Chris Meyer

Chris Meyer of Crish Design has been involved in both the music industry as a musician, sound designer, recording engineer, and designer of electronic instruments and recording devices; as well as the motion graphics industry where he and his wife Trish create animations for broadcast, film, special venues, trade shows, and web sites. However, before both, he had an interest in photography - an interest he continues to nurture today through the use of photographs as the starting point in mixed media art, often employing experimental printing techniques.


Sunday, November 01, 2009

Deconstruction 1.1

Chris Meyer | 11/01- 08:50 AM

Distressing a photo to accidentally create a prize-winning collage.

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Although I have spent a fair amount of money to buy camera equipment and digital printers which can produce a more-perfect image, the truth is that my personal aesthetic is more along the lines of wabi-sabi: an appreciation for the aged, weathered, and decayed. So what happens when I take a clean photo of the San Diego Museum of Modern History, a fine modern architectural example of a glass, metal, and stone? I have to distress it. The irony is, the result won a prize - and few realized it was a digital print of a photograph. Here’s one photograph’s journey into the realm of accelerated aging:

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Deconstruction 1.1

Chris Meyer | 11/01- 08:50 AM

Distressing a photo to accidentally create a prize-winning collage.

Although I have spent a fair amount of money to buy camera equipment and digital printers…