Make-believe but still real.

Halo 8

As the latest show of work, Convergence, draws to a close it has been a time of reflection. As with the Penumbra work, the show brought about the question; How did you do that? This really wasn’t surprising, especially when you consider I always get asked the question, even with my ‘straight photography’. In an ideal world I would have left everything a mystery, but the problem there was that most would assume everything was done in post rather than in camera. And then I got thinking about something I had never related to before. Unlike a straight landscape, which could also be sketched or painted, these images could only have been done using photography. The idea being that the shutter is opened, I walk into the shot, and then wave a light around (simple explanation). Of course the artist can always add something, or take it away, but they cannot physically alter reality. (The same could be said for photography post-production of crappy AI.)

And so with this in mind, I feel good to have produced something, Make-believe, but still real..