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Falling Photography

May 6th 2009 08:57
falling pictures - off a bridge

As reported in the Daily Mail online, using hidden ropes and harnesses artist Kerry Skarbakka's photos show him plunging from bridges, tripping down the stairs or even slipping over in the shower.

stunt photography - falling from a building

Why does he do it? Well Kerry does not consider himself a glorified stunt man, nor does he put himself in danger. Instead he attributes his work to philosopher Martin Heideggar, who 'described human existence as a process of perpetual falling'.
He said: 'Using myself as model and with the aid of climbing gear and other rigging, I photograph the body as it dangles from dangerous precipices or tumbles down flights of stairs.
tripping down stairs


'The captured gesture of the body is designed for plausibility of action, which grounds the image in reality.
Kerry Skarbakka Photography

'However, it is the ambiguity of the body's position in space that allows and requires the viewer to resolve the full meaning of the photograph. Do we fall? Can we fly? If we fly then loss of control facilitates supreme control.'
falling in the shower

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