Misha here creates in black and white similar things to what I would want to create except with color. The shots are done using silver/gelatin methods and by combining the original negatives together in a darkroom to create these stark, symbolic images of humanity. It seems like the photos he uses of humans end up being more of an aesthetic use than that of a subjective use. This makes for interesting photos in which the human body is more a sculpture than a person to be seen as subject.
The central motif in this series of images seems to be the human body and how it contrasts with space and separation from earth, as seen in the background. This is further embellished with the method and angle of photographing his human sculptures. This creates a sense of uniformness to his "subjects" which instills powerful feelings of connection.
The background of the multiple negatives seems almost like a zen garden, only disturbed by human motion and human existence. The primal nature of this series grants me much inspiration in how to model the human body and how to capture it in a way that eludes subjectivity and transcends the "person".
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