Seeing Jonah Samson’s photographs was the highlight of my day (hugs to Jonathan). For some reason, I have an affinity for miniature dioramas and I fell in love these…especially ’cause they have a dark twist.

“The Storyteller”

“Flooded Grave”

I had the pleasure of seeing a retrospective of his work at the SFMOMA two years ago and was totally blown away. Digital interpretations of his work don’t do them any justice – they lack the sense of scale, cinematic quality, and the rich colors that can only come through in it’s true form…as a back-lit cibachrome photograph. Regardless, I wanted to share it in case you weren’t familiar with his work.

“Canadian artist Jeff Wall is widely recognized as an innovative picture-maker whose dynamic photographs, both color and black-and-white, have affinities with painting and cinema. Their sense of scale comes from Wall’s interest in the tradition of painting, and their methods of production from his fascination with cinematography. A number of the pictures are photomontages — combinations of different negatives digitally interwoven to create engaging narratives — often illuminated on light boxes.”

Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/266