We had some art on display in The Liberties a while back...at Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart (here, in an earlier post). Entitled More is Different, these larch sculptures by Sara Cunningham-Bell explored form in relation to one another, how they enhance one another and how they are inter-dependent. I wasn't sure what to expect but I thought they might make an interesting photoshoot. When I saw their shapes, I knew I was in for a challenge...they were very tall and narrow, not what I was expecting at all. Anyway, armed with an Olympus OM4ti and a Zuiko 85mm and with the help of some HP5+ I channeled my inner Fred Picker and this is what came out:
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| More is Different sculptures at Flowerfield, September 2021. On Foma 133 paper. |
I'm pretty sure were he still alive Fred P would be taking me to the cleaners with these efforts. It took a fair bit of wandering around trying to visualise different angles and viewpoints...looking at the sculptures themselves and trying not to get intrusive backgrounds etc. I guess normally I would focus on the near object and let the far object fade into out-of-focus but I reckoned if I did that here, the far sculpture would just fade into obscurity, so as you can see I did the opposite and focussed on the far one.
I must admit I enjoyed the challenge, even if the end result was a little underwhelming. If anything it reminded me to look at the options, whatever is in front of me.
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