April Gertler
I found these beautiful photographs of dioramas by April Gertler and as I browsed through the work on her site it struck me that I’d posted about a similar artist before. Then when I came across the fifth image (the owls) I was sure I had already posted Gertler’s work but her name didn’t ring a bell.
After some searching through the archives I found the image in question – a piece by Kim Boske. It is strange though because the image by Boske is flipped horizontally. There is no mention of either work being a collaboration and googling both names turns up zilch. This is a mystery I must get to the bottom of! Either way, I like the work!
This is the image by Kim Boske, below:
I will email the artists and report back!
Tangents / Kenichi Hoshine - 04.11.09
Cao Tieou aka Autorun - 22.06.09
Charlotte Gainsbourg + Beck - 20.11.09
Cassandra Jones - 12.09.09
Silent Auction - 16.10.09
Ha! Those Owls look pretty sinister!
That magpie is clearly experiencing its rendition of hell, whereby it has to suffer at the talons of those owls every day for eternity. It just happens that two photographers spotted the opportunity on different occasions.
Solved!
It looks to me like they’ve both photographed the same zoological museum, with stuffed animals? seems to be the easiest explanation…
^it appears you are correct – when I first saw Kim Boske’s work I assumed (wrongly) that the diaramas were original – i received an email from Kim they are actually installations at a natural history museum – Boske and Gertler do not even know each other. mystery solved.
kinda takes a bit of the magic out of it but not really, i still like the work
what I love is that both the Owl images are great in their own right. It’s interesting to see how two photographers interpret the same scene.
Nice find and great connection!
Did she say which natural history museum these dioramas were photographed in? It would be interesting to see them in person.
I think the photos are great, but i wonder if she has created the sets herself and the lighting etc or she has just gone into the museum and taken the photo straight up. They looked like they have been worked on quite a lot in photoshop. But i still think they are fabulous (and very similar to Boske)
these are amazing!