Photographs from the series Salt Lake Eyre by Murray Fredericks.
“The subject of Fredericks photographs is emptiness, infinity and the void. Scale is lost in these images as the only reference point provided is the razor sharp horizon, consistently placed low in the images to emphasise the vast skies” (Murray Fredericks).
First impression that I was given when I first saw these series was a Japanese term “Kokuu” (虚空). My interpretation of the term is a void space which accepts and adapts various objects rather than strongly influencing them. I would imagine the site would give strong impact to a visitor which might also even anxieies from its scale and emptiness. However at the same time, its silence seems to allow for his/her existance and he/she starts to accept it…
Via. Murray Fredericks
Thanks Murray Fredericks for your contribution!!
05/20/2009
Could you please include the citation information??
06/24/2009
I wonder if they have natural colors or he used photoshop to make them so beatiful…
03/23/2010
Maybe photoshop helped to express? . . . . as we still live in a year when our technologies can no way capture in real time what we can see in a 360 moment. A huge thanks to MF!
04/08/2010
Beautiful, magical, I am envious of your opportunity to spend time and document this place. The power of simplicity and silence is so evident in your images. How can you visit Lake Eyre without it becoming part of your spirit.
08/18/2010
i watched this last night, and it was completely incredible!