Ken Weissblum / USA

Artist Statement ::
Roentgen's Dreams blend two apparently contradictory, yet traditional imaging techniques used with the human body: reflective photography and penetrative Roentgenology better known as x-rays.

Just as a painter brings different elements into his/her work, using advanced digital imaging techniques, I combine traditional photographic subjects, such as nudes, with landscapes as well as atypical backgrounds. Using this process of Metaphotography, the background becomes more than just a support for my nudes; instead, it generates an interaction with the figure. By combining the primal form of a nude with the graphical elements in a landscape, or other background, and using shapes, textures, light and shadows, I am attempting to expose my audiences to a new visual experience.

I am fascinated by the duality of man's relationship between inner & outer self, and have become exceedingly interested in how the human figure interacts with the forms and shapes of Roentgen shadows, and the way in which our polarities are expressed through their visualization. Through this exploration, I hope to reconcile such polarities as: spiritual/physical; subjective/objective; and life/death.

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