Surreal natürlich

Rainaseraphita 2008

„Who is she? Did you know her as a child? Was she ever born? Had she parents? Was she conceived by the union of sun and ice? She freezes and she burns; she comes forth, and then vanishes like some coy truth; she attracts and repels one; she alternately kills and vivifies me; I love her, and I hate her! I cannot live thus. I must be either in heaven altogether, or in hell.”

Die surreale Fotografie „Rainaseraphita” von David Benjamin Sherry scheint inspiriert von Honoré de Balzacs mystischem Roman „Séraphita”. Die Grenze zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit löst sich auf. Das Werk erweckt mehr den Eindruck eines Gemäldes, denn einer Fotografie.

„His total rejection of digital manipulation is a devotion to the classic romance of photography and implies the connection with the caring hand and the handmade creation.”