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Influorescense - A limited edition large scale photography collaboration by Tom Blachford and Kate Ballis.
The series takes its name from the marriage of two words. Fluorescence (meaning the property of absorbing light of short wavelength and emitting light of longer wavelength) and , inflorescence (meaning the process of flowering).
This body of work represents the first collaborative fine art print release from creative and life partners Kate Ballis and Tom Blachford. The series captures flowers grown by the couple in their garden in Ivanhoe, a leafy suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
The series emerged from the depths of COVID lockdown, as their world shrank to a legally enforced radius of 5km they looked to the transient, miniature cosmos’ within the flowers they spent their days tending. Each flower provides a glimpse into a world both incredibly small and incredibly vast.
The results and process by which the images are captured has captivated both artists and allowed them to explore their shared love of using photography to make the unseen, seen.
Each bloom, cut on just the right day is brought into their pitch black home studio and subjected to a large amount of ultraviolet light, specifically the 365nm. wavelength, which is invisible to both the human eye and the camera used to capture these images. The flowers absorb this powerful energy, in turn changing its frequency and re-emitting it within the visible spectrum as a faint ethereal glow of colour, almost imperceivable to the human eye. The camera, fixed on the flower uses multiple long exposures to drink in this ghostly warmth.
Each image requires up to 100 of these exposures in order to capture the full depth and detail of each bloom, which are then stacked together to create the final image.
The results are reminiscent of galaxies far away, twinkling with stars of dust and exploding with pollen supernovas. To Tom and Kate they are Still life portraits of stardust, revealed by invisible frequencies.
Each work takes its title not from its botanical or common plant name but from a distant galaxy within our always expanding known universe.
- Creator:Tom Blachford (1987, Australian)
- Dimensions:Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 47 in (119.38 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Edition of 8Price: $4,500
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- Gallery Location:Brooklyn, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1247213806142
Tom Blachford
Blachford's series is a surreal ode to the landscapes of California and its cache of pristine Modernist buildings. Shot entirely at night, bathed in moonlight, the homes, vintage cars, and foliage appear as they have been captured in another space and time. Recognizing the locations may be easy, but it is more difficult to identity when the image was actually taken, be this day or night, in the past, present, or future. The images act as portals in time where it seems these moments exist in all places at once. For Blachford these unique residences act as the sets for infinite narratives, both real and imagined, which the viewer is invited to script for themselves. Each image acts as a still frame for a story about to start and end simultaneously. California has a unique geography and climate, and this gives rise to a distinct deep blue sky: a hue of moonlight ideal for this approach to architectural photography. The long exposure allows the camera to capture a world just beyond our perception and distil it into a single moment. Midnight Modern has already included Palm Springs' most iconic properties; the Kaufman Desert House, the Edris House and Frank Sinatra’s Twin Palms Estate. The new and equally powerful images include John Lautner’s visionary Sheats Goldstein Residence, The Black Desert House by Oller and Pejic, and The Bond Villan-esque Doolitlle House by Kendrick Bangs-Kellogg.
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