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"I Wish, I Am, I Will Be" - Erwin Olaf

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By RHM.Photo, 1734526605

From here:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/17/subversive-sensual-and-shocking-erwin-olaf-larger-than-life-portraits-in-pictures

"On the occasion of his 50th birthday, Erwin Olaf turned his lens on himself, creating a deeply personal series of self-portraits to mark this milestone. Titled Self Portrait – 50 Years Old, the series captures the artist in three distinct ways: how he looks now, how he wishes he looked and how he envisions himself in the future. Confronted with the accelerating progression of his long-standing emphysema, Erwin chose to process his feelings through his art rather than through therapy"

Utterly fabulous.

GDSandy Photography said, 1734526898

His art is amazing. There are a coiple of great Youtube videos of his shoots.  Wel worth watching for anyone.

Zara_Lee said, 1734526994

Wow looks interesting! Bit different. Seems like it has a deeper meaning.

GDSandy Photography said, 1734530798


PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP. STUDIO said, 1734533987

The Book of his from 2008 is well worth a look. Great stuff.

RHM.Photo said, 1734538448

GDSandy Photography said

I'm not sure I can understand what's being discussed there!

Simon Carter said, 1734558648

Interesting, I’ve never really looked at his stuff before.

The whole article is full of fabulously clever, intense and utterly unlikeable images.

Bullets said, 1734565594

I only discovered him shortly after he died.  Have one of his books strange beauty bloody amazing work.
I remember seeing videos where an entire crew of people would follow him about while he struggled to breath after his illness caught up with him during a carefully planned shoot.


~B

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RHM.Photo said, 1734602550

Simon Carter said

utterly unlikeable images.


Wow! I quite liked their quirkiness.

mskeetphoto said, 1734608987

RHM.Photo said

Simon Carter said

utterly unlikeable images.


Wow! I quite liked their quirkiness.


Interesting view Simon - wat's unlikeable about the images in the article for you? Genuinely curious.