Nadiv Kandar

How do we really know where an idea comes from?

I thought the evolution from my flesh coloured alien hands to green ones and then to the cloth doll was inspired by the fact that I was calling the project Alien Body Parts and that I saw the piece of coloured tissue paper lying around. However, over the last week or so I have been looking at a number of photographer’s websites including Nadiv Kandar www.nadavkander.com

My outdoor night-time shots were definitely inspired by his Colour Fields project, but perhaps his work has been playing on my subconscious more than I realised.

Test Shoots

Yesterday I was shooting for another project. I was shooting hands against a softbox and deliberately overexposing so that the light wrapped around the fingers to made them look sort of alien. I saw a piece of green tissue paper lying around so I decided to cover the softbox with it to make the hands look even more alien.

I liked the result so when I had finished I decided to try the same effect for this project. I used a cloth and wood doll which I hung over the softbox. I could turn the photo so that the doll is the right way up but I prefer it upside down.

At night I decided to try the green light outside. There is a piece of rough ground between our house and a railway so I took some of the shots when a train was passing. The lighting didn’t quite wok out as I wanted, but the results are quite interesting and it was fun. I think I’ll explore this further.

I’m continuing my journey ‘Into the Unknown’.

An Idea for the Photo Assignment

I’ve always been fascinated by the way families interact with each other. It seems that the days where a family would sit down to eat together every night have gone. In May last year I decided to take a photo of everyone in the house. I found them all sitting in semi darkness looking at a screen of some sort. Is this the norm these days?

This gave me three ideas for my project.

1. Long exposure nighttime shots lit only by the light emitting from screens
2. Documenting the interaction between family members
3. Documenting family meals