Issue #1 Winter 2002
4 Photographs
by Paul Biddle
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Hand & Egg |
Hanging Cabbage |
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Rich Orange |
Winged Egg Man |
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Artist Statement
Some pictures are simple and are complete inside my head from the beginning. But most of my images start with the inspiration generated by the objects themselves.
It may be something found in a junkshop, washed up on the beach near my home, or something from my past, such as wooden letters from a childhood game or my pallette from my art-school days.
I often assemble a collection of such items and then experiment to find the perfect juxtaposition of composition, form, and colour harmonies.
The use of saturated colour underpins much of what I create, and to achieve this end, I will often use pure pigment on the objects and backgrounds.
The majority of the images I create are shot completely “in camera”, though for some I use the computer to create new possibilities. However, it is vital to me to have the same technical excellence in anything computer-generated as I attain with conventional photography.
©2002 Paul Biddle
Paul Biddle was born in Birmingham, England; he was educated at Dartington College of Arts, and has been a professional photographer for 16 years. His work has been featured in articles in magazines such as Zoom, Image, The British Journal of Photography, and Foto Art, and has been exhibited worldwide in such places as The Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Milan, The Musée de la civilisation in Quebec, and in the permanent collection of The Royal Photographic Society in Bath. More of his work can be seen at www.paulbiddle.com.