Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) in Ice

Back in 2013, journalist and art fan Jackie Higgins wrote a lovely little book about Modern Photography called Why It Does Not Have to Be in Focus. It's a fun and enlightening jaunt around the modern photography world discussing artists who push the boundaries of what makes a photo...well, art.

I like the big lessons in the book - that visual forms can speak to more than intellect and that deeper ideas like emotion and time sometimes hide, not just in what we see, but what we don't see. For me, playing with found items has helped unwind this idea. Techniques and compositions that let me hide their literal, material purpose and transform them into figurative expressions have taught me a lot about the many lives of colors, forms, and materials (and also a few unexpected things about myself). I've learned from many masters along the way, but few photographers lean deeper into the found objects method - and have more fun - than popular Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) artist, David Day.

Day practices and teaches quite a few techiques, but this week I really wanted to give ICM in Ice a try. The process is simple: You freeze objects in layers of ice inside a glass or pyrex dish, sit the dish on a light source, and photograph using intentional camera movement techniques. In this experiment, I used confetti. I really loved how they came out - full of movement and fun...it's the sort of thing you might feel whenever you see flying confetti around. Enjoy!