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Archive 2016 · The Silk Canvas...

Numfar
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Last week I had a shoot with a textile artist from another province. She dyes silks, and wanted to show them off. A few months back we did a shoot with a ballet dancer in the foreground and us tossing individual silks over her, but now we needed a new way to shot them off.... which is surprisingly challenging.

She contacted some of her clients (other designers who make garments out of her silk) and organized a shoot. I got the inspiration from a giant mural of a Gustav Klimpt paining in the bathroom of a local bar... heh - well, inspiration has to come from somewhere, eh!?

The shoot is titled "The Silk Canvas" and each image is inspired by a different geographic region on the planet....

Anyway, we shot 8 images - here are five of them....

BURDEKIN

CONNACHT

KYOTO

LUXOR

THREE GRACES

Mar 13, 2016 at 08:48 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · The Silk Canvas...

Well done numfar

Mar 13, 2016 at 08:56 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · The Silk Canvas...

Great work!

Mar 13, 2016 at 10:39 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · The Silk Canvas...

My gosh, Brent. What a mind bending, exhausting project this must have been.

Part of the inherent nature of something like this is the endless things to study and pick apart or nit over. I hope you've been able to let that go for now at least and enjoy all the success herein.

Very strong in so many ways buddy. Nice job.

Chuck

Mar 13, 2016 at 11:12 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · The Silk Canvas...

A good set with lots of charm and originality. The limbs askew in #1 was another unique part I liked.

Hard to pict a favourite, but the last one has all the angled legs and I thought that was best.

Mar 14, 2016 at 06:42 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · The Silk Canvas...

Fantastic work, love the colors and lightning.

Just wondering how did you shoot those pictures? looks like you are over the models.

Marcelo

Mar 14, 2016 at 10:06 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · The Silk Canvas...

Amazing series. I like the concept and the execution. Kyoto stands out for me. I like the greater simplicity of the bold areas of solid color playing off against each other. The model is more distinct and separate in this which, I think, makes it easier for my mind to appreciate. Knowing little to nothing about portrait lighting, I wonder if there is something that can be done to reduce what I see as a glare from the bright colors especially in the last. The one model's red hair looks great but the blue/turquoise/greens seem too bright to me (the white in #4 as well). I like #2 the best of the more blended versions. She seems relaxed and natural with a great expression. Despite the blending, she still stands out with the red hair on green and the blue stockings. Very creative!

Mar 14, 2016 at 11:31 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · The Silk Canvas...

Wow! Excellent work!

Mar 14, 2016 at 03:29 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · The Silk Canvas...

Soo... You your inspiration was some bathroom replicas Klimts paintings! Nice of you to mention that. Nicely executed too, me think.

More here: http://www.klimtgallery.org/

Mar 16, 2016 at 05:14 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · The Silk Canvas...

Wow; your stuff's just pure awesomeness (to quote Kung-fu Panda). lol

I just looked that the preview at the top of the forum bar and knew it was you Numfar. Keep up the fantastic work.

Mar 16, 2016 at 11:30 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · The Silk Canvas...

Fantastic work indeed. Thank you for sharing!

Mar 22, 2016 at 11:00 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · The Silk Canvas...

Awesome, loving your work!

Jun 06, 2016 at 09:14 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · The Silk Canvas...

Fantastic images. Well done with all the colors. #3 is my favorite. Just perfect!!

Jun 06, 2016 at 12:47 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · The Silk Canvas...

Me likes!
Daring to throw out that much color and you pulled it off great. I love the variety of you work. Unlike many excellent photographers who limit themselves to a narrow niche that ends up in gorgeous but repetitive images, your work is refreshing as it keeps being surprising and exciting. I find this inspiring!

Jun 09, 2016 at 09:02 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · The Silk Canvas...

So good

Jun 09, 2016 at 03:52 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · The Silk Canvas...

Awesome work!

Jun 10, 2016 at 09:37 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · The Silk Canvas...

Very cool and interesting concept, well executed. Love the colors and designs. I like #2 & #3 the best. Nice job!

Jun 10, 2016 at 03:28 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · The Silk Canvas...

Very cool and interesting concept, well executed. Love the colors and designs. I like #2 & #3 the best. Nice job!

Jun 10, 2016 at 03:28 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · The Silk Canvas...

Very nice eye candy indeed, the vibrancy and saturation are fantastic, as is the concept in general, well done...

I too really like number 3.

Jun 10, 2016 at 05:32 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · The Silk Canvas...

Looks like a fun shoot. Great results.

Maybe it is just a matter of color preference, but I liked #1 best.

Am I correct that you are shooting down on the models from above? They are lying on the silks, if I am correctly interpreting the perspective clues.

Thanks.

Dave

Jun 11, 2016 at 04:22 PM

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