Gallery: Trippy Collages Blur the Line Between Real and Fake
Photo: Daniel Gordon01Pink Ladies and Pears (30x40)
Many of the items in a given photograph are recycled in others, creating a commonality between these jarring images.
Photo: Daniel Gordon02Still Life with Fish and Forsythia
Touches like neon shadows cast on the walls add an additional layer of surreality.
Photo: Daniel Gordon03limes
Elements in the photos are cleverly arranged to take full advantage of contrasts between color, shape, texture and lighting.
Photo: Daniel Gordon04Crescnent Eyed Portrait
All photos in the series were taken with a large-format camera.
Photo: Daniel Gordon05Greek Vase
While Gordon draws from painting and sculpture in his work, he remains a photographer by training and trade. He's interested in how the taking of a photograph interacts with notions of reality.
Photo: Daniel Gordon06avacado
The lighting of the printed images must be considered against the light on the texture portrayed in those images.
Photo: Daniel Gordon07Spring Onions
Gordon cites the paintings of Matisse and the photography of Barbara Kasten as influences.
Photo: Daniel Gordon08watermelon
The angular shapes of the objects make them harder to distinguish from the highly graphic backgrounds.
Photo: Daniel Gordon09Still Life with Apples and Pitcher
Gordon says this project is inspired in part by his interest in dualities, like those between fact and fiction or good and evil.
Photo: Daniel Gordon10banana
Each object goes through several iterations, a "creating through doing" philosophy that Gordon says he admires in other artists as well.
Photo: Daniel Gordon11Artichokes and Oranges
Gordon describes his process as follows: "Idea, image search, print, construct (using new, and old discarded parts from older photographs), re-construct and re-think, light, photograph, develop film, scan, print, frame."
Photo: Daniel Gordon12Tropical Still Life
Some items are obviously fabricated, but others appear quite real, leading to beautiful and confounding collages.
