Eyeballoverload
July 22, 2004 10:27 PM Subscribe
Eyeballoverload can be described as follows: "Nick Spark is a California-based photographer who specializes in montage or composite photography. This is a technique in which dozens, if not hundreds, of photos are seamlessly pasted together to create a unified image. The result is a balanced, yet highly detailed view of reality... albeit slightly enhanced."
I like his idea of combining as many aspects of a city as possible into a single visual space (cityscapes). The result has a rich yet minimalist, graphic quality to it. By pruning the non-symbolic components out of the source photographs, he creates an eyeballoverload indeed. That is my conjecture anyway, based on the low-res samples.
I will attempt to do something similar with my many, many rolls of travel photos. What a great idea - does anyone know of other artists exploring similar constructs? Looks like I've got something to do next winter...
posted by blindcarboncopy at 11:19 PM on July 22, 2004
I will attempt to do something similar with my many, many rolls of travel photos. What a great idea - does anyone know of other artists exploring similar constructs? Looks like I've got something to do next winter...
posted by blindcarboncopy at 11:19 PM on July 22, 2004
On the cityscapes, is it me, or did he use the same photograph of a limo in both the New York and Los Angeles nocturns? (Look in the bottom left.)
posted by salmacis at 12:38 AM on July 23, 2004
posted by salmacis at 12:38 AM on July 23, 2004
Reminds me of the stylized montage drawings that were popular in the 80's and 90's, in which landmarks of a city were all cartoonized into one image. So this is an old idea, but done with photoshop instead of ink. Blah.
posted by yesster at 5:39 AM on July 23, 2004
posted by yesster at 5:39 AM on July 23, 2004
salmacis: it's you. The NY shot is from close to ground level -- you can see under the limo to the far wheels. The LA shot is from eye level.
posted by anewc2 at 5:54 AM on July 23, 2004
posted by anewc2 at 5:54 AM on July 23, 2004
"seamlessly pasted together"
I take great issue with this use of phrase. I see nothing but seams, everywhere.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:49 AM on July 23, 2004
I take great issue with this use of phrase. I see nothing but seams, everywhere.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:49 AM on July 23, 2004
This member has exceeded their bandwith for the day.
Doh! Mefi'd another one. We really need to stop killing innocent web sites.
posted by JeffK at 9:42 AM on July 23, 2004
Doh! Mefi'd another one. We really need to stop killing innocent web sites.
posted by JeffK at 9:42 AM on July 23, 2004
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