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The Hunt

The Hunt is the last image in this series. The story begins during a calm winter’s night. A small town gathers in celebration of another year past when a man bursts into the room raving about a rabid beast stealing his child. They all head into opposite directions, some more prepared than others, in search for the beast. The celebration ends and the hunt begins, but who’s hunting who?

This is the most elaborate and certainly most detailed shot in the series. I went searching for something that might resemble a snow packed plain when I came across a slab of Styrofoam. With the slightest pressure, one can make impressions in the foam. It was perfect and it sparkled in the light.

The fence is made out of cardboard and tape. To anchor it to the Styrofoam, I used hidden nails behind the fence. The large grass in the background is comprised solely of uncooked spaghetti. Angel hair, I believe.

To light the photograph, I placed one blue gelled strobe light to the left to spread moonlight across the landscape. A flashlight with an orange gel was used as lantern light.

Mr. Dallon Weekes plays the character in this photograph. To emulate the light, a yellow gelled strobe was placed in front of Dallon. The glow of the lantern was taken from a different shot.

For the song, I wanted it to start out fairly light and happy. French horns, sleigh bells and light tubular bells keep the mood light until the midpoint of the song. When the hunt begins, electronic instruments start to make an appearance. The tubular bells return, but now their angry. A big drum beat and choir enter, but only one will leave.

Anyway.

The Persistence of Fire

Fire.

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Prisoner’s Cinema

Prisoner’s Cinema is a man trapped in prison spending years filing away at the mortar until light seeps through and the walls crumble.

Prisoner’s Cinema is a visual hallucination of light caused by prolonged exposure to darkness.

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Art that inspired

In this weeks installment of “Art I’m Digging,” I’d like to point out a few things that inspired my recent art and music series The Origin of Waking.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a beautiful often cheesey film by Terry Gilliam. It’s a great example of the magical and quirky visual style that can be achieved with miniatures and other practical effects.

A scene from "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" compared to my Origin of Waking photograph it inspired.

The stage play that takes place at the beginning of the film was a big influence on the visual style of my photographs. The use of flat planes create an illusion of depth in the sky and the hand cranked waves of water show how imperfect representations of reality can often times be more engaging than perfect ones.

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