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Once Upon a Time, in London

Once Upon a Time, in London

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When I was interning in London, I played Massive Attack’s “Mezzanine” album endlessly. It was part of my London soundtrack, coupled with David Bowie’s “Low” and “Heroes.”

Walking around damp London streets, commuting on the crowded Underground, or printing photos in the darkroom. The album became important to me without me even realizing it, and it still so fresh in my ears. It’s clouds of smoke against a single bright light. It drips oil… dark, slick, and filled with strange swirls of color swirling on the surface.

With the announcement of the Massive Attack “mezzaninexxi” show next year, I thought I would share one of the projects I photographed while under the influence of the album.

Let’s talk about it in the comments below… in the meantime, here’s my favorite track off the album… will it be part of the Desert Island Stitch series? Only time will tell

The Secret Life of Mother Nature and Machines [redux]

The Secret Life of Mother Nature and Machines [redux]

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While I was interning in London, I had the opportunity to take an experimental photography class. In that class, we used several different processing and printing procedures to create unique print effects, all done analog style. Yeah, these things could have easily been replicated in Photoshop with a far more precise effect, but then where is the fun in that? It’s sort of like that exciting feeling when you have a roll of film processed [“How are the pictures going to come out?” or “Oh, I totally forgot about that picture!”… those exciting little moments].

But I digress.

I presented my prints in the form of a photographic story: The Secret Life of Mother Nature and Machines, or Welcome to the Apocalypse. I had also created a Macromedia Flash [yes, it was that long ago] presentation.

Fast forward, I was sorting through some archived files and came across the Flash SWF for the original presentation I had put together. I was still really pleased with how the images came out, but wanted to rework the wording a bit [and pull it out of the Flash]. Since I couldn’t find the original source files, I dug out the original images and re-scanned them.

So, without further yammering, here is the revised project:

The Secret Life of Mother Nature and Machines

Please to enjoy… !