Night Prowler -- George Stern

 

Night Prowler -- George Stern

Seraphim's Exposure

My concept started with the inspiration of Harold Eugene Edgerton's long exposure work. And in the process my girlfriend posed in front of a strobe light and camera set for long exposure. We tried different poses to express movement, but as we played around more with the medium, fairy or angel like images became the most visually interesting imagery we were producing. I have always been interested in Seraphim, higher dimensional beings, reminiscent of our forms but so eerily detached. Taking her initial image and flipping it distorts the perception of the human form, pushed further with eyes, sourced from a close up shot of me in the same room. I collaged these together as a form we melt together. The photographing process will also very vulnerable, and I thought I would lean into this, putting the collaged creature into a setting of vulnerability. At the moment of initial touch of a celestial planet. I wanted to invoke a sense of grace and mystery. The image is sourced directly from NASA, complimenting the blue eyes often described in texts of the old testament. I went through and added the most detail at the point of contact. A waving form of energy, and atmosphere bending at the touch. So often objects thought to be solid are displayed as completely at the whim of higher dimensional beings in media. A sense of warping and bending to will is displayed in the waves emanating from a single touch. I went back in and added an ethereal glow, and highlighted specific stars to further create a diversion from the night sky we know, and dive into a space detached from human touch. 

NASA Space Image: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/milky-way-views