sand away and sculpture the frozen sand. The images are therefore a form of natural art.
Frozen sand II
Frozen sand III
The sense of emptiness in these photos mirrors the emptiness that flows from the work of Nick, thus the two pieces of work, although very different in scale, location and subject, offer a similar sense.
Frozen sand IV
Frozen sand V
When I photographed these images I was not looking for something in particular but rather I kept an open and free mind to allow images to ’stop me’.
Frozen sand VI
Frozen sand VII
When the photograph is taken, the image that is captured holds all of the elements that created the perception.
The images are printed on a fine art paper which gives a textural feel to the image. Most of them will be 15" by 22" in size; Frozen sand III will be larger at 20" by 30". All will be framed with wood and a white double mat. The sizing of the images was decided upon by simply printing off images at different sizes. At some point, the image does not look right, its too big. Other images, like Frozen sand III, do well at being large.
Damian
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We'll be there! I'm keen to see these as large prints.
Fatastic effort Damian, looks like a great collection. P particualry like VII and III. All the best for the show.Adam
"When the photograph is taken, the image that is captured holds all of the elements that created the perception"
Eh?
Do you mean that the picture includes the interesting thing you were pointing it at, or am I missing something? ;-)
The images don't look that impressive this small, but I'm sure framed nicely and printed on good paper, they'll look brilliant.
Good luck - is it possible you'll sell any, and what prices are you charging?
Ivan
"When the photograph is taken, the image that is captured holds all of the elements that created the perception"
This is a rather brief detail of the process of capturing an image.
Your interpretation "Do you mean that the picture includes the interesting thing you were pointing it at..." is rather skeletal.
D
...and yours is rather flowery and over serious to me. I was attempting to be "funny" (note the use of the winking emoticon, ;-))
Unlikely I'm going to get there in person, but don't forget to take some shots of the exhibition as hung!
Ah, the winking emoticon never made it across to me. I guess I am not very skilled at judging emotions on the internet...or something like that.
not sure whether I will sell any. Hard to tell. I sold a piece recently for $395 of two horses. That is the most anyone has paid for work from me.The work will be up for 4 weeks and one or two pieces of work are often sold from exhibits at this gallery, people paying between $600 and $1600 for work. I haven't priced work yet but the 20by27 frames will likely sell for around $500 and the larger 28 by 36 will be priced at around 700 or so. The pieces look really impressive at that size.
Interestingly, or not, I had to print these pieces off at different sizes to find the right size. Sand III is the only one that worked really large, the photo is 20 by 30 in a 26 by 36 frame. The others were more suited to a print size of 15 by 22.
Anyway, will see how it goes. And I will take some pics of the display once up and probably at the evening reception. Will do a post I guess on the event.
Dams
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