Another World: photography by Frederik Ödman
April 10, 2005 9:36 AM   Subscribe

The dark and unsettling photography of Swedish photographer Fredrik Ödman who explores "the meeting point between logic, imagination and madness." Don't miss his nature portfolios. via The Cartoonist)
posted by madamjujujive (16 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
That "Other World" scared the bejeezus out of me
posted by AbbyRoad at 9:40 AM on April 10, 2005


Very cool. I sometimes find work like this is trying a bit too hard, but this is definitely good stuff. I especially like his portraits.
posted by biscotti at 10:32 AM on April 10, 2005


Great stuff. Thanks, juju.
posted by homunculus at 10:54 AM on April 10, 2005


I love this work. My enjoyment is only marred by my inability to find a print collection. I [heart] the web, but art like this demands the kind of scrutiny and quality reproduction only print can provide (for now).
posted by mkhall at 11:04 AM on April 10, 2005


Superb. It's amazing how he can put that feeling of darkness into the nature shots. And I love the misty coastline with the single bird.
posted by arc at 11:09 AM on April 10, 2005


Absolutely stunning.
posted by ericb at 12:29 PM on April 10, 2005


I like it. Thanks.
posted by Alison at 3:07 PM on April 10, 2005


dark ?
why, yes.

unsettling
?
nah, just dark and rather boring.
posted by Substrata at 3:36 PM on April 10, 2005


Scotch Tape has these and other unsettling applications.
posted by StickyCarpet at 3:41 PM on April 10, 2005


Joel-Peter Witkin is darker, imo, but both tend to bore after a few. I haven't read anything about Ödman's work, but I know enough about Witkin to know that he is a complex and (again, imo) troubled person. Ödman's work, to me, just appears to be the sort of highly creative jerking around that one can achieve digitally. Witkin's models, for the most part, are from nature.

I know that it takes all kinds to turn the earth, so folks that did Geiger and Witkin probably groove on Ödman too. By all means, knock yourselves out. No, really, I mean it.
posted by beelzbubba at 3:56 PM on April 10, 2005


folks that did Geiger and Witkin probably groove on Ödman too

I'll second that. "Other World" has Witkin so written all over it that I am a tiny bit surprised that he even bothered. Sincere flattery, I guess...?
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:09 PM on April 10, 2005


uhhhh, DIG Geiger et al. (damned keyboard...)
posted by beelzbubba at 4:17 PM on April 10, 2005


Some of this reminds me of the imagry in the movie "The Cell". My guess is the filmmakers took some cues from this man's beautifully unsettling work.
posted by elf_baby at 7:58 PM on April 10, 2005


Like biscotti, I definitely got a "trying to hard" vibe from most of the aggressively freaky pictures. They are well composed, of course, but with all the outfits, props, silly faces and over-the-top lighting effects they're almost more theater than photography.

But the nature pics more than made up for that. More of a subtle, delicious dissonance between the creepy and the beautiful, I thought.
posted by soyjoy at 7:10 AM on April 11, 2005


I really enjoyed this. Thank you.
posted by Man O' Straw at 9:30 AM on April 11, 2005


Some of this reminds me of the imagry in the movie "The Cell". My guess is the filmmakers took some cues from this man's beautifully unsettling work

No. Both took from, and added little to, the visions of original artists.
posted by dgaicun at 1:38 PM on April 12, 2005


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