Posts tagged ‘dragonflies’
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Light Stencil Urban Art
Australian artist TigTab illuminates dark and derelict spaces with bright and colourful butterflies, dragonflies and spiders. These images appear to be digitally created, but actually they’re shot live using flashes of light through stencils.
From The Telegraph:
“My photos are predominantly shot using urban backdrops. I find beauty in decay – those abandoned and forgotten places all around us. By bringing light into the darkness of each space, it fills that space for a moment in time, and highlights both their beauty and impermanence”
The stencils are placed on light boxes lined with silver foil. The intricate designs are revealed after a burst from a camera flash lights up the inside of the box very briefly.
TigTab moves around the room, tunnel or drain, repositioning the stencils and firing the flash repeatedly while the shutter of the camera is left open to create complex designs.
