N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
Photography is not about reality. The fact that, when using a camera, what we see on film or screen somehow resembles circumstances we may have witnessed, has been complicating the relationship between photography and reality for almost 200 years. Mimese can explain part of the confusion, but not all. When illustrating a scene with photo-realism…
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More of Amparo Garrido’s work here. Author’s statement about the project: One day, many years ago, I had a nightmare: The bogeyman came after me. I was in my bed. I jumped and went to the window because I knew that my mother was on the opposite floor. I called for her help,…
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© Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus D’Aspremont, 2012 / photo by Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk © Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus D’Aspremont, 2012 / photo by Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk “I came up with a method using temperature controllers, moisture and backlighting. It took a while but I eventually got the hang of it. It’s not really a particular high tech…
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© Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, The Scribe, 2006 © Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Channel, 2006 © Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Mourning Cloak, 2006 © Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Gray Dawn, 2006 “The ParkeHarrisons create large-scale coherent narratives reminiscent of early 19th century images imbued with futuristic allegories. The fate and state of the earth and…
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