James Casebere
James Casebere (born 1953) is an American contemporary artist and photographer living in New York. Since the late 1990s Casebere has made large photographs of flooded images, but all the buildings in the images are photographs of model sets. Casebere looked to Spain and the Eastern Mediterranean. The first works were inspired by the 10th century Andalusia because of the co-operation between Islamic, Jewish, and Christian cultures preceding the Inguisition.
It's hard to believe this is a model set, it seems so natural looking with a disasterous effect, almost like a tsunami has struck. It's a dark image, which could suggest the nagativity in this photograph. the only lightened area is coming from the stairway, suggesting a way out and showing the image in a more positive way. The set reminds me a lot like a scene in Alice in Wonderland, when Alice falls through the rabbit hole, and this is where she lands. The room gives her a selection of doors to a way out, only one leading to Wonderland. I think photography would be a choice of discipline that I would use for my Prop Design project as it captures the beauty withheld, and it will show off the quality of the prop that is made.
The rooms that are photographed are all minimalistic and very dark with only little hints of lighting, perhaps trying to suggest the flood in a negative way. the rooms are empty, as if it has driven everything away. The darkness suggests a mysterious feeling to the images, They are so beautiful you want to stare at them, but they give off a really strange vibe.
James Casebere (born 1953) is an American contemporary artist and photographer living in New York. Since the late 1990s Casebere has made large photographs of flooded images, but all the buildings in the images are photographs of model sets. Casebere looked to Spain and the Eastern Mediterranean. The first works were inspired by the 10th century Andalusia because of the co-operation between Islamic, Jewish, and Christian cultures preceding the Inguisition.
It's hard to believe this is a model set, it seems so natural looking with a disasterous effect, almost like a tsunami has struck. It's a dark image, which could suggest the nagativity in this photograph. the only lightened area is coming from the stairway, suggesting a way out and showing the image in a more positive way. The set reminds me a lot like a scene in Alice in Wonderland, when Alice falls through the rabbit hole, and this is where she lands. The room gives her a selection of doors to a way out, only one leading to Wonderland. I think photography would be a choice of discipline that I would use for my Prop Design project as it captures the beauty withheld, and it will show off the quality of the prop that is made.
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