PHOTO OF THE WEEK
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-- Don Leach
Taking portraits of artists is always a fun assignment. There’s almost
always several elements to work with. First is the artist, then the
artwork and then the studio.
These assignments are the classic “environmental portrait.” It’s fun
and challenging to blend these elements together in one shot to make your
own piece of photographic art.
Artists sometimes have interesting personalities, and I always try to
put them in their artwork somehow. When Graham Weinbrenshowed me the
interactive presentation he was installing at UC Irvine, the idea for the
picture came together quickly.
Everything was already in place. The projected pictures behind
Weinbren and the hanging picture frame were obvious graphic elements. I
had him stand behind the frame and put his hand through it because that
is how visitors to Weinbren’spresentation can change the picture on the
wall. I would like to go back and see how “Frames,” his interactive
artwork, looks when completed.
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