“Everything to be believed is an image of truth.”
William Blake
dirty, fragile colour slides
found in an op shop,
rescued, re-visioned
Tasmania 1971 – Melbourne 2008
discarded image
discarded earth
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Images from the series Discarded Views
2008
28 images in the series
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Cologne Cathedral 2-52
2008
From the series The Shape of Dreams
Silver gelatin print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
2008
From the series The Shape of Dreams
Silver gelatin print
A new body of work has formed in my mind and is physically taking shape through working with the images.
I purchased two black and white photo albums from the 1950s on eBay, both belonging to young soldiers, one on active duty in Korea and the other visiting Japan and Germany after the Second World War. These images are especially poignant to me as an artist and human being. These are snapshots of hope and happiness, of place and being in a time of turbulence. Glimpses of the earth through open aircraft doors, smiles that flit across faces contrast with figures wrapped in a shawl of darkness.
Their faces stare out at us across time yet their bodies are caught in the shadows.
They remind that humans still repeat the mistakes of the past, still list the war dead in columns of photographs inches long. So young and full of hope.
Marcus Bunyan
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
How dramatic!
2008
From the series The Shape of Dreams
Silver gelatin print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Spire of the Dome, 1-52
2008
From the series The Shape of Dreams
Silver gelatin print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
2008
From the series The Shape of Dreams
Silver gelatin print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
2008
From the series The Shape of Dreams
Silver gelatin print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
“It’s really nothing fellas!”
2008
From the series The Shape of Dreams
Silver gelatin print
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