Evening light, Whanganui River estuary. Image; Su Leslie 2019
This week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge asks for interpretations of the word layered.
Do I approach it literally with the layers of a macaron or a cafe breakfast?
Salted caramel macaron. Not only layering of the biscuits with buttercream, but layers within the baking itself. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Hash-browns, mushrooms, eggs; layered to look good on the plate and distribute those delicious runny yolks throughout the dish. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Or stacked container layers, gone awry in high winds?
Containers, Wellington Harbour. High winds have wrecked havoc with the carefully constructed layers. Image: Su Leslie 2017
More broken layers?
Reflections in the contoured glass exterior of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2017
Or maybe layers in art?
Detail, ‘Wave 2’ sculpture by Annette Thas. A tidal wave of discarded Barbie dolls installed at Tamarama Beach as part of Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Image: Su Leslie
Layer after layer of discarded Barbie dolls form a wave shape. Layers of plastic and layers of meaning. Image: Su Leslie 2015
And then there are layers created by the two-dimensional nature of photography; compressing landscapes into bands of colour and texture.
Landscape, Canterbury, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Tutukaka, Northland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Not to mention layered images; double-exposures, super-impositions.
Double-exposures; a newly discovered camera setting. Su Leslie 2019
Photo-montage. Su Leslie 2019
Obviously, I couldn’t decide which to focus on.
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