Saturday, September 27, 2014

keep mum



 shiny balls mirror


 self centered mirror


 weave mirror


 Image of Yves and Marilyn can be seen when viewing the print from across the room, getting closer to the print will reveal the skyline of New York.

Children are our reflections in many ways. Sometime precise sometimes distorted and at times fragmented. They show you many facets of who you are as person. Sometimes we get a glimpse of who we were many life times ago and yearn to liberated like that person once again. Sometimes there are reflections to our darker uglier versions which are a little difficult to digest and process. Yet they are a part of our past, present and future and we must come to terms with that. No matter how many splitting images we see we have to let our children be themselves. Daniel Rozin is an artist, educator and developer. He works mainly in the area of interactive digital art. He creates installations and sculptures that can change and respond to the presence and point of view of the viewer in unimaginable ways. The viewer becomes the subject of the piece and the viewer is also encouraged to take an active role in the creation of the piece. Even though computers are often used in Rozin's work, they are seldom visible. Working with mirrors he gives you glimpses of yourself which are part reminder of who you are and part mystery of how and why your are like that. Just like our children they leave us spellbound. Do visit the website to see an array of possibilities of reflections through mirrors.

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radiating passion





ONLY SMOKE


SMOKE MIRRORED


 SMOKE INTERPRETED


Smoke Art Photography is extremely interesting where the subject and the medium of photography is smoke. Stoffel De Roover is a Montreal-based fashion and portrait photographer and the man behind Lumendipity.Dividing his work into smoke, smoke mirrored and smoke interpreted he talks about how this medium is extremely tricky, challenging and intuitive. Smoke art truly is a medium where one has little or no control over how the smoke will emanate and create patterns giving fabulous results.
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http://www.lumendipity.com/smoke-photography/

Thursday, September 25, 2014

proximity







JR is a French photographer who chooses to be undisclosed. In 2007 he set up a Face 2 Face project along with Marco. They traveled through the Israeli and Palestinian cities and met and spoke with local people. Common people on both sides that practiced same professions like doctors, hairdressers and teachers. Using a 28 millimeter lens they took photographs in huge format of people who consented to be a part of this peace project. They realized that these people, who spoke almost the same language, looked the same were just simple people on two sides of a war zone. The Face 2 Face project consisted of taking portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and posting them face to face, in huge formats. These were put up in places where they would be seen by everyone on both Israeli and Palestinian sides. The objective was to laugh and to think by seeing the portrait oneself and that of the other. On 20 October 2010, JR won the TED Prize for 2011. Distance truly is not a measurable parameter. It’s a variable that can be bridged by sensitivity. On their blog they say, “In a very sensitive context, we have to be clear. We are in favor of a solution in which two countries, Israel and Palestine would live peacefully within safe and internationally recognized borders. All the bilateral peace projects (Clinton/Taba, Ayalon/Nusseibeh, and Geneva Agreements) are converging into the same direction. We can be optimistic. 

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