The Art of photography

(Steven Felgate) #1

ThePrinciplesatWork;InPursuitofExcellence


Powerfulemotionsofchildhoodfreedomand

lonelinessareevokedbyapicturethatseeksto

generatethedeep,disturbing

feelingsofadreamby

arepresentationalapproachthatseems

somehow

wrong.Truethisisacomposite,madebypasting

several

printstogetherTheswingingboyandthe

grassintheforegroundwere

printedfromone

negativemadeatapark.Thehouseswere

printed

from anothernegativemadeinaprovincialtown.

Lookingclosely,the

viewerrealizesthatthehouses

onbothsidesofthepicturearethesameimage,

the

negativewasprintedonce,thenfloppedandprinted

again.

Therightsidehasbeenmadedarkinprinting

tosimulateshadowsand

concealthevisualtrick.
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