CAMILLA GREENWELL.

I wanted this to be my first post, but due to the unfortunate workload of a Fine Artist I had to wait, but it was a wait that Im sure you'll agree, was definitely worth it. 

Camilla Greenwell is currently in her final year at Central Saint Martins, London and I cant help but share her fantastic artistic talents. These first few photographs are from her sculpture last year where she was looking at household objects, removing their function, alluding to the uncanny -something which Freud speaks a lot about- and demonstrating this through repetition. Camilla uses latex as a tool to trap and drown her objects and preserve them in a way which evolves to be visually magical.

                   

The way Camilla has manipulated the set latex creates movement and life in her photographs. Its almost like the light-bulbs have been given another function, and I no longer see them as the everyday mundane object that they are. The way the light-bulbs have also taken on the latex as a color, which is slightly different to each, adds a new personality to them and you start to see them as separate wonders, intrigued by the individual way the latex has affected each of them.

These next set of photographs are from a current project of Camillas, and I have to say are just absolutely darling.

   

Camilla is still looking at household objects here, but this time is hand-making them and focusing on the miniature. Not only am I overwhelmed by the immense detail that has been put into recreating these everyday objects, but their setting in the photograph is just perfect. By seeing them in the leafy background lets one imagine that the objects have been set out in the home garden to dry. The sofa pinned to the washing line just continues this theme perfectly. I am in Love.

Finally, this last photograph is one of my favorites.

This glass vase, filled with smashed ceramics and photographed in a blank space, is just amazing. The simplicity of this photo just creates such a rich feeling. There is such a deep, warm quality to this image, I just cant stop starring at it. She has managed to add a quality to the photograph that you just would not expect to get from a cold glass vase filled with sharp and obtuse shaped ceramics.

I think it is fair to say that Camilla Greenwell is a bit of a talent! Her photographic eye just captures her ideas and messages perfectly. She is able to create feeling and emotion in her work, which I think is a talent we don't see that often in 'snaps' at the moment. I most definitely would never call her photographs 'snaps', they are works of art in themselves and I have no doubt in my mind that she is going to be such a successful artist.


Please check out Camilla's new website full of her amazing work

http://camillagreenwell.com/