Through The Sand
In this photograph, a man wanders the desert. He is alone, surrounded only by sand. His strength is weaning and his drive is gone. At the moment of defeat, he spots an oasis.
The song takes place before the events in the photograph when the character is focused and full of energy. Through the music, you can imagine him walking as the sun rises and sets and rises and sets.
The elements of this photograph were pretty basic. The sand was sugar. It was poured into a baking sheet in hopes that it wouldn’t spill everywhere. Unfortunately, it did. The tree was made from cardboard and green construction paper. The water was a blue piece of paper inside a ziplock bag. 
The bright red light behind the curtain was what gave the sand it’s brown color. For the background sand dunes, I repositioned the baking sheet, shot the sand at different angles and composited it into the final shot.
Michael Gross plays the man in the desert. He was photographed on my living room floor with a red gelled light bouncing off the back wall to fill the room.
This is by far the widest photograph in the series (so far). The final image is very long in an effort to show the scope of the journey the character has taken. It’s also a nod to the epic panoramas created by Kahn and Selesnick, who are a big influence on this series.
February 16th, 2010 at 1:10 am
I am falling asleep, but this will follow me into slumber. I will be back tomorrow to say something more coherent than this: WOW I love how you achieved the effects, I love the scope of the image, and the story behind it.
February 16th, 2010 at 10:17 am
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February 19th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
you are the master <3