Take a look at the work of Jason Barnhart and read the following text written by the artist. What are your reactions to his work?
Curious and Curiouser! By Jason Barnhart (Text and images found on JPG Magazine website)
I have wanted to work with miniatures for quite a while. I've always found them kind of fascinating and had a lot of ideas and sketches in my notebooks.
The inspiration for this series came from things as wide ranging as books, childhood memories, re-runs of the X Files and the work of a handful of other photographers.
I'm not really interested in creating photos that are miniature copies of life as we might find it. You won't see a straight diorama in this series. Meaning you will never see something that is just a tiny scene or re-creation of life as we know it.There is a loose set of rules, or formula, that all the images follow to one extent or another but I have given myself a lot of latitude for creativity. I think and work in terms of props. For me this is an entirely different mindset than building a diorama. I also treat my miniatures more as models working within the scene than as part of the propping. At least one of them has a nickname and will likely inspire future images. There will be at least fifteen images in the first run of the series and possibly more.
What ever you might see in these images, know that they are meant to be fun and not taken too seriously.
7 comments:
When I first saw these I thought they were pretty amuzing. But it got me thinking about things that are happening in the world, like the ice melting, oil spills and our forests burning down due to the heat. I thikn these images have a powerful message even tho they are quite funny because of the tiny toys.
His work is very creative and ingenius. I really like how carefree and fun it seems to be. It's not as serious as most photography seems to be.
I really like his images and how he tries to make things miniture and out of the ordinary. I find what he does very creative. You wouldnt normally look at pieces of rolled up paper and see an entire scene.
i like the picture of the cigar, it seriously looks like there normal sized people with something huge by them
i love his pictures soooo much. they are so adorable. i didn't even think they really had a message but after i read nancys comment it makes a lot of sense. i really like these pictures
His pictures r totally awesome because i said so. :]
these photos are the cutest things ever!!
i want to do something like this, i love the second one where the little guys are putting out the fire on the cigar.
i think its supposed to give out a fun message, but in a way i think it also says you can do anything you set your mind to (especially because these little guys are so small)
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