Video: Games People Play: Vintage Board Games in New Henry Hargreaves Photo Project
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Famous New Zealand photographer Henry Hargreaves constantly surprises fans of contemporary art with an unusual look at the most ordinary objects. Hargreaves' new cycle is entitled Game Over! are monochrome shots of board games from the "pre-computer era".
The main highlight of the project Game Over! - in that Hargreaves intentionally discolours the objects with which he works. As a result, chess pieces can easily be confused with each other, and the puzzle turns into a set of almost identical scraps of cardboard. This is how the photographer draws attention to the unusual play of shapes and geometric proportions that attract him to these toys.
Henry Hargreaves' career in the world of photography has been bizarre. In his youth, the future author of the "Game Over!" traveled to Asia, where he was noticed and invited to Europe … as a fashion model. After spending four years “on the other side of the camera,” Hargreaves decided it was time to switch places with the photographer. Apparently, over the four years of his modeling career, the New Zealander has become pretty boring with fashion photography: in this area he rarely shows himself, and if he does, then in the most unconventional way.
However, Hargreaves is not shy about working with big fashion brands; well, his most experimental and provocative works only additionally contribute to the fact that the name of the photographer always remains "heard". Hargreaves has collaborated as an advertising photographer with the brands Ralph Lauren and Sagmeister. His photos were published in publications that did not need a presentation - GQ, Esquire, New York Magazine, V.
Regular readers of Kulturologia.ru have already had the opportunity to get acquainted with the extravagant work of a photographer from New Zealand. As part of his shocking fashion session, the Hargreaves once scanned pretentiously dressed models; moreover, its cycle Deep-fried gadgets introduces photography fans to the view of well-done players and smartphones, and No Seconds - with the latest menu of people on death row. Each of the projects offers an unusual and original point of view on "high fashion", modern technology and the death penalty, respectively. Turning to the topic of board games, which, under the pressure of a computer, go out of widespread use, at the same time becoming a kind of esoteric cult, the photographer was able to find a unique perspective here too. You can read more about Hargreaves' original work on his official website.
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