Young Suh's Controlled Wildfire Series is Picturesque and Dreamy
Farida Helmy — March 23, 2014 — Art & Design
References: youngsuksuh & vice
Looking like some kind of dreamscape instead of wildfire photography, this new series capturing the smoke of controlled wildfires is beautifully picturesque.
Seduced by the scenes of wildfires, California-based photographer Young Suh follows firefighters in the American West to scenes of wildfires to create this dreamy painterly photograph series.
"I am seduced by these scenes. Or, rather, I am seduced by the disappearance of them. The scenes are picturesque, but the disappearance of the landscape is sublime. I think the notion of the sublime implies blindness. It is an overwhelming sense of loss," says Suh about his wildfire photography.
The 'Wildfires' series takes viewers on a journey to vernacular landscapes immersed in smoke where Suh does an amazing job of capturing it in both an engineered and wildly free way.
Seduced by the scenes of wildfires, California-based photographer Young Suh follows firefighters in the American West to scenes of wildfires to create this dreamy painterly photograph series.
"I am seduced by these scenes. Or, rather, I am seduced by the disappearance of them. The scenes are picturesque, but the disappearance of the landscape is sublime. I think the notion of the sublime implies blindness. It is an overwhelming sense of loss," says Suh about his wildfire photography.
The 'Wildfires' series takes viewers on a journey to vernacular landscapes immersed in smoke where Suh does an amazing job of capturing it in both an engineered and wildly free way.
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