Sequential images - initial research

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                                            Sequential images - initial research 


                              Today we are talking about sequential images and researching photographers.

This is about sequential images by Duane Michals 


                                                                The spirit leaves the body 
                                                                                 1968
photo by : Duane Michals
source : https://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/duane-michals/series/sequences


Duane Michals is a photographer who is known for his sequential images and text work . He started his sequential work in the late 1960's , staged photographs that capture the imaginative metaphysical elements such as "memory , desire and mortality" . He said " i believe in the imagination" in his book called Real dreams , in this piece of work called The spirit leaves the body he creates the illusion of a ghost waking up and leaving the body behind , he did that using double exposure meaning he took 2 photos and combined them in one in each shot . 

This sequential image took place in 3 exhibitions : 

- New York , The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

- Washington D.C. , National Gallery of Art 

- Houston , Museum of Fine Arts 




                                                                      The Human Condition

                                                                                   1969

                                                                    photo by : Duane Michals

                                   source : https://aphelis.net/human-condition-duane-michals-1969/


Duane Michals uses " uses visual narrative, symbolism and metaphysical imagery to interpret the human condition" his sequences give a film appearance feel and embodies impalpable factors like " dreams . imagination , death , time , myth and spirit ".

He has "staged photographs, he has written on photographs, he has drawn, painted and manipulated photographs, he has constructed elaborate fictional narratives" he did not limit himself to what was known already in the genre .

The caption of these sequential images was " Photographers rely on their eyes too much to tell them what to photograph. Our eyes don't know anymore than our noses or teeth or ears. It is all in the mind; it is all mind. We should stop looking and start thinking. Life is not out there to be photographed. We are life. We are it. "




references : 

-Met Museum  (2000-2022) The Spirit Leaves The Body [Online] Available from  https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/294772 (Accessed 7th October 2022)

- De Moore gallery (online) Available from https://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/duane-michals/series/sequences?view=slider#2 (Accessed 7th October 2022)

- Art Blart - Duane Michals The human Condition (Online) Available from https://artblart.com/tag/duane-michals-the-human-condition/#:~:text=Duane%20Michals%20uses%20visual%20narrative,%2C%20time%2C%20myth%20and%20spirit. ( Accessed 7th October 2022)

- Aphelis "The Human Condition " By Duane Michals (Online) Available from https://aphelis.net/human-condition-duane-michals-1969/      (Accessed 7th October 2022)

- LIBRARY Library of congress [The Human Condition] (Online) Available from https://www.loc.gov/item/2015649132/ (Accessed 7th October 2022)




















Comments

  1. Zoe Van-de-Velde14 October 2022 at 08:01

    As with your welcome post you need to tidy up the formatting, add to text to display under images for the source as I showed you in class and on the research explain why you are looking at these don't just reiterate what you have read - what did you learn from this

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