Well if you can’t take the heat, then uhhh..
Thomas Mailaender introduces a new way of projecting photography; Sunburn Art.
Angelica Thompson/ Entertainment Weekly
Suntan lotion anyone? We’ll unfortunately for these models, this isn’t your typical digital photoshop burnings, these are real authentic sunburns! “French artist Thomas Mailaender, manifest an artistic performance in pictures, illustrating the product of his ephemeral and experimental body artworks.”
With the help of UV lighting, Mailaender, applied 23 original negatives onto the skins of models before applying a powerful UV lighting over them. In result, a sunburn image is revealed onto the skin, which is then photographed immediately moments before the skin is exposed to daylight; causing the image to fade out.
Q&A From Thomas Mailaender:
Q: Why did you want to use the skin?
TM: “I made this project on residency at the Archive of Modern Conflict – it was a very free residency, they didn’t make any demands of me, but at the same time I had to find a way to present my own take on all these images that have already been chosen by Timothy [Prus, who oversees the Archive and its collecting activities]. Then one day I was talking with Timothy about how we all have some picture in mind, a souvenir, a picture, that when you close your eyes you can nearly physically see. We were imagining a reality in which these images would appear literally on your skin – where there are so many pictures in your life they start to literally come out. The title also comes from a discussion with Timothy and a book by Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man, that he lent me.”
“It’s very interesting to see peoples’ reaction to this photograph – a lot of people look it and say, ‘Oh my God, that looks so painful!’”
Above are a few images of Thomas Mailaenders work. To see and learn more about Mailaender, you can visit is website:
http://www.thomasmailaender.com
Source: http://www.bjp-online.com/2015/05/thomas-mailaender-exhibition-solo-chaud/
