Category Archives: David’s Private Collection But I have a sense that the style which will define me as an artist (more so than a photographer I might add), is yet to come. It may involve mixed medium that marries photography with painting on large canvasses. It is this same sense that directs me to keep collecting images and to keep playing with different techniques, confident there will be a time when people will look at my work and say “that’s obviously David Kirkland’s photo.”  …tragic really. This (below) from a recent shoot in Samoa. My mother took one look at the pictures and commented on my receding hairline, my general manager (who took the photos) says he won’t let me forget it, my son has all but disowned me and my girlfriend is still demanding an explanation. Big lesson:...  The next day, the weeping, blood encrusted wounds are vigorously scrapped with a sharp piece of timber and packed with mud from the river until, finally, the skin begins to seal and harden to form a pattern in the image of the crocodile – the most powerful and revered creature in the Sepik River……… |
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