A Mosaic of Time & L
^ by Bryn Edward Davies Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2020
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he encounter of shadow is something th a t h a s i n s pired art i s t i c e x p r e s s i o n th r o u g h o u t h u m a n hi st ory. I c on c e i v e d t h e i d e a o f th e sh a d o wg r a m as a c ont emp o r a r y t a k e o n t h e p h o to g r a m . A sh adowgraph i s a s h a d o w p r o je cte d o n to a su r f ace t hat is fr a m e d b y a n o p t i ca l d e vice - o r in m y ca se a s heet o f A 4 p a p e r ( s e e fig . 1 ) . It is so m e t hi n g I obs er v e a n d r e s p o n d to r a th e r th a n co n str uc t . I n our i m a g e l e d c u l t u r e th e p h o to g r a p h is predom inantl y d i s p l a c e d f r o m its p la ce o f ca p tu r e . I l i ke t he ide a o f r e t u r n i n g t h e p h o to g r a p h b a ck to where it was t a k e n .
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Fig. 1. Mann Island (2019)
Fr om t his ba s i c i d e a I d e v e l o p e d a wa y o f se e i n g whic h mo v e s a w a y f r o m na r r a tive o r th e r e p rese nt at iona l i m a g e - b u t t o w a r d s a co n ce p t o f acknowledgin g t h e g a p s a n d in te r va ls b e twe e n t he im ages w e s e e . I t i s b a s e d o n th e Ja p a n e se co nc ept of M a - e m b r a c i n g t h e id e a th a t n o sin gl e im age is d e f i n i t i v e a n d t h a t visio n is a lwa ys i n co mplet e. I n c a p t u r i n g a s e rie s o f sh a d o wg r a m s my p hot ograp h y b e c o m e s w h a t I like to th in k o f a s A Mos aic of Ti m e & L i g h t .
