Cockatoo Island
A photographic essay of the famous Cockatoo Island complex in Sydney Australia.
de Ashley Mackevicius
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Acerca del libro
There were many technical challenges – the low light levels (I only used available light), high contrast situations and bottomless pits of shadows and difficult camera positions. I often had to reshoot certain images to get them right.
It was not just the machines and structures themselves that present such beauty to me. The fine layers of dust, the sheen of oil and beautifully worn surfaces were revealed by the soft, luminous light that penetrated the aged skylights and windows.
An old lathe can be seen merely as such. Look closer and the forms and patina will reveal not only it’s intrinsic beauty but also it’s history.
Often alone, in a huge corrugated iron building with a soaring ‘saw tooth’ roof, I would slink around searching every nook and cranny for hidden gems.
Huge machines, built in England and Scotland, with worm screws the diameter of my waist. Small lathes with intricate adjusting mechanisms all spoke of the great age of shipbuilding. The power station that supplied electricity to the island, with it’s myriad of switches, levers, and gauges always raises the hairs on the back of my neck.
Características y detalles
- Categoría principal: Fotografía artística
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Características: Cuadrado grande, 30×30 cm
N.º de páginas: 48 - Fecha de publicación: dic. 10, 2010
- Idioma English
Acerca del creador
I have been a photographer for nearly 40 years. Photography is my passion and my vocation. My approach is from an intuitive perspective rather than an intellectual one. Consequently, my photographs tend to invite meditation rather than discourse. My projects, subject matter, materials and techniques vary with little rhyme or reason. Regardless, there is a strange harmony between each series of photos. I work introspectively, somewhat in a vacuum. This insular way of working helps me be true to myself creatively. I like to spend time with my subjects. As a result my creative output is slow, both in development and execution. Final images are often the result of months and sometimes years of experimentation, rephotographing and ‘living’ with work prints. Behind each final image are numerous photographic ‘sketches’ or references. The process is all-important. I will continue to further refine and distil my vision – to work towards interpretations that are sheer, poetic and pure. Ashley