Framing the Shot, 2005

variable dimensions

3.5" x 3.5" photograph

This photograph is shown

1. Framed 8" x 10" in.

2. inside stereoscope 8" x 5" x 9" in. as stereoscopic photograph/3-D

3. As 3-D projection/anaglyph

 

 
   
 
 
   

 

   
   
         
       
         
       
         
 
  Framing The Shot shows an unexploded bomb in the middle of a desert landscape surrounded by trees. The trees are easier to see when it is shown in 3-D. Photography is the subject once again, a familiar rule being that one should always "frame a shot" with tree branches. Some photographers even carry a branch with them to drape over the corner of an image. The image pokes fun at this - "trees were shifted around the landscape to frame the composition" - here the bomb did all the shifting of the trees; the image also refers to famous incidences of manipulated war photographs throughout the history of photography, where victims, weapons etc were moved to make for a better and more dramatically composed photograph.
 
   
 

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