The Echoing Towers Of The Tuatha Dé Danann by Garbhán Myles (United Kingdom)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This image was created by using the multiple exposure mode of my camera across two locations here in the North of Ireland. It consists of several layers of “intentional camera movement” type shots.
In Irish Mythology The Tuatha Dé Danann are a race of supernatural beings that live in the Otherworld, but are able to interact with humans in this world.
Make of this what you will.
AUTHOR
Photography for me began with shooting the world up close in the form of potpourri jars, kit lat wrappers, bin stains and whatnot. I was producing these abstract visuals for ambient soundscapes which i was creating, and here I found massive passion in finding all these wee magic alien like microcosms all around me.
When I progressed to a Pentax KX and tried out old manual lenses in manual mode, as opposed to kit lenses in auto, I got my head into understanding photography properly. At this point I started exploring landscape photography and fell in love with it. I soon found myself becoming more experimental with landscape work by using ‘in camera multiple exposures’ combined with ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) having been inspired by the British photographer ‘Chris Friel’.
I could say that using the above mentioned techniques aid in my ability to better capture the magickal atmosphere of the Irish landscape. In truth however, this would really be grasping at words as I dont create work with any preconceived concepts or fixed intellectual ideas.
I believe there is no single one true meaning to any works of art, and that artists themselves don't own the interpretation rights to their work. Personally I'm more interested in hearing other peoples description of my work as opposed to blethering on about my own ideas.
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