Today, I spent a couple of hours wandering around the Toronto International Art Fair (Oct 28th-31st, 2011). I noticed a couple of themes and techniques that seemed to repeat themselves, as if the artists had only been looking at each other. For some odd reason, numerous artist had taken it upon themselves to depict butterflies in a mandela-like formation. The first time I saw this, I thought - oh how beautiful. The third, fourth and fifth variation, I wondered, "oh - hasn't this already been done?" and, "have you no shame?" I know such harsh criticisms for a dilettante in the art world isn't terribly correct of me, but I speak nonetheless.
I found myself far more fascinated by the various photographers exhibited there. While the subject matter wasn't always original the techniques were. For example, Brent Townshend, combined fish-eye lens with editing to create innovative landscapes. I had the lucky chance to discuss his work with him. If I remember correctly, he said that it was how we perceive the world and the ways this could be distorted which interested him. This reminded me of a former film prof and his surround sound project. Like the photographer, standing in the middle and taking pictures in 360 degrees around him, his mikes were placed in the middle but facing outwards. The resulting photograph showed the place of the photographer at the four edges, while the mikes created the impression of surround sound.
Brent Townshend
The reality of photography has so long been assumed that Townshend's work and also that of Alison Jackson's, which fiddles with this perception of the real but in vastly differing ways, is needed.
Alison Jackson (not really Diana)
I found myself far more fascinated by the various photographers exhibited there. While the subject matter wasn't always original the techniques were. For example, Brent Townshend, combined fish-eye lens with editing to create innovative landscapes. I had the lucky chance to discuss his work with him. If I remember correctly, he said that it was how we perceive the world and the ways this could be distorted which interested him. This reminded me of a former film prof and his surround sound project. Like the photographer, standing in the middle and taking pictures in 360 degrees around him, his mikes were placed in the middle but facing outwards. The resulting photograph showed the place of the photographer at the four edges, while the mikes created the impression of surround sound.
Brent Townshend
The reality of photography has so long been assumed that Townshend's work and also that of Alison Jackson's, which fiddles with this perception of the real but in vastly differing ways, is needed.
Alison Jackson (not really Diana)
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