Video: The world is a kaleidoscope: breathtaking photographs by Brent Townshend
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Amazing finds can sometimes happen completely by accident. Photographer from Toronto Brent Townshend took regular pictures of Parisian streets when his attention was attracted by the walls of high-rise buildings in an unusual perspective. This is how the idea of a "psychedelic" photo cycle was born. "Looking Up".
"The skyline of the upper floors of the buildings fascinated me," admits Townshend, who immediately began capturing his impressions on film. In his new photo cycle, the Canadian looks at architectural landmarks from the bottom up. Thanks to this, the medieval cathedral begins to resemble a fractal, and the Parisian street becomes a kaleidoscope or whirlpool.
Despite the disturbed proportions, Townshend's photographs do not look intimidating. The photographer himself gives the impression of an optimistic person, open to everything new. His crazy "architectural kaleidoscopes" do not put pressure on the audience - but allow them to expand their own consciousness, as in the psychedelic art of the 1960s.
As is the case with many other contemporary artists - from Justine Ashby, who draws with a marker, to the abstract artist Thomas Briggs - the essence of Townshend's work is a calculating game with geometric shapes. But the Canadian photographer does not use a blank canvas as a source material, but real-life objects and buildings. As a result, works are obtained on the borderline between photography and experimental art.
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