William Oldacre Photography

Tag: patterns

  • Order From Chaos

    Order From Chaos

    Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, brown, cream, muted, streaks, patterns
    green brown yellow streaks, 2011 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more)

    I’ve always observed the flow of things. Like predicting the flow of traffic around me while I drive – to plot my optimum path through it. I do this while driving on the 401 for example. I do the same thing when I photograph – I watch the movement of things, predict their alignment and photograph the patterns.

    All my images are about alignments in the chaotic flow around me and the beautiful patterns they form.

    In earlier days documenting alignments was enough for me. But in time, I recognized that just because it was my perspective didn’t make it interesting or significant for others – it needed something more.

    If I could somehow distill my image to it’s core elements – it’s essence – and remove distractions, I could show it for exactly what it is. I could show it without the distraction of context – in the same way a young child beholds the wonder of the world.

    This is my focus now.

    I give you alignment without context – order and symmetry, manifest from chaos.
    Isn’t it wondrous?

  • Ghost Lines On Blue Green

    Ghost Lines On Blue Green

    2011
    Archival Pigment Print


    40″ x 60″
    edition of 10

  • Patterns – A New Dimension

    Patterns – A New Dimension

    ghost lines on blue green, 2011 by william oldacre
    ghost lines on blue green, 2011

    I’ve begun to step away from the simpler smear images in the Light Signature series that I’m currently collecting material for. I’m now manipulating the camera in patterns that I think up on the spot as I’m riding –  which is surprisingly difficult, considering that most of my concentration is devoted to defensive driving and looking out for all manner of dangers – with a portion reserved for identifying interesting material to photograph – not to mention the extra difficulty of balance and control since one of my hands is clutching the camera instead of the handlebars.

    Nooo, I’m not reeling all over the road like you’re imagining or swinging my head wildly from side to side looking for new material, ignoring traffic, parked cars and pedestrians. I actually do want to stay alive while I do this so I have a slightly more conservative approach – well, conservative for me.

    The important thing is the images are changing in really interesting and beautiful ways and its forcing me to re-examine the things I’ve been seeing and photographing. I am photographing essentially the same things now every day – mostly because my route to the studio is the same and because a lot of the things that draw my attention are static and unchanging from day to day. Although there are some things that are dynamic, like the vehicles and people but the majority of what I’m seeing along the way are buildings and urban structures.

    I think this is partly why I began to vary my process. I was starting to see the same type of images appear and was getting bored with the sameness of it. That and the green blue lines image opened the door to new possibilities for me. Since then I’ve begun to experiment with movement to bring the added dimension of shapes to these images like the one above.

    What do you think?