Description
Edition of 8 + 2 Artist's Proofs.
C-type on Fuji Flex.
43.3 x 37.4 (110 x 95 cm), Framed 44.5 x 38.5 inches
About the In Between Life and Death series from Casey Moore | These vibrant specimens from the natural world are brought to me dying, their stems cut, their days numbered. These are my attempts to capture their essence before they wilt. The images are intentionally blurry with mixed lighting and skewed colours. I isolate them from their stems to capture some of the tension I feel about them. Tension between the enjoyment of the flower as a beautiful natural object contrasted with the fact that it was probably grown on a farm for temporary indulgence. In these pictures I find some peace and finally I enjoy them! The flowers have been shot over a number of years in different countries (UK, NZ, Australia and Austria, Italy, India, USA) as and when I come across the vases containing them. They are lit with a combination of daylight and artificial / house lights purposefully to skew the colours. Whilst the dominant colours present in the flowers themselves are natural, the overall balance with background tones is managed by me. To capture them, I use an old Pentax 67 with a variety of extension tubes and lenses and shoot on the newest Kodak film - Ektar 100. The exhibition prints are large scale C-type 55 inches wide. Overseen by me and printed by the top technicians in London lab - Bayeux - on a very glossy photographic emulsion called Flex.
About the Artist | Casey Moore is a British / NZ photographer based in London and Melbourne. Born in Invercargill, New Zealand, but raised from the age of three in Switzerland and later London, Moore’s work explores narratives tied to the natural world, pattern and connectivity.
This narrative is present across all of Moore’s work. Each composition - whether shot in the wilds of New Zealand, the Austrian Alps, or the rolling hills of the UK - is positioned with a careful, and exacting consideration of place. Through his lens, the photographer extracts pinpoint detail to build images bursting with the weight of their parts. Just as eighteenth and nineteenth century painters searched for the sublime, as did so many of the pioneering photographers like Carlton Watkins and Ansel Adams, Moore’s compositions capture the epic enormity of nature with a precision that is almost surreal and in turn, create a sense of the sublime that is unparalleled.
I've always been drawn to looking at the world through a lens. It's like visiting another dimension. I feel that childlike fascination every time I look through my camera. By making my prints by hand as large as possible, I want to reconnect with that child in me that saw wonder everywhere. Quantum physics tells us that at the level of energy everything is connected, and I explore this through my photographs, making a bridge between the empirical and spiritual. Through enlarging and bringing to life the world up close, I can see that everything at one level or another, is linked. - Casey Moore
Educated at Edinburgh University with a Masters in Psychology, Moore is self taught and prints large scale by hand in his darkroom in Melbourne, Australia. A strong physical connection to materials and chemistry also therefore runs through his practice. Moore will often use analog methods for capturing and printing his photographs, and then massages the large-scale prints by hand through chemical baths. This physicality has become integral to his work, and is reflected in the bodily experience of viewing his photographs.
Moore has exhibited internationally and his work is housed in private collections in the UK, NZ, Australia, US, Russia and Europe.
Details
Artist
Casey Moore
Date
2022
Dimensions
43.3 x 37.4 (110 x 95 cm), Framed 44.5 x 38.5 inches
Material
C-type on Fuji Flex
Condition
New
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