Research: Miwa Yanagi (DT WK 6)

Miwa Yanagi, master of the weird and the wonderful, her images made using photographs and carefully crafted Photoshop techniques are both odd and somewhat disturbingly beautiful at the same time. The photo below is one of my favourites, the playful innocence of the photograph as well as the anticipation of danger, these two aspects are balanced, the viewer doesn't know whether to smile at the sight of a person sitting in snow indoors or feel a sense of fear at the person playing with fire. It was hard finding anything on her processes, but for this one I assume half studio, half outdoors and part post production. It's really hard to say what the artist has done for this image. It is something that really interest me, I do love her images and the way she pulls them off flawlessly.

The Little Match Girl　2005　Gelatin silver print