Figure & Form - Issue 2 - 2016

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P HOTOGRA PHY B Y CA M AT T R E E

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W WW. A RT Z I N ES. C O M / FI G U RE

IMMERSION The Immersion project happened almost by accident. I had a ‘Eureka moment’ when I noticed the way a small pool I’d built for a separate project with Jacqueline Furey caught the light and reflected her body in the water, sparking the concept for the project. So I set to work using only the 3m x 3m shallow pool, a black background, two lights and 40 volunteer models – some who have never posed nude before. As a photographic exploration, Immersion is a study of both aspects and its meaning.

1: The action of immersing someone or something in liquid 2: Deep mental involvement in something.

The subjects, while literally immersed in a shallow pool of water, often slip into a semi-conscious state; a daydream which allows the sub conscious mind to reflect and rise to the surface, often revealing an alternative guise. Immersion has been quite a different project for me as I generally vary the locations in my previous works. The biggest challenge was trying to avoid repetition and create new poses that also worked in the reflection of the water.

I shot the entire project over 4 separate weekends from December 2014 to April 2015. As I only had limited access to the studio space I was working in, I had to make the most of the time I had the pool set up. So I would shoot 12-15 people over 2-3 days.

Apart from my sore shoulders and aching back from lying on my stomach to get the right angle, the models also had to keep themselves from shivering and causing too many ripples that would distort the reflected image. I would say it has been a labor of love from both sides, and I was honored to have so many people volunteer their time.

ALICE X

ALISHA LOVE

BETSY BLUNDER-MUFF

E F F I E L’ A M O U R

LILLIAN LACE

BAILEY BLISS

MISS BUNNY PENNY

JADE NUVOUX

JACQUELINE FUREY

K I R A T I TA N

BAILEY BLISS C O R S E T TA D I V I N E

D O L LY D E V I L L E

D O L LY C A K E S

BRONTE WILDE

BETSY BLUNDER-MUFF

MIKEY

INDIE BERLIN

MISS BUNNY PENNY D O L LY D E V I L L E

TINA & MAGNOLIA GEORGII

R O S E T TA S T E R L I N G ALICE X

BONNIE JAQUELINE

HELENE

E F F I E L’ A M O U R

ROARIE YUM

N ATA S H A

I V Y FATA L E

ROARIE YUM

N ATA S H A

ARNA KITTY

L I LY R U V E

D O L LY C A K E S

JADE NUVOUX

MIKEY

JACQUELINE & MIKEY

C O R S E T TA D I V I N E

JAZZ

P E A R LY

MISTY

LILLIAN LACE

INDIE BERLIN

LAURA SEEDS

JACQUELINE FUREY

L I LY R U V E

MAGNOLIA KNIFE

K I R A T I TA N

S AT I N E S ’ A L L U M E R