I was once asked “What is so special about Stormtroopers? Why are you using them so often?..” I had literally more than a hundred answers for that one question, all related to their signature presence in Star Wars series. But those were all emotional explanations. Then I realized that there was a technical answer to …
When I began writing this, I went about it all-wrong… I treated it as an assignment. “Why do I photograph toys…?” Hmmmmm. I went off on an “artsy-fartsy” tangent and got all philosophical. “I PHOTOGRAPH TOYS BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE!” Or something like, “Well, often times my figures express how I am feeling much more …
Why do I take photographs of toys? For me, it’s pretty simple. There is a very brief and special moment that sometimes happens in my toy photography. If I’ve done everything correctly, I obtain realism. At least, enough realism to make a viewer pause for a second, look a little closer and ask “how’d he …
The Poetry of the Streets There is a thrill to walking the empty city at dawn, plastic hidden, feeling the cold biting your neck racing the morning light as it creeps over the tops of the buildings. There is a quiet that follows as you slip into dirty laneways dripping with brightly coloured street art, …
“The First Attempt” by Avanaut Why do I take photographs of Lego? That is a question that took me by surprise a couple of weeks ago. I realized I had never asked myself that question before. Finding the answer was not easy, and it took a brief conversation with my wife for me to see …
Why? Why do I take photographs of small plastic figures? Well, I’m not doing it to change the world. Neither am I bringing attention to worthy causes, or highlighting injustice with my photographs. I do it for the same reason most people do most things, I do it for me. I want to take the …
A most hectic week is coming to an end. From crazy staff meetings with Darth on the latest flavor of the marshmallows being served in the Canteen on the Death Star to visiting other big Inc. headquarters near the origin of mankind in Europe in the surroundings of Heidelberg. One question has been brewing in …
