25 Apr 2012

Lecture: Tim Flach at LCC


Tim Flach produces highly conceptual images of animals that have created international recognition and have inspired discussion alongside the emerging philosophies of humanism.



I'm really interested in the work "More than Human".  He makes some of the most stunning portraits I’ve ever seen. They are imbued with subtlety, grace and an amazing sense of humanity, despite the fact that humans very rarely appear in them. Tim Flach photgraphs animals; from horses and dogs to pigs and bats, to several creatures that I don’t even recognize, and he’s simply amazing. The portraits are not elaborate, nor are they man handled into oblivion in post. They are, instead, simple photographs (okay, maybe not so simple) that attempt to show the viewer the essence of his subject, the soul, if you will. 

Through Tim’s unique vision and ability to challenge the viewer, he has created a series of images which encompass not only his personal beliefs, but the concepts common in modern and historical religious and cultural symbolism, the human obsession with ‘cuteness’, cross-breeding, the blurred line between human and animal genetic modification, conservation, morphology and plasticity. Tim brings the viewer into an unnatural proximity to his subjects, encouraging discussion on the human-animal boundary and attitudes towards non-human animals and the changing relationships, both literally and allegorically, between man and animal.

http://www.timflach.com/











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