False Gods II by TwoPynts
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Okay, I know you are wondering what the heck this is about. Well, it's more of that art student creativity!
;o]
While shooting the previous photos, I found a discarded toilet in a junk heap behind a building in the apartment complex I was living in at the time. Of course, I immediately started wondering how I could possibly use it in an artistic way, hahah. I found out later when I was mountain biking down back roads with some friends. We discovered a scene of destruction -- an old church had recently burned down in an out of the way area.
Days later, I loaded the now well cleaned toilet into the back of my car and lugged it over to the site. I carried it through the rubble and to the place where the altar must have stood. I set the Topcon up on my tripod and planned out the photo. It took several tries before I was able to release the timer, run through the rubble and arrange myself on the toilet in a natural pose in time to make the shot. I felt comfortable doing this only because it was a very out of the way spot in the woods. There were some houses through the trees about 200 yards away and I can only imagine what the residents must have thought of my antics had they seen me.
Once again shot on B&W 35 mm film. I didn't feel this image needed any toning. I debated whether or not to just post the image and let the viewers draw their own conclusions, or to give an explanation. I feel in this case the story adds a little something. ;]
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Comments (45)
TwoPynts
well, you should love tomorrow...heheh...
watapki66
Wonderful imagination, excellent image!
tvernuccio
one thing about you, Kort...you're not afraid of anything! Your image is fantastic!!!!!! Perfect just the way it is! you score high points for this because i know how incredibly hard it is to do self portraits...how exhausting they can be! sometimes i feel like i run marathons! this one...i can only imagine! LOL! more points for your creativity. i enjoyed hearing your story! can i tell you what i think and feel when i looked at this BEFORE reading what you wrote? well, you're used to my novels. :) ok. first thing i thought of was the symbolism of the toilet. we jokingly refer to the toilet as a "throne." i saw your picture as "man in the ruins...naked and exposed. How does this related to False Gods? i wasn't sure. but i like this image because it makes me think. i'll be looking at it again! A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cosme..D..Churruca
Totally genial Kort... superb creativity !
Hesbe
Belle originalit
logiloglu
lol, a cool scene. very expressive in b/w. excellent photography art,Kort. #:O)
Lledeline
Funny and great idea.
MossSphere
Strangely enough, if you are thinking classically this reminds me of Rodin's Thinker !!! Maybe its the hunched, strained position? 8-)
MoppelundWilli
ROFL, must have looked funny, u running from your camera to the toilet several times, i hope with trousers up! ;D
jcv2
Well, that's like visiting number 1 like God sees us, from all sides as if we were sitting like here! Very original work, Kort!
sossy
what a fascinating and impressive scene! LOL but very artistic and expressive! cool idea and you are sure that nobody else was around? LOL
Sylvaine
A Most, Intense, Fragile stunning Photography serie....Bravo....
blacq_nyght_vampyre
Applauds This is fantastic!!!!
ModestyB
LOL!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!!!!
silverhalide
are you kidding...the story makes it priceless...as in the "priceless advs..."finding a place to go in the middle of nowhere...priceless" []/;^)