Category Archives: Landscape
photo sculptures by letha wilson
“I think the interesting thing about photography is you’re trying to capture that moment because you want to hold onto it, this vision, this view you see that’s encompassing you, so you’re using photography as an attempt to capture, but then there’s something interesting when you look at that photograph in a different place and time; it conveys another place, a third meaning. That’s what I’m trying to do with my work, using physical or structural components to bring that third element in so it’s not really here nor there, and make it more present at the moment of viewing. I think it fills a gap. I’m really drawn to sculpture, and as a viewer I think it has a lot of possibilities and potential, so I’m really trying to mix the physical presence of an artwork with an image.” – Letha Wilson 2011
Altogether At Once | © Letha Wilson 2011
Vertical Horizon | © Letha Wilson 2011
Angled Aspens | © Letha Wilson 2011
Sunset Airplane | © Letha Wilson 2009
Rockface | © Letha Wilson 2011
Two by Four | © Letha Wilson 2011
Hug Grand Tentons | © Letha Wilson 2011
happy canada day!
Inunnguaq of Whistler Mountain (used by the First Nations people of British Columbia) | © Emma Leslie 2010
my new favourite person
Axel Hütte is a German contemporary landscape photographer. Hütte is part of a generation of German photographers that includes Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff, and Andreas Gursky, who have been influential in the creation of this unique photographic aesthetic. His photographs follow a strict objective approach devoid of narrative and yet evoke emotive qualities with poetic sensibility.
Bryant Park | © Axel Hütte Date unknown
Ingelheim | © Axel Hütte 2009
Niederwald | © Axel Hütte 2009
Title unknown | © Axel Hütte Date unknown
Caesars Palace en Las Vegas | © Axel Hütte 2009
Elfenweiher | © Axel Hütte 2004
Sandia Mountains, USA| © Axel Hütte Date unknown
Underworld, New Mexico | © Axel Hütte 2008
Front Page Feature
Culled, but still one of my favourites.
Untitled | © Emma Leslie 2011
Front Page Feature
You are not forgotten.
Untitled (the colours of canada) | © Emma Leslie 2010
i remember a time once…
How can one explore the poetic beauty of adolescent angst, of lost innocence, of a tumultuous existence without being controversial? More art should be beautifully controversial.
Untitled #75 | © Bill Henson 2000 - 2003
Untitled #3 | © Bill Henson 1998 - 2000
Untitled #66 | © Bill Henson 2000 - 2003
Untitled #72 | © Bill Henson 2000 - 2003
Untitled #95 | © Bill Henson 2000 - 2003
Untitled #68 | © Bill Henson 1998 - 2000
hereabouts
30 second word association with myself:
Honours – Lost – Lonely – Love – Hills – Tea – Nothingness – Concrete – Sublime
Now that that is done we can proceed. So hiatus of the academic kind has kept me from coming up for air. Let’s take what we can get and that getting will involve fun finds and facts from my research.
Untitled (Flower tree monster of the night) | © Emma Leslie 2011
in the absence of deer signs
Untitled 1 (2010) | © Emma Leslie
Untitled 2 (2010) | © Emma Leslie
Untitled 3 (2010) | © Emma Leslie
Untitled 4 (2010) | © Emma Leslie
Untitled 5 (2010) | © Emma Leslie
Untitled 6 (2010) | © Emma Leslie
riitta päiväläinen
Whimsical, sculptural, emotive and eerie are some words to describe the work of Finnish photographer Riitta Päiväläinen who is fascinated by the presence of unwritten history, particularly that which shrouds second hand clothes. Päiväläinen combines my love for cold landscapes and installations made of cloth.
Nest, Structura | © Riitta Päiväläinen 2005
Vaults, Vestige | © Riitta Päiväläinen 2005
Camouflag II | © Riitta Päiväläinen 2005 Shelter, Vestige | © Riitta Päiväläinen 2005
Imaginary Meeting V | © Riitta Päiväläinen 2005
Papaver Somniferum | © Riitta Päiväläinen 2006
nicholas hughes
I was recently directed to the work of British photographer Nicholas Hughes. His minimalist photographs flit between the romantic and gothic but are always poetic. The reference to poetry is explicit as each series is separated into Verses. I am particularly drawn to Hughes’ use of colour in these almost monochromatic photographs and to his use of motion blur.
Image #1 from Edge, Verse II | © Nicholas Hughes 2007
Image 1 from Field VIII | © Nicholas Hughes 2009
Image #13 from In Darkness, Visible, Verse I | © Nicholas Hughes 2007