Martin Wilson photography: the film is the image
Martin Wilson remarkably creates images of words and symbols using every frame in a roll of film sequentially. He explains his process:
My pictures are painstakingly created frame by frame on 35mm film. I get the whole film developed, scan it, then piece the final image together on the computer, making a large contact sheet. It’s only when the completed film strips are laid out side by side in the contact sheets that the final image appear.
Each work usually takes months to complete, as each frame is obsessively taken in sequence. No pasting together after the event, no cheating in Photoshop!
If I make a mistake or take a frame out of place I start the film again from the beginning.
Brilliant!
I thought from the image above that the arrows were placed in front of the camera, but it’s even more amazing than that, as he obviously searches out just the right pictures. Check out Oranges and Lemons or Double Yellow Lines on the site. Brilliant, not just from a technical standpoint.