Driven by his love for science fiction, Amr Elshamy has always visualized the scene of a flying UFO beaming up a house in the middle of nowhere. To make this happen in an image, he used scaled models, photography, Photoshop and obviously some wildly vivid imagination.
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"It's both challenging and rewarding," says Wisconsin resident Jesse Feyereisen about his newfound love for photographing toy figurines. What started as a random shot of a Darth Vader figurine he received for Christmas turned into a passionate fascination for producing cinematic scenes with toys as the heroes of the photograph.
Toy photography allows adults to be kids again. It allows them to play around, experiment, jump into a world of fantasy, and then document it all with their camera. While it's all fun and games, executing good toy photography requires a high level of attention to detail and creative vision.
"I hope this work can evoke the audience's childhood memories and dreams," explains Bebe Wang. He adds, "I want people to remember those pure happy and harmonious moments. " For this series, Wang delved into his childhood.
"They see what happens in our mind as we experience a shift in perspective," explains Allan Teger as he discusses the impact his photos have on his viewers. He adds, "that is the most important part of my work.
As a mom to a little one, I see these days zipping by so very fast. She's outgrowing things and toys so quickly, and I don't want to miss any of it. I see daily things that she loves so much are often overlooked by me simply because I see them all the time.
"I want people to see my photography first and see it on its own merits without knowing much about who I am," says photographer Gareth McGorman. He continues, "I have revealed a little bit more about myself.
During this global pandemic of COVID-19, I was stuck and bored at home just like everyone else. So, I decided to pass the time by taking photographs of my action figures and dioramas.