Blue Willow Concluded
Bianca was showing me a book of Peter Beard's photographs of dead animals in Africa. "Look at that tree," she said, pointing to one image that seemed like a mass of intertwined elephant trunks. It was so beautiful.
In every other issue of Country LIfe in 1904 there are photo essays about going to Africa or India and bagging rhinos and Bengal tigers, which must have been a change of pace from riding to the hounds or snapping pictures of unsuspecting urchins and waifs.
"Look at that giraffe," Bianca said, pointing to the aerial shot from the other side of the table so the animal was upside down. "Is it dead or is it running? You can't tell."
I mentioned to Bianca the difficulties of capturing the sense of scale when you photograph doll china.
"Use a doughnut," she advised.
Then we went to see Hangover.
LOL, and do you sometimes feel like the hole in a doughnut? Fabulous use of a Dunkin! And, among other things conceptual, a wonderful expression of self-portraiture.
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i think this reminds me of the good year tire. i'm not sure. there used to be a restaurant in santa monica, on pico, that had a 35' donut. or maybe it was in the shape of a tea cup tho not blue willow.
regardless, this is perfect. just perfect. i'll be right over for tea and a bite.
xxxx
actually, i'd like to print this and hang it.
you could do a whole series. do you have dinner plates? you could have a cube of butter next to the butter plate...and on & on.
watch out venice biennale (?)!
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The good news is, now we really get the sense of scale. The bad news is, now we really want a donut.
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Concluded? Surely not.
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