Plastic Portraits is a project that seeks to explore our relationship with plastics. People in this world interact with plastics on a daily basis. From single-use, disposable items, to medical and technological equipment that many of us find essential to our lives, plastic is so integrated that we often use and interact with it without being aware of it.
By photographing different people with the plastics they use daily, this project opens the door to thoughtfulness and discussion around the plastics in our lives. It raises awareness of the ubiquitous presence plastic has in our world and hopefully will spark individuals to make more thoughtful, informed decisions regarding their own plastic consumption.
I met Andries in the same ICP lighting workshop as Svetlana (from the previous blog post) at Splashlight Studios, and actually, the lighting set up for each of their portraits is basically the same. You may see from the interesting shadow on his nose, there is 1 softbox on either side of his face, and the key light is a beauty dish. Andries is an artist, photographer and designer. His work is at andriesboekelman.com
