Excerpts from a project by photographer Christian Chaize spanning eight locked-off, large format years on a beach in Southern Portugal. To wit:
What the still-life was for Morandi, the haystack for Monet…this beach is that for me. From a distance, I observe the variables: light, weather, time of day, the ebb and flow of the ocean and most importantly, the sunbathers, unaware, below my large-format camera. The images are shot vertically, a departure from the traditional, horizontal format in landscape photography. It puts my subject matter in the form of a portrait—an ongoing record of this corner of nature (and human nature), over the minutes, the days, the years.
MORE: Praia Piquinia: Photos by Christian Chaize
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“What the still-life was for Morandi, the haystack for Monet…this beach is that for me.”
Nice idea but sorry what… seriously :)
She likes the beach… it inspires her creativity? Ballybunion does the same for me.
Although I would say water lilies for Monet, rather than haystacks.. Just sayin’
He painted a lot of ponds with water lilies, that he had on his property.
Brush and paint will always be a far grander and greater skill and craft than the camera…. that was my point …and just my opinion :)
It depends on who’s doing the painting and who’s taking the pictures ma dear.
And hey, whatever inspires ya. I think my sh*ts are creative.. I’ll always have a gander to see how wondrous they turned out.
Each to their own loike.
They’re good pics though.
I think Chris Cunningham did that better in his video for Aphex Twin’s ‘On’
Nice shots but maybe tone down the ego.. let them speak for themselves ?
Love this sh1t