Bill Henson- ambiguous spaces

"Australian artist Bill Henson is a passionate and visionary explorer of twilight zones, of the ambiguous spaces that exist between day and night, nature and civilization, youth and adulthood, male and female. His photographs of landscapes at dusk, of the industrial 'no-man's land' that lies on the outskirts of our cities, and of androgynous girls and boys adrift in the nocturnal turmoil of adolescence are painterly tableaux that continue the tradition of romantic literature and painting in our post-industrial age. Were it not for Henson's primary, almost devotional need to elicit empathy for his troubled human subjects, there's a feeling that nothing would prevent the black in his photographs from completely absorbing his attention and extinguishing his work."

I recently discovered Bill Henson when I was in the book store. His images caught my attention immidiately because of the feeling they gave me. I want his inspiration to show in my images because of the way he uses the body to interact with the spaces they are in. The dark nature of his photographs also intrigued me because of the ambiguity revealed with the lighting and the atmosphere. Even though his main focus is adolescents and youth, I feel like I can relate to his work because of the way he uses the body within the frame, expecially when there are two figures in the frame. But most of all, the emotions his photographs give is what has really drawn me in to research his furthur.