Adam Fuss uses an alternative photographic technique to capture the images in his Ark series. He uses projected light to capture images on chemically treated surfaces creating a photogram. [The scanner technique I use is a sort of digital photogram.] The Ark series captures water’s moment of impact on a stagnant pool examining their rippling effect.
Ark series photograph >>>
Much of his work evolves around capturing a specific moment in time. His Untitled series confronts the viewer with a larger than life encounter with the insect world- particularly butterfly cocoons. The cocoons float in the middle of darkness as if they contain a spiritual power, and their size (print size of 72’’ x 44’’) speaks to their supremacy and otherworldliness. His shallow depth of field lends itself to his
photogram technique and a more precise but detailed description of a single moment in time.<<< Untitled series photograph
"We’re so conditioned to the syntax of the camera that we don’t realize that we are running on only half the visual alphabet…. It’s what we see every day in the magazines, on billboards, and even on television. All those images are being produced basically the same way, through a lens and a camera. I’m saying there are many, many other ways to produce photographic imagery, and I would imagine that a lot of them have yet to be explored."
-Adam Fuss
His series Love describes the intimately woven relationship between life and death/composure and chaos. An umbilical-like chord connects the two rabbits while also representing a tree and root system (cycle of life). Interestingly the animal he has used to make this series is known for its rapid reproduction rate with a short gestation period of only 30-32 days.
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