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Dancing in Lounge Chairs
I have never bought a chair just because I needed one or to
fill a space. I only buy a piece of furniture if I feel it is something
special that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
ELENA HEATHERWICK
Photographer
LONDON
Elena Heatherwick believes that light, color and texture are always
doing a kind of vibrant dance together as they bounce differently off
a dark or a light wall, off objects, textures and colors. For her,
all these elements come into play in her work whether she is
photographing a meal on a table or a person in a chair in their living
room. Elena is not interested in showing a graphic, over-saturated
version of reality. More than anything, she wants to capture an
atmosphere and feeling in her photographs in order to tell a story.
To achieve this, she looks at what is around and behind a person,
the way a room is painted, the angle of the light. And, if a location is
difficult, she will pick up a chair and walk around with it, trying out
different spots until she eventually finds somewhere suitable.
A place where the chair makes the space, makes the photograph.
Or, in her words: “The chair creates the setting for the photograph”.
