Everything about this work is mysterious...the black background, the light, the kitten looking slightly different... The starting point for this work was an ordinary digital photograph of a tabby kitten.
Because the photo was then digitally manipulated, a somewhat alienating and mysterious portrait was created. The kitten looks straight at you from the work. A fascinating portrait that keeps you looking. A subtle digital textured layer was applied over the entire image, giving the work the look of a painting painted on canvas.
Conceived by Maud De Vries, visualized with AI.
In the 70's, as a girl of about 8 years old, I took pictures with my father's old SLR camera.
Hence perhaps my preference for serene black and white photos, but I also like to unpack with lots of color.
In principle almost everything is worth capturing but macro..
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