Spanish photographer Chema Madoz doesn’t like digital photography, but he loves to warp reality in impossible ways. Like this spoon with a fork shadow, which is a straight photo, with no Photoshop or laboratory manipulation whatsoever.
Madoz’s world ties directly into the work of surrealist artists like Dalí and Duchamp. He first creates his strange objects. Then he just photographs them using film in the most simplistic and clean way possible. The result are windows into alternative dimensions that often carry a message and they are always beautiful.
How do you think he created this spork? Make your guess in the comments. The answer is simpler than you think. [Chema Madoz via El Mundo]
James Toohey
May 27, 2010 at 7:33 AM
I think the spork is done using translucent paper with a fork on the other side casting a shadow through the paper.
Report PermalinkPeter
May 27, 2010 at 7:34 AM
The spork has a spoon on one side of semi-transparent paper, and a fork on the other side of the paper.
It is lit from the fork side, so you are seeing the shadow of the fork and the spoon in the photo.
Report Permalinktsengan
May 27, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Agreed with Peter, although from the distance between the shadow and spoon at the back handle of the spoon/fork I’d say it’s a sheet of glass, not paper.
Report PermalinkJames Toohey
May 27, 2010 at 1:49 PM
That’s what I said?
Report PermalinkMichael Greenhill
May 27, 2010 at 8:02 AM
Long exposure, simply swapped the fork for the spoon half way through.
Report PermalinkGraham
May 27, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Dare I say there is no spoon….
Regarding long exposure, you would see the actual fork as well if that were the case and its not visible, only the shadow.
Jame’s translucent paper idea is probably on the money.
Report Permalinkken Mclaren
May 27, 2010 at 8:20 AM
The ‘shadow’ is paper that has been printed with a picture of a shadow on it already.
Report PermalinkRappo
May 27, 2010 at 9:26 AM
+1
Report Permalink(Painted shadow, bright light ot stop any real shadow)
Karl
May 27, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Man this would be a lot easier in photoshop, why go all Armish about things!
Report PermalinkDansDans
May 27, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Because sometimes things are far more interesting when done like this… like movie FX. They were good in the 80s, now they are just CGI rubbish
Report PermalinkKeithHartle
May 27, 2010 at 1:54 PM
I think the spoon shadow is simpler than anything so far suggested. The tell-tale sign for me is the number of spines (or prongs). There is only 3, (most) forks have 4
Using 2 or 3 light sources would cause something like the light-slit effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment) and cause the odd looking but actually natural shadow.
Report Permalinkriggy
May 27, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Yeah the shadow has been drawn onto the cloth
Report PermalinkCaesar Wong
May 27, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Looking at the way that the fork’s prongs are angled, I’m going with the transparent paper theory.
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