When I went to this week's website, I decided to search for an artist according to genre. One of my favorite genre's of literature is magical realism, and I learned today that it is a genre of photography as well!
I chose this artist because it reminded me of much of the literature that I read. While her photographs are slightly unreal, they still highlight the everyday background, which keeps the photographs from being too surreal. I chose this photograph specifically because of the way that the child seems to be falling down the stairs, and yet, instead of a look of fright, is rather mystified by ceiling as he floats down.
Formally, I drawn to the slight asymmetry, specifically with the lights on the lower right of the photograph and the way in which Henry's body seems to glide at an angle in this picture, as opposed to others in the series where he is parallel to the ground.
Unfortunately, the article doesn't go into Hulin's work, but instead includes a short artist biography while also mentioning that the images are (were) on sale to benefit a charity. I would have liked more of a description of how Hulin achieved the look of Henry. I have seen other images where the floor is simply manipulated to create an image of a flying child, but not one quite as seamless as Hulin's.
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