SPACE

I liked the title space as it covers so much. As everywhere we look there are areas that are not occupied, yet are not acknowledged. Without space, things would loose their definition, their identity. Everything would appear flat or hidden. Space lets objects take on their shape to give that object an identity. With this in mind I thought of photographing some objects close up, so that the space that filled that object, was part of the photograph. 

Cones

The cones worked well, as they were objects of repetitive forms and the voids between their 'wings' enhanced their shape. 

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Onions & Ricecrispies

The onions would look like a pile of onions, and due to there not being no or little light in between them, the darkness disappears and the eye does not pick up on it.  But when I invert the image and the dark becomes white, you can see just how much space there is.

The same goes for the Ricecrispies.

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Kitchen units

The kitchen space between the kitchen cabinets, is quite graphic with just straight lines crossing each other. In this inverted image, you can see how straight the lines are and how it could be translated into a painting.

Piet Mondrian’s Composition No. III, with Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black (1929)

String

The string didn't appear to have much space between each strand, but because you can follow the line of where the string is laying in the role of string, this proves there is space.

 

I also used an inverted photograph to show just how much area there is around each strand of string.

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