syncretismassociates » Still lifes

Cross Purposes series

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:54:10 +0000

I grew up in a church context. I’ve rejected a bit of this, some attitudes, some details, but kept to things I consider good. For reasons I won’t go into here I’ve been strongly off the crosses as a symbol.

Fast forward to photography. For a year now I’ve been unable to see a construction crane without seeing a cross.

This series begins with the first of these, the rather grandiose sunburst behind a crane scene. It crosses (arf) into the healing series – which I felt at the time was probably related – for the three needles/calvary scene and ends with some good old fashioned churchyard action with cranes again.

I am now wondering whether my seeing these everywhere anything more than my usual interest in geometry.

I’m going to turn comments on for a change. If you’re composing a comment with the purpose of trying to change my mind about the religious ideas, don’t waste your time.

Backstage at the Little Theatre New Plymouth

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:59:33 +0000

NZ art in-joke alert – In one of these pics “Here I give thanks to Peryer and Culbert”

Healing series

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:00:23 +0000

In return for doing some promotional shots for an acupuncturist I got access to the apparatus for a bit.

Spark

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:48:24 +0000

Spark, 2009 (f1.8@1/15th ISO 1600)

A bit wet

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:14:06 +0000

I don’t generally see abstraction as something I want to do much of. However, this photo was a spontaneous shot of a real scene a little more close up than usual. I like the ambiguity of it. It looks real, and also fake. It is a real scene and barely digitally processed at all.