Honorable Mention
Palm Springs Portal
DESCRIPTION
Multi-Verse Landscapes You would be hard pressed to find anyone younger than 18 who isn’t familiar with the theory of a parallel universe. 1998 was the year J.K. Rowling introduced the world to Harry Potter and the infamous scene of passing through a brick train platform wall 9 ¾ into a parallel world of wizardry. Newton, Einstein and Erwin Schroedinger, all wrote about the concept years ago. Stephen Hawking has written in detail of how there are multitudes of our universe, our space and time existing simultaneously.
“Many Interacting Worlds” a theory presented by a group of scientists from University of California, Davis and the Griffith University in Australia claim many worlds intertwine to form one. Schroedinger described this as the entanglement of these separate but same worlds.
It has been said that we pass through these planes through portals - wormholes that allow matter to flow freely through to another existence in the same but different world. Multi-Verse Landscapes is about showing these portals within the environment. These portals of Quantum physics are not physical destinations for us to visit but are merely shown to contemplate crossing space and time to fulfill a desired thought if it was carried out differently. How do our decisions affect us? What would our world look like if we did something differently along the way? What does peace look like? Is it on the other side of the portal? Allow your mind to wonder. Allow yourself the time to meditate with the landscape and drift into the Portal. I think subconscious meditation is when we travel to other universes, parallel to our own to gain insight to guide ourselves. I invite you to use the photographs in this series to open your mind to find peace within.
AUTHOR
Todd BradleyTodd Bradley (1970, Detroit, USA) is a contemporary photographer currently residing in San Diego, and Palm Springs California. His work concentrates on nature, and urban decay. Often showing quirkiness, Todd’s aesthetic focuses on detailed features, demonstrating new perspectives to ordinary objects in still time. Classic photographers Karl Blossfeldt, Edward Weston, and Robert Mapplethorpe undoubtedly have influenced Todd’s work with their clean lines, geometry in nature, and use of negative space. Todd brings freshness in his whimsical compositions and subject matter.
For personal projects Todd turns to diorama toy photography. It’s about keeping his child-like mind active and creative. It’s about lightening his load. It’s about being playful, and happy. And not being so serious all the time. David Levinthal, Lori Nix, And Mathew Albanese are all inspirations when it come to this close macro work.
Todd has exhibited in numerous group shows world-wide including the See/Me Awards the Louvre, Paris; the Fort Wayne Museum of Contemporary Art; Camera USA, Florida; The Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado; He’s been awarded the Bronze Award by FAPA, London for his work on the Salton Sea. He’s received two honorable mentions from the Monochrome Photography Awards; and two honorable mentions in Fine Art and Nature from the International Photography Awards.
www.toddbradleyphotography.com