The entire project includes audio, video, and a large selection of photographs Blake took while driving across the Midwest. In the near future, a small sampling of the photographs will be presented here on the blog. He is still sorting through the 500+ pictures he took while visiting the US this past March.
Without giving away too many of the details, the project is a narrative where the lead character is put in a situation where they are forced to drive a semi-truck across the United States. Each print is a moment in time within the narrative, giving the viewer just glimpses into the entire story.
Below are two images he has been working on over the past week. Each of them concern the same "scene" in the overall narrative, although the bottom one will not be included in the project.
The (still in progress) image is a follow-up from the "Birdman of Athens, OH (2011)" giclee print he posted here not too long ago.
Originally, he was going to show what the man's face looked like, and place the figure within one of the photographs Blake took while in Athens... For a number of different reasons Blake thought that the image "just didn't work out" the way he wanted it to... although it might get recycled into something else in the future.
Now - the scene is the main character (of the narrative) interacting with some of the birds that managed to get loose. Blake is still tweaking the image; the figure will definitely stay in that awkward angle with birds flying overhead - although the sky and details of the birds might be edited / revised, and he needs to make sure all the color values are identical with the other prints that feature that person (especially details like the hair and the tones of blue in the coat)
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| [Incomplete/ Early Draft] Birdman of Athens, OH Part Two - Blake Peterson (2011) |
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| [In Progress] Birds Overhead (2011) - Blake Peterson |
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