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Italian photographer Stefano Bonazzi’s series of “Smoke” images displays nude female bodies evaporating into smoke with the help of digital editing. The surrealist black and white photos create a dark and even sinister ambiance with the use of billowing smoke. Dark and light gradations between smoke and background make for striking images that are both sultry and delicate.
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Photo by Adam Pretty: Silhouettes of divers practicing at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China during the 14th FINA World Championships.
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Rob Tarbell has a very unique talent. By burning everyday objects under a paper canvas fixed on the ceiling of his studio, he is able to control the rising flow of smoke and create incredible works of art.
The artist first got the idea of using smoke as a medium for his art in 2007, and he quickly realized that in order to make it work, he needed to control the smoke, while letting it do what it does naturally. To him, that sounded a lot like what circus trainers do with wild animals, so this inspired him to use circus performances as the main subjects of his beautiful smoke paintings. Masterfully channeling the flow of smoke, Tarbell creates ghost-like figures, both animal and human performing circus acts, in a series entitled Smoke Rings.
”The performing animal images in the Smokes parallel the drawing process,” Rob says. “The trainer must recognize and respect the innate nature of an animal when trying to modify its behavior to achieve a desired outcome: e.g. training a bear to dance or training a horse to walk upright. The same is true in working with smoke. The inherent properties of smoke must be respected, then permitted to – and yet discouraged from – acting naturally.”
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Source: robtarbell.com
