Bomar Critique
Lee Taylor: Woodland - 2006
As a magazine we get to see lots of photographs. So many you begin to yearn for only the most creative and the most beautiful to assault your senses. Such was the case when we first laid eyes on the images of Marco Bolognesi from his book Woodland. With our own fashion shoots within the magazine we always try to do something other than just sell clothes. We want to tell some kind of story that often comes from the theme of that issue. Most of the photography we are sent we find disappointing. There is not enough difference between commercial images used for advertising and editorial shoots which, to us, should be creative in their own right. Most of the time we are left asking where has the imagination gone? That was why it was such a joy to see Marco's photographs. I feel that his images hold the spirit that all good photography should contain. He is not afraid to experiment and shows much courage. In his book Woodland, Bolognesi introduces us to beautiful women who inhabit a haunting wood. The images themselves are exquisitely constructed. But there is a disturbing edge to this glossy sweetness that trips up the often cozy and secure world of fashion photography. The accessories seem to pierce the skin of the models giving a slightly menacing, sado-masochistic quality to the images. To behold such images such as those of Marco Bolognesi restores one's faith in creative photography and image making. Lee Taylor
Editor/Publisher
FLUX MAGAZINE
