Photosynthesis - Scott Aitken Streaks the Darkness with Light
Artswest - West Seattle's Arts Center
From the website: He turns off the lights. Grabbing a 25-watt light bulb with a cone duct-taped to it—a kind of torch megaphone—he approaches his frozen subject and begins to spray him with light. On those posing (usually naked) in the dark, Aitken performs a series of glancing caresses. The camera only picks up what the light hits. Everything else is invisible in the photograph, including Aitken.
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