"What is seen has never been in the camera. Life itself is the image. Viewers sense it. They feel the difference."
"It's only when I made a photo that I have to keep looking at that I feel like I've successed...like the sensation of looking into the face of someone very beautiful"
shadow catchers
is an eye catching title and book that showcases some of the best contemporary artists using cameraless techniques.
photograms,daguerrotypes, old fashioned techniques given a new often spooky beautiful twist
surreal exposures and techniques add a seductive ethereal quality to the work
the book contains a number of chapters titled according to a theme of each artist.
Adam Fuss's Chapter 'Emblems' shows wide-ranging imagery and colours but with a thematic thread of symbolism.
Babies writhing in water, their silhouettes captured in striking yellows that seem to jar against the more ghostly monochromatic abstracts.
Fuss has used animal intestines, smoke, candles and drops of water causing expanding concentric ripples that bring to mind more scientific or meditative symbolism.
Born in Sussex, Fuss moved initially to Australia and then to New York. Initially experimenting with pin hole cameras, he would also enter and photograph disused warehouses. The discovery of the unseen.
There's something breathtaking about these, like when we're fascinated by something grizzly or striking. The snake dress especially.
Links:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/dec/16/artist-week-adam-fuss
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