This is a brief excerpt from F-Stoppers
Jim Kazanjian’s surreal architecture images are a dreamlike scene that teeterings on turning into a nightmare at any moment. The dark dreamy mood and beautiful decay of crumbling elements allows the viewer to peek into a darker scene of a fictitious location. The hyper realism of the photographs was perplexing and I assumed that the images were shot and pieced together, little did I know that Kazanjian doesn’t use a camera for his creations. Finding images isn’t a difficult task for Jim anymore. He has been building his database since 2005 and today his collection holds close to 30,000 images.
“I am basically manipulating and assembling a disparate array of multiple photographic elements (sometimes more than 50) to produce a single homogenized image. My images are digitally manipulated composites built from photographs I find online. The technique I use could be considered “hyper-collage. I cobble together pieces from photos I find interesting and feed them into Photoshop. My method of construction has an improvisational and random quality to it, since it is largely driven by the source material I have available. I wade through my archive constantly and search for interesting combinations and relationships.”
Based out of Portland, Oregon, Kazanjian …
By: Aaron Lindberg
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