I can now add Photo Assistant to my resume’…………….
Today I hooked up with photographer Markus Haugg to photograph an installation by artist Ara Peterson. Ara does some cool stuff with visual deception. These things can only have justice done to them when they are viewed in their natural, installed environment. Here are some shots of what I was seeing today:
Markus shooting the details with full bounced strobe.
Shooting with ambient light; overhead spots and filtered sunlight in this case.
Close up of the detailed intricate work.
More detail. Individual painted wood strips, laminated to form 8 x 16 foot (approx) wall piece.
Tags: Ara Peterson, art, Markus Haugg, Paul McClelland, PM Custom, sculpture, sun dried tomatoes
August 30th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Is Ara Armenian? I love those fabrics, very cool.
August 31st, 2008 at 9:36 am
The pieces, though they look from photographs like fabric, are laminated wood. The artwork is about 8 feet tall, by about 16 feet wide and about 2-3 inches thick. The artist draws shapes and then has them cut, water jet or laser. The cut sections are then painted and laminated. In person the pieces are pretty amazing. Thanks for your comments.