Aside from ruining your experience at BBQ's and freeloading on your forgotten hot dog, flies can actually be used for artwork. I don't think I ever would've put those two ideas together, but hey, I guess you have to do something with their bodies right?
Swedish photographer Magnus Muhr is responsible for plenty of amazing pictures. Weddings, tasteful nudes, nature stills--you name it. So it comes as no surprise how flies came into the mix...or does it? This well established photographer considers this portion of his work to be Humorous, which I could not agree with more.
With a simple stroke of a pencil and some imagination, these deceased insects are brought back to life. The animation of humanity is what gets a little chuckle out of people.
Fly 1: Was it good? Fly 2: Mmm.. You really succeeded with this Britta.. it tastes like sh*t!
I like to think of this as live comic art. Well maybe 'live' is the wrong word to use. Could you imagine opening up the newspaper to this sort of 3D comic strip? Breakfast certainly wouldn't be as appetizing. Good thing he shoots photos and shares it with the world, via internet.
Take a gander at the rest of Magnus Muhrs photos, they have living people in them. :)
Hello!
I´m glad you like my pictures and my flies! :)
I can tell you that a giftbook with my flies is gonna be out in the stores in UK this year and US and germany next year, so keep your eyes open :)
Have a nice day!
Magnus
Posted by: Magnus | 31 July 2010 at 10:13 AM