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| Beneath the Surface a series by Michael G. O'Brien Click here to view the series |
Beneath the Surface is a
portfolio of images that explores the mystery that underlies everyday
scenes and objects from a point of view other than ‘consensus’ reality. In some
cultures what we see with the eye is only a starting point from which many
meanings can be brought forward.
This series proceeds from
that simple fact; that a camera points in two directions: towards an inner and
an outer reality. It seeks to discover, in the old sense of the word which
derives from the Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely
uncover’. To see what else might exist beneath the surface of what we brush
past in our daily lives.
The ‘Allan Gardens’ part
of the series is an ongoing project that I work on during walks in and around a
greenhouse located in downtown Toronto. These are ‘straight’ photographs in the
sense that, aside from minimal global adjustments, they have not been digitally
manipulated.
