eye candy [feb 2023 - Jul 2024] |
This series of photographs invites to an engagement with a familiar aesthetic, albeit one imbued with nuanced constructs. Drawing upon the Japanese kitsch, the photographs represent a concerted effort by the photographer to disrupt the perceived banality inherent in still-life compositions through the use of "mono no aware" - the awareness of impermanence, and "wabi-sabi" - the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Underpinned within this photographic exploration is a dialectical tension between superficial allure and deeper contemplative engagement. While the images serve as visual confections, tantalizing the senses with their aesthetic appeal, they simultaneously beckon viewers to delve into the intricacies of their construction. Through a synthesis of form and meaning, the photographs aspire to transcend their status as mere objects of beauty, assuming a more profound ontological significance. Of particular note is the conscientious sourcing of props and backdrops, gathered from a diverse array of locales including sunday markets, discarded scraps of upholstery, and junk yards. This scrupulous adherence to the principles of "wabi-sabi" underscores the project's commitment to valuing the inherent beauty latent within the overlooked and the ephemeral. All of the photographs in this series were created using large format analog photography and printed using over 12 different techniques. These range from the more common c-print and black and white print to the intricate platinum palladium, salt prints, gum dichromates, "in camera" direct positive prints, and hand-made, hand-coated photographic emulsions. Initiated in February 2023, the project is conceived as a temporal odyssey spanning the course of eighteen months, thereby encapsulating the cyclical rhythms of nature across all four seasons. Focused specifically on the Lebanese floral abundance, both wild and cultivated, the project endeavors to document the fleeting beauty inherent in the country’s botanical realm.
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eye candy i - 29.5 x 36.5 - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 10 + a.p. | |
eye candy ii - 29.5 x 36.5 - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 10 + a.p. | |
eye candy iii - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 5 + a.p. | |
eye candy iv - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from an 8x10 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 5 + a.p. | |
eye candy v - 20 x 25 cm - photographic lith print from an 8x10 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 4 u.p. | |
eye candy vi - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from an 8x10 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 10 + a.p. + 25 h/c | |
eye candy vii - 29.5 x 36.5 - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 10 + a.p. | |
eye candy viii - 30 x 40 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on rc paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy ix - 20 x 25 cm - "in camera" direct positive photograph on fuji crystal archive - edition of 3 u.p. + a.p. (numbered u.p. 1/3 to u.p. 3/3 & a.p.) | |
eye candy x - 29.5 x 36.5 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 10 + a.p. | |
eye candy xi - 20 x 25 cm - photographic lith print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 4 u.p. | |
eye candy xii - 30 x 40 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on rc paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy xiii - 20 x 25 cm - photographic lith print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 4 u.p. | |
eye candy xiv - 20 x 25 cm - "in camera" direct positive photograph on fuji crystal archive - edition of 4 u.p. (numbered u.p. 1/4 to u.p. 4/4) | |
eye candy xv - 29.5 x 36.5 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 10 + a.p. | |
eye candy xvi - 20 x 25 cm - "in camera" direct positive photograph on fuji crystal archive - edition of 3 u.p. + a.p. (numbered u.p. 1/3 to u.p. 3/3 & a.p.) | |
eye candy xvii - 29.5 x 36.5 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 10 + a.p. | |
eye candy xviii - 20 x 25 cm - "in camera" direct positive photograph on fuji crystal archive - edition of 3 u.p. + a.p. (numbered u.p. 1/3 to u.p. 3/3 & a.p.) | |
eye candy xix - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xx - 20 x 25 cm - "in camera" direct positive photograph on fuji crystal archive - edition of 4 (numbered u.p. 1/4 to u.p. 4/4) | |
eye candy xxi - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxii - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxiii - 29.5 x 36.5 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxiv - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxv - 29.5 x 36.5 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxvi - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxvii - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxviii - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from an 8x10 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxix - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxx - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxi - 20 x 25 cm - copper toned photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxii - 29.5 x 36.5 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxiii - 20 x 25 cm - "in camera" direct positive photograph on fuji crystal archive - edition of 4 (numbered u.p. 1/4 to u.p. 4/4) | |
eye candy xxxiv - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxv - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxvi - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from an 8x10 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxvii - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxviii - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xxxix - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from an 8x10 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xl - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xli - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xlii - 32 x 40 cm - color gum dichromate print on cotton paper - edition of 4 u.p. | |
eye candy xliii - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xliv - 32 x 40 cm - color gum dichromate print on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xlv - 20 x 25 cm - c-print from an 8x10 negative on fuji crytal archive paper - edition of 4 + a.p. | |
eye candy xlvi - 29.5 x 36.5 cm - c-print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crytal archive paper - edition of 5 + a.p. | |
eye candy xlvii - 20 x 25 cm - silver gelatin print from a 4x5 negative on japanese gampi paper - edition of 3 u.p. | |
eye candy xlviii - 20 x 25 cm - c-print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crytal archive paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy xlix - 20 x 25 cm - hand coated chloro-bromide emulsion contact print on cotton paper from an 8x10 negative. edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy l - 24.5 x 30.5 cm - hand coated chloro-bromide emulsion print on opal-baryta cotton paper from a 4x5 neagtive. edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy li - 32 x 40 cm - color gum dichromate print from a 4x5 negative on cotton paper. edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lii - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy liii - 20 x 25 cm - "in camera" direct positive photograph on fuji crystal archive - edition of 3 u.p. | |
eye candy liv - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lv - 20 x 25 cm - contact c-print from an 8x10 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lvi - 20 x 25 cm - c-print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy lvii - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy lviii - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lix - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lx - 20 x 25 cm - contact print from an 8x10 negative on hand coated silver gelatin emulsion on white opal baryta paper and on bronze baryta paper. edition of 2 + a.p. for each paper. | |
eye candy lxi - 40 x 50 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxii - 20 x 25 cm - c-print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive. edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxiii - 30 x 40 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxiv - 30 x 40 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxv - 20 x 25 cm - photographic print from an 8x10 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxvi - 30 x 40 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxvii - 40 x 50 cm - c-print from a 4x5 negative on fuji crystal archive paper - edition of 5 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxviii - 40 x 50 cm - direct positive photographic print from a 4x5 slide on fuji crystal archive paper - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxix - 30 x 40 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxx - 20 x 25 cm - direct positive print from a 4x5 slide on fuji crystal archive paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxxi - 20 x 25 cm - platinum palladium print from an 8x10 negative on cotton - edition of 2 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxxii - 30 x 40 cm - photographic print from a 4x5 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 3 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxxiii - 30 x 30 cm - photographic print from a 6x6 negative on fiberbase paper - edition of 4 + a.p. | |
eye candy lxxiv - 20 x 25 cm - untoned hand-coated salt print from an 8x10 negative on kitakata paper. - edition of 3 u.p. | |
eye candy lxxv - 8 x 10 cm (plate size) - 21 x 30 cm (paper sizr) - ten rubber stamps on simili japon paper. - edition of 15 + a.p. |