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The Struggle to Right Oneself Dec 17, 2007 at 04:30
Having had exhibitions in the US, Europe and Asia, and having won a swag of awards, Kerry Skarbakka continues to take some very clever pictures. His portfolio covers a lot of ground; from the eerie and haunted Dreamscapes, to the heartbreaking, but gentle, study of his mother's death Cancer and my Mother, to the photos of falling people from The Struggle to Right Oneself.

Skarbakka says many things about himself and his artworks. Such as, his ideas behind The Struggle to Right Oneself (featured in the gallery attached) was that everybody is capable of losing their footing, everybody is vulnerable, and when you realise you're falling, sometimes the best thing to do is just let go. And, among other tidbits of information Skarbakka offers up, he grew up in the Bible belt of the USA and apparently began speaking in tongues when he was seven-years-old.

In ways similar to Dennis Darzacq's Falling People, Starbakka's photos will make you cringe when you imagine the next couple of seconds after the photos were taken. How bad does the shower scene look? Ouch.

Found via WhoKilledBambi.


Posted By: Katie Olsen
Tags: Photography


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True Advanced Member
are these shots photoshopped? Darzacq's images are of people genuinely falling. Not to sure if that makes much of a difference but i felt myself looking at Darzacq's differently knowing those people were moments away from genuine pain.
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forgot to mention, great shots!
True Respect
These are definitely photoshopped but still kind of cool anyway. I agree with you on Darzacq's images though... the fact that you know that people were genuinely about to eat shit makes them all that more appealing
True Respect
Yeah, knowing that someone is genuinely falling for art is awesome, it gives it an edge that photoshopped works don't. You almost get 'angst' looking at the real ones.

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