Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble. - Roger Tory Peterson
Man has displayed it's unappreciation for nature, and it's being manifested in the very place we call our home; where we once had luscious forests we now see barren, cold land, where the water flowed and played in the sun to sparkle we now see unclear, clouded, dead water bodies. It is - and should be - of much concern to most in the world, and we've yet to truly be taking action. Even in the fashion world, pervasive to all mankind in the 21st century, so much more can still be done to change our environment.
In this photography series 'Bird of Unparadise', it basically places a pun on the plant named Bird of Paradise as well as the subject matter aimed at being a representation of a bird. The bird has truly turned into a representative subject matter of nature itself, placing the idea of a dying and struggling environment in a new perspective - artistically and visually. Feast your eyes on the (un)paradise!
This is the bird at the very beginning: determined and like a silent watcher from the trees, fully aware of its surroundings. It is undisturbed yet on guard.
It senses a change - trees being felled and it's home (no, our home) is being destroyed. It spreads its wings, displaying itself from beyond the shadows of the fallen branches.
It mourns for its home. A white cloth draped over as if a funeral is being held.
The body looks like it is supposed to be part of the tree of which the branch had once been part of, but rather no, it is part of the tree itself as a bird.
The body looks like it is supposed to be part of the tree of which the branch had once been part of, but rather no, it is part of the tree itself as a bird.
Angered by its helplessness and Man's tactlessness, it ruffles its feathers in fury.
It wants to escape the predicament set ahead of it by another's irresponsibility, yet it faces confinement for it has nowhere to go to.
It's home has already been broken.
Bird of Unparadise Series, Jubilee Tai, photography 2012
Yup so that's the end for this photography series, but wait! I have a few artistic shots captured from the rest of the shoot as well which I filtered out initially from the final piece.
I actually think it's(below) quite Vogue worthy :)))
Hindered, Jubilee Tai, photography 2012
A concealed facial shot.
Ethereally unreal, Jubilee Tai, photography 2012
Dead Bird, Jubilee Tai, photography 2012
Camouflage, Jubilee Tai, photography 2012
Thanks for reading! :)
Hey! I think I like the last few "artistic shots" from this series the most. Really cool that you have been experimenting and good job!:D
ReplyDeletep.s. what camera do you use? I like Dead Bird - the clarity/resolution of the image makes it strong or is it the editing of the tones?
p.p.s. how did you take these shots of yourself? especially those of you jumping?(; self-timer + trial and error?
check out my blogs too pls?(: me-llowfiest.tumblr.om + me-llowdramatic.tumblr.com
best of luck with your further experimentations of art!
/o.shuhui
Hey shuhui!
Deletehaha thanks so much :) oh my camera is just a regular olympus 10 megapixel camera, which i actually don't really like that much (prefer canon) but it does capture magical moments sometimes like Dead Bird :) Haha so for that shot it was the clarity I find.
everything was self-timer because I really wanted to be taking the 100% responsibility for the artwork s yup you could say trial and error
haha yes jiayou with yours too :)