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Monk at the beach

Monk at the beach

A photobook project for my family, we took three handmade stuffed characters to the beach and together with the children developed a story, illustrating it with...
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A photobook project for my family, we took three handmade stuffed characters to the beach and together with the children developed a story, illustrating it with photography and my wife's rhyming couplets to tell the story. There is something about a photograph v's say a painting that emphasizes the reality of things, so a little character like Monk takes this on too. We know this is made up but we experience this as real. Monk here is feeling the vastness of the landscape and naturally feels and looks uncertain. The stump provides a natural stage..
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Aperture 24/10 ISO 50 Shutter 1/290 Focal Length 107/25

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Jan, 2017

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