‘LACUNA’ is the 8th in a series of digital photo collages I’ve been working on this February. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe. This is an Idaho and Egypt mash-up.
‘Ekstasis’ is the 7th in a series of digital photo collages I’m working on this February. I’m revisiting my Google Hack series, trying some new things, and finishing off some older projects. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe. This is an Alaska, Iowa and Turkey mash-up.
‘Collogue’ is the 6th in a series of digital photo collages I’m working on this February. I’m revisiting my Google Hack series, trying some new things, and finishing off some older projects. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe.
‘Deershake’ is the 5th in a series of digital photo collages I’m working on this February. I’m revisiting my Google Hack series, trying some new things, and finishing off some older projects. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe.
‘Trine’ is the fourth in a series of digital photo collages as I revisit my Google Hack series this February. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe.
Strange coincidence: While on Google Earth, I typically look for points of interest with all country and border designations turned off. This is a pretty strange collage which I was definitely struggling with. Towards the end I discovered I was pulling screenshots in Turkey, right next to the earthquake location.
‘Mondegreen’ is the 3rd in a series of digital photo collages I’m working on this February. I’m revisiting my Google Hack series, trying some new things, and finishing off some older projects. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe.
‘Fugue State’ is the second of a series of digital photo collages I’ll be working on this February. I’m revisiting my Google Hack series, trying some new things, and finishing off some older projects. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe.
‘Fenster Returns’ is the first of a series of digital photo collages I’ll be working on this February. I’m revisiting my Google Hack series, trying some new things, and finishing off some older projects. These collages are made from dozens/hundreds of screenshots of the Google Earth app, at various locations around the globe. This particular one is primarily South America with a little Italy tossed in…
This is a reworking of scraps of photos from an earlier World Trade Center collage. It was the last time I photographed the towers before 9/11. Prior to that I had been occasionally taking pictures of the towers, and making photo collages, since 1979. I can remember not having too much of a plan for that collage, and in fact never really pursued it (until well after 9/11). Now the remaining scraps and negatives are unexpectedly precious. Among the many emotions and feelings arising from the tragic events of 9/11, a fleeting feeling of guilt sometimes stand out – why didn’t I take more pictures, make more collages of this wonderful pair of absurd architectural monoliths?
The collage here speaks to my/our ongoing efforts to make sense of the events of 9/11, working from our fragmented memories as we try to put back together what was broken, reflexively building a spiritual composite in our minds from the best parts, similar to how we keep alive a positive memory of a passed loved one. I really, really do miss those buildings.
Please enjoy a selection of images from my ’12 in 21’ adventure, a year-long series of month-long art/photography projects. 12 in 21 truly was an opportunity for me to delve into projects and interests usually pushed to the side. I explored various still life work, photograms made in the darkroom, experiments with analog film manipulation, various light painting, digital collage, Photoshop, various processing apps, even delved into video and sound. I made hundreds of images and videos, and produced over 1,500 ‘Finals’. Some of my favorites are here in this grouping (link below), the rest are sprinkled throughout the past years blog entries. Apart from putting together this group, December’s behind-the-scenes project is converting some of this work into NFTs. Thanks for having a look!
David McGlynn 