It’s not often that dead animals can be described as beautiful.
As seen on It’s Nice That. 11.11.11
A friend of mine mentioned that he was going shooting at the weekend and as a passing comment I said if he managed to hit anything could he bring them in to our studio. As I was currently doing a whole series of ‘scanner art’ experimentation. (I have several series of scan art all with very different aesthetics, the Pheasants being one of these series of images. If you would like I can send a couple of others in different series for you to have a look at)
I have a fascination with the immediacy and haphazard nature of creating images using the traditional desktop scanner. The organic nature of the process is enjoyable with quite often mesmeric and beautiful results.
Anyway said friend duly turns up at our studio with a brace of pheasants, one male and female. I was stunned by the beauty and intricacy of their plumage. So I set about immortalising them, I think the results speak for themselves. There is a solemn yet peaceful beauty about them.
