Comments on: Another World: photography by Frederik Ödman

Another World: photography by Frederik Ödman

madamjujujive — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 09:36:22 -0800

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)

By: AbbyRoad

AbbyRoad — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 09:40:53 -0800

That "Other World" scared the bejeezus out of me

By: biscotti

biscotti — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:32:21 -0800

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.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:54:09 -0800

Great stuff. Thanks, juju.

By: mkhall

mkhall — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:04:33 -0800

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).

By: arc

arc — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:09:34 -0800

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.

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:29:50 -0800

Absolutely stunning.

By: Alison

Alison — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:07:00 -0800

I like it. Thanks.

By: Substrata

Substrata — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:36:32 -0800

dark ? why, yes. unsettling ? nah, just dark and rather boring.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:41:54 -0800

Scotch Tape has these and other unsettling applications.

By: beelzbubba

beelzbubba — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:56:23 -0800

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.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:09:45 -0800

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...?

By: beelzbubba

beelzbubba — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:17:02 -0800

uhhhh, DIG Geiger et al. (damned keyboard...)

By: elf_baby

elf_baby — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:58:33 -0800

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.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 07:10:12 -0800

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.

By: Man O' Straw

Man O' Straw — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:30:48 -0800

I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:38:36 -0800

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.