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Balance IX: The Sun That Stings From the West

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

It's odd how perfect bilateral symmetry can give machinery an almost biological undertone.

Shadows Start to Grow

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Props to whoever can guess what this is.

Take a Walk

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

An image that continues my night time explorations around Canada's Capital Region - this one on the Quebec side of the border in Gatineau. I have spent hundreds of hours over the years exploring other art forms in the shadows and yet this is my first attempt to show how I see that world in photography. The night allows you to see an area in a completely different way, a honed eye will pick out shapes and paths in the environment that are almost invisible during the day.

Options become apparent in Gatineau, Quebec.

Balance VIII: We Create Walls

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Does technology and infrastructure lead to freedom?

The Artist Inside

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

It's what's inside that counts right?

Venus Was Born in 1988

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

VENUS street art in a busted up military building from the Cold War era.

Unstable Ground

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:34:00 +0000

This one was taken the other night shortly before security ruined the party.

The Precursors of War

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

They both lead.

You're In My Way

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

A shot of an abandoned building halfway between Ottawa and Gatineau. This shot was interesting as it almost never happened. It's a long exposure and a security guard wanted to kick me out directly as the exposure started, I had to stall for a few moments as the exposure finished. He was confused why I was in such a sketchy area so late at night but I let him struggle with it as my photo finished before taking off. As an added bonus the light from his approaching vehicle illuminated a portion of the doorway that would have been shrouded in darkness otherwise.

Get out of my way.

Light of Day

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Here is one more image from an abandoned cattle farm on the outskirts of Ottawa. The building looks to have been vacant for quite some time. Writers have much of the premises covered (notice the nice Moloko tag in the back) and a lot of the ceiling is in the process of falling down.

Balance VII

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

This was created from a cold war era military installation that is in disrepair. This probably won't be the last image I create here.

Morph IV

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

I figured I'd keep this weeks set of postings to photos from the same location. This photo as well as Morph III are both from the same local as my Monday posting.

Paths we take.

Morph III

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:29:00 +0000

Another 8 shot multiple exposure. Since this series is really not about minimalism I wanted to include some images that were far more complicated. Finding this busy abandoned cattle farm was far from an accident.

And it will find you.

So You Be Forewarned

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Maybe it's the background in graff but 90% of my images seem to be hanging off high objects or gaining access to questionable locals. Getting too old for this? Nah.

"As I wake in the darkness and I look around, there is no sound. It's so tranquil, it's so calm like you. But now I hear a noise, is there any way out of this nightmare?"

Graff Saturday: Gatineau

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:06:00 +0000

Although Gatineau/Ottawa isn't as known in the graff game as Montreal or Toronto there is a healthy scene here that is always moving forward. I periodically post graff photos to my Facebook and Google+ so check that. Every now and again I'll post some close-ups here on the blog.

Morph II

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

The second image in the Morph series. This one is an 8 image multiple exposure and somewhat more abstract than the last.

This series was greatly influenced by Amon Tobin's ISAM. Click play below then click the image for full screen.

'ISAM' Preview by Amon Tobin

Baroque / Healthy Fear of Us

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

With all of the surrealist and experimental images I have been posting as of late I decided to mix it up with a minimalist documentary photograph.

Balance VI

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

This is what happens when photographers are huge into sci-fi. Save yourself.

You will never escape this place.

Balance V

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:26:00 +0000

In contrast to the last image I posted from this ongoing experimental series - this image attempts to do away with all notions of horizontal or vertical symmetry. In reality it uses both of course, though combined with the angle of the source image it creates an aerial view effect.

I wonder how Hermann Rorschach would utilize this one...

Balance IV

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

This one started out as an impromptu experiment to see if the human brain can accept horizontally symmetrical shapes with greater ease than vertically symmetrical shapes. The idea was that it should be less taxing on us since we see horizontally symmetrical forms far more frequently in nature.

3rd Level: You made it. Right?

Balance III

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

This third image showcases bilateral symmetry on a heavily fragmented rock face near Glooscap's Cave. What is most interesting to me is how the human brain seems to look for faces in anything bilaterally symmetrical. On Wednesday I'll post an image that takes this concept a little further.

The strong colours reinforce the symmetry.

Coasts IV

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Another new image from 'Coasts'. Again this is part of the series' movement inland. The first image from this development can be seen here. I am amazed at how similar some of these turbulent rivers can be to the rocky ocean shorelines back home.

Balance II

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

The first photo in this series I posted was bilaterally symmetrical. This one plays with the effect of quad-symmetry on a leaf.

Quad Symmetrical Red Oak Leaf.

Morph

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:39:00 +0000

These images came out of rethinking my approach to my early surrealist works. Each is a 4 photo multiple exposure.

Balance I

noreply@blogger.com (Threeark) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:20:00 +0000

A series that explores the role of symmetry in documentary photography. The technique is nothing particularly new but it is the first time I have applied it to my work. Lately I have been experimenting a lot with different procedures and techniques while trying to maintain my style. Expect lots of rather unorthodox photography over the next few weeks.