Sarah Small. ARTIST STATEMENT: The Delirium Constructions (as a titled photographic series) was born in 2003, though its thematic content has figured in Small’s work since she began photographing at thirteen.
Up-close examinations of emotional authenticity resonate throughout Small’s images as a teenager, in her life-long diaristic Polaroid-of-the-Day project, and through her past and current endeavors in fine art, fashion, advertising, and editorial photography. Throughout two decades, Small has developed a unique process for directing photography, involving high-energy interaction and the encouragement of unmediated playfulness and emotional reveal.
Through this process, Small has amassed a body of photographs that feature amplifications of distilled affect, ranging from elation to rage to sorrow, to lust, fear, joy, anxiety, confusion, and peace. The Delirium Constructions grew from Small's experiments with layering these previously discrete experiences together into a simultaneous. Coffee with a &drop& of milk by IreneM. This type of photography is a great passion of mine – in fact, for me it’s even more addictive than dpc (and that's saying something ;-) I don’t use any sound/photogate triggers to get my splash/drop shots.
Just good old shutter/finger coordination, patience and shooting sessions lasting for hours at a time. Those of you who do this type of shot will know exactly what I mean. Frank Uyttenhove — хорошо быть молодым и талантливым - Фот...