Magic is something I have always been fascinated by and it is something I'd like to explore and experiment within my works. The manipulation of the camera and distortion of perception to create illusion. Magic is all trick of the eye so I would need to find a way to "trick" the camera or distort its perception in such a way that it then also distorts the viewer's perception. Apart from studying the tricks of past and contemporary magicians such as Houdini and David Copperfield, some of the elements I would like to explore with in my experiment are the effects of a damaged, tampered, or broken camera. I would like to particularly explore the distortion of image using a broken lens or capturing a scene through broken and stained glass. I also want to explore and look more into reflections and the manipulation of mirrored images. What I hope to achieve is the creation of a series of images demonstrating a type of kaleidoscope and illusionist effect on images. In doing so, I'd like my works to portray a theme of a "designed distortion" or a beautiful yet false reality. It is a demonstration and display of the world as it exists but in sort of a new dimension as seen from an imaginative, slightly deformed perspective. My inspiration for this works comes from the techniques that produce solargraphs as well as the vivid imagery formed from scanographs and quasioptics. I hope to use and possibly combine these different camera techniques in hopes of creating something new that plays with the mind's eye and creates an illusion of reality for the viewer.
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