BURNOUT
Beauty can arise from ashes, just as hearts can regenerate after burnout.
Photographs by Imogen Wall
Beauty can arise from ashes, just as hearts can regenerate after burnout.
Photographs by Imogen Wall
In the long summer sunsets the burnt car was iridescent. Exotic colours and textures, that emerged
when paint and metal were charred and oxidised by incineration, could be captured.
The images evoke points of transition (sunrises, shorelines), strange worlds (industrial dystopias, gleaming estuaries),
and beauty emerging from the ashes, just as harsh fires of change can bring new, tempered perspectives in our own lives.
when paint and metal were charred and oxidised by incineration, could be captured.
The images evoke points of transition (sunrises, shorelines), strange worlds (industrial dystopias, gleaming estuaries),
and beauty emerging from the ashes, just as harsh fires of change can bring new, tempered perspectives in our own lives.
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"Burn yourself up in your own flame: how can you become new unless you have first become ashes" Nietzsche
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This photo was taken by a neighbour to let police know about the stolen car dumped at McKellar oval in early January. The 1988 Nissan Skyline was in good condition and had clearly been cared for by its owner over the years. The next morning it had been completely incinerated. The below slideshow tells the story of the car over the 6 or so weeks it was at the oval where it prompted conversation among locals walking dogs and playing with children, until it was finally sprayed with a serial number and towed away.
Photograph by Jack Crittle |
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