Jul 6, 2016
Picasso in New York
I fell in love with the very first shot. I know I always tell you how much time I spend experimenting with, and perfecting, each photo I make, but every once in awhile everything aligns right from the start.
Of course I tried to improve it anyway, I always do, but every exposure that followed was lacking. Probably because each change would hide some element of the silly face I found in the distortion.
I saw a Picasso-esque face right away; the forehead slopes down from the top and curls into a massive nose at the bottom, creating the typical cubist profile that impossibly displays two lopsided eyes, one half closed and one wide open.
I excitedly dragged Nick to my studio to show him, but before I could open my mouth he said, “looks like New York’s border.”
That’s the beauty of abstract art. It gives the viewer a chance to be creative, to open their mind’s eye, and then mine! Nick barely ever sees things they way I do, and that inevitably broadens both of our perspectives.
And this abstract party is just getting started!!
What are these numbered posts all about? Read the introduction to my Photo & 100 Words project and find out!
Jul 6, 2013
When I took these photos it was a bitterly cold day and I was feeling very blah. I wanted to photograph something – anything, really.
My usual subjects are pets, flowers, and bugs so there was no chance of finding anything new to photograph. Actually, if I remember it right, we were about to get snowed in. Well anyway, I was determined to force myself out of funkland.
I had Nick pick the ugliest thing in our apartment and he chose our stove. No argument there – I’m pretty sure my landlord painted it white when it started to discolor so now when I clean it there are always specs of white flaking off onto my sponge and revealing a nasty yellowish brown color beneath.
So I decided to get out my macro lens and try to make our repulsive stove into a beautiful piece of art. It was a spur of the moment photography prompt, and here’s how it came out:
The whole oooogly stove. Just so you know what I was working against – I mean with – here.
Ok so I didn’t make anything spectacularly beautiful, but they certainly are interesting if nothing else – right? Oh and in case you’re wondering what the one on the left is: it’s a patch of the backboard between the oven light switch and the clock. My macro lens is definitely my favorite toy to play with!
Thanks for reading!
