GLUTTONY (PRIVATE SATTLER)
MIXED-MEDIA OILGRAPH // TRADITIONAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, OIL PAINT AND BLOOD ON WOODEN PANEL // 24x32
Base image photographed with a Mamiya 645 on Ilford 400 and developed in Agfa Rodinal
-No digital work-
6/9 of the series
Created for the movie Magnum Opus which is the story of an ex-marine turned artist and cryptographer. I was tasked with making his series.
Private Sattler played by Dustin Ingram was the main antagonist. A soldier turned evil and who took the fingers of his kills as trophies.
It was the first day of production out at Blue Cloud Ranch www.bluecloud.com which was our location to stage the Afghanistan scenes. We only had one day.
One very long day.
I had to create his necklace of fingers which for some reason they decided not to show because it gave his intentions away. Or something. Too bad because I was quite proud of it. I only had a few minutes to get the shot on a single roll of 120 film. It had to work because the actor was wrapped just after it.
BACKGROUND
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Six years ago I was asked to create a nine piece series for the film Magnum Opus.
The concept of the film sounded intriguing - An ex-marine and war photographer saw some terrible things go down in Afghanistan, retired to become an artist (and cryptologist) and paint a series of works where he would secretly encode the narrative into the paintings themselves. Kind of like pulling an Edward Snowden.
And I thought this was awesome.
In reading the script I was confused as to how the main character's art technique was exactly like mine and the director's response (who was a friend and collector of mine) said, "Well, we based the main character on you."
GLUTTONY (PRIVATE SATTLER)
MIXED-MEDIA OILGRAPH // TRADITIONAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, OIL PAINT AND BLOOD ON WOODEN PANEL // 24x32
Base image photographed with a Mamiya 645 on Ilford 400 and developed in Agfa Rodinal
-No digital work-
6/9 of the series
Created for the movie Magnum Opus which is the story of an ex-marine turned artist and cryptographer. I was tasked with making his series.
Private Sattler played by Dustin Ingram was the main antagonist. A soldier turned evil and who took the fingers of his kills as trophies.
It was the first day of production out at Blue Cloud Ranch www.bluecloud.com which was our location to stage the Afghanistan scenes. We only had one day.
One very long day.
I had to create his necklace of fingers which for some reason they decided not to show because it gave his intentions away. Or something. Too bad because I was quite proud of it. I only had a few minutes to get the shot on a single roll of 120 film. It had to work because the actor was wrapped just after it.
BACKGROUND
___________
Six years ago I was asked to create a nine piece series for the film Magnum Opus.
The concept of the film sounded intriguing - An ex-marine and war photographer saw some terrible things go down in Afghanistan, retired to become an artist (and cryptologist) and paint a series of works where he would secretly encode the narrative into the paintings themselves. Kind of like pulling an Edward Snowden.
And I thought this was awesome.
In reading the script I was confused as to how the main character's art technique was exactly like mine and the director's response (who was a friend and collector of mine) said, "Well, we based the main character on you."