Video: Plasticine photographs by Eleanor Macnair
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Englishwoman Eleanor McNair never aspired to become an artist, but she is very fond of photography and plasticine. To kill two birds with one stone, she sculpts replicas of works by famous (and not very famous) photographers from children's Play-Doh kits and - long live postmodernity - uploads photographs of plasticine versions of photographs in her Tumblr. To the delight of numerous fans.
Eleanor Macnair made her first rendition of the photograph in Play-Doh to participate in one of the quizzes that are traditionally held in English pubs. At home, she decided to do one more, just for fun. But after receiving a huge number of responses on Twitter, where she posted a photo of her little experiment, Eleanor knew it was time to start Tumblr. “I’ve never done anything like that seriously,” she says. "Actually, I gave up painting and crafts by the age of 14, so I feel a little stupid doing it now."
Sometimes she selects famous photographs, alternating between old and modern, but usually she tries to find something less famous. She also accepts the wishes of readers, provided that they meet certain requirements: “I am not portraying the dead, it just seems to me that this is wrong. Or pornography, although some of the works contain nudity. And the photograph should also be such that it could actually be reproduced in plasticine!"
Eleanor's pictures are small - about the size of a regular postcard. All she uses is a plasticine roll and a dull Ikea knife. Play-Doh clay begins to crack if left untouched for a long time, so when the work is done, McNair immediately takes a photo, and then deconstructs the picture to start the next one. Since last summer, she has made 58 plasticine replicas. She plans to stop at a hundred, because "otherwise it will never end …".
It is interesting that some photographers leave comments about their works in her interpretation. For example, Martin Parr was very pleased with how his photograph of New Brighton looks in the plasticine version. Recently, Eleanor's photographs were voted among the Top 100 Tumblrs by the site.
The original of the last picture can be found in Mike Brodie's photo series A Period of Juvenile Prosperity..
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