Cold as Ice is Beautiful
In addition to fleeing from bookstores in embarrassment and scarfing down a herring pate on toast and some criminally good ginger cake, I also dropped into The Brick Lane Gallery by accident when the skies opened up. I'll have to thank the skies because I turned around only to be faced with STUNNING photographs by Matthew Shave (whose work caused a bit of a debate here), Antoine Picard and my latest photography love - Karin Berndl. Turns out I walked into Fashion Stories, an exhibition coinciding with LFW. This series entitled La Boum has this sweeping panoramic quality to it even though it is shot using interiors, furniture and objects not from a natural landscape. I love how everything looks really sort of fantastical but sort of realist at the same time. FOr about 10 minutes, I did stay rooted, gazing with a dopey face. So yes, thank you for on/off British weather.
Love love LOVE the shadow effects in the pictures...they almost remind me of papercuttings.
There's a slightly 'ruined old house' feel to the pictures, I think.
Posted by: Blue Floppy Hat | 27 February 2007 at 04:34
i LOVE the monochromatic, fantastical dream-like quality they have...the lighting is a bit gregory crewdson-meets david lynch - sounds strange, but it's the first thing i thought of...
anyway, YEARNING to be in a city that will show things like this. halifax is so lacking this type of work. it is very inspiring!
xx
Posted by: .francesca | 27 February 2007 at 17:18
Wow those pics are really nice! The colors are beautiful, and so are the clothes. thank you for making me discover that
Alix
Posted by: alix | 27 February 2007 at 21:22
oh my goodness, i LOVE these pictures! wow. which of those photographers is this - matthew shave?
Posted by: little magpie | 28 February 2007 at 09:16