Morning Eyes – Abstract Cyanotype Style Film Photographic Print Framed

Morning Eyes – Still Life Black and White Photographic Print Framed Much like other works by Austrian photographer Pia Clodi, Morning Eyes oozes objective ambiguity. This work is not dissimilar an inkblot, as it equally provokes the viewer to project their own images, thoughts and feelings onto it. This sentiment of not knowing up from down, left to right, may be familiar to many of us, and quite humorously suggested in the title, is a delirium most felt first thing in the morning. Taken on Polaroid, the process by which this photograph was originally created is reminiscent of much slower and earlier practices in photography, where precision can’t be guaranteed, but the surprise and fragility of what may appear on paper post-development is increasingly alluring to a contemporary photographer like Pia, who searches for unpredictability and chance moments in her life. This photograph is offered in the form of a limited edition print (one of 10 + the original Polaroid). Presented in a shadow gap frame. Pia Clodi’s works encompass moments and mementos from her countless walks through cities as well as naturescapes. These chances, between or during photographic assignments, to illuminate an object, a person or an instance, were quietly collected by Pia Clodi, on her SX70 Polaroid camera. An incredibly poetic practice, of passively capturing calmness and sensuality within otherwise lacklustre material and forms, enables Clodi to inject beauty in the everyday, and invoke nostalgia for quieter and slower experiences. Inspired by processes of creation, and early practices within photography, from the likes of Anna Atkins, Eugene Atget, William Fox Talbot and Louis Daguerre. Clodi’s work focuses on form and traces of life, over realism – whilst capturing stillness even through movement.