Proof: Abelardo Morell on Capturing Dreams | National Geographic

it grabs reality like nothing else I

it grabs reality like nothing else I know for good for bad for joy or for

know for good for bad for joy or for

know for good for bad for joy or for sadness

sadness

sadness it’s an unblinking medium at reality

it’s an unblinking medium at reality

it’s an unblinking medium at reality artists the good ones tend to recreate

artists the good ones tend to recreate

artists the good ones tend to recreate the world for us in some ways it’s a

the world for us in some ways it’s a

the world for us in some ways it’s a hopeful statement just when you think

hopeful statement just when you think

hopeful statement just when you think your tire of this all world you know

your tire of this all world you know

your tire of this all world you know there’s a new way of looking at it I’ve

there’s a new way of looking at it I’ve

there’s a new way of looking at it I’ve been doing camera obscura pictures for a

been doing camera obscura pictures for a

been doing camera obscura pictures for a while where rooms get converted into

while where rooms get converted into

while where rooms get converted into camera Obscura’s and i photograph inside

camera Obscura’s and i photograph inside

camera Obscura’s and i photograph inside of them i remember going to west texas a

of them i remember going to west texas a

of them i remember going to west texas a number of years ago and i had the sort

number of years ago and i had the sort

number of years ago and i had the sort of the fantasy of being able to

of the fantasy of being able to

of the fantasy of being able to photograph there and of course in the

photograph there and of course in the

photograph there and of course in the desert there are no rooms so I thought

desert there are no rooms so I thought

desert there are no rooms so I thought well I could make one and the best way

well I could make one and the best way

well I could make one and the best way to make a room outside is to use a tent

to make a room outside is to use a tent

to make a room outside is to use a tent and the tent in some ways became a

and the tent in some ways became a

and the tent in some ways became a vehicle from which to see surrounding

vehicle from which to see surrounding

vehicle from which to see surrounding landscape I have a very large tripod

landscape I have a very large tripod

landscape I have a very large tripod inside of the tent with a periscope

inside of the tent with a periscope

inside of the tent with a periscope that’s six out of the front the

that’s six out of the front the

that’s six out of the front the periscope allows any nearby mountains

periscope allows any nearby mountains

periscope allows any nearby mountains rivers to actually project on the ground

rivers to actually project on the ground

rivers to actually project on the ground itself I’m not inventing anything I’m

itself I’m not inventing anything I’m

itself I’m not inventing anything I’m just photographing these extraordinary

just photographing these extraordinary

just photographing these extraordinary realities that appear naturally the way

realities that appear naturally the way

realities that appear naturally the way I’ve make pictures now it’s always a

I’ve make pictures now it’s always a

I’ve make pictures now it’s always a real a real physical challenge so I

real a real physical challenge so I

real a real physical challenge so I think it matters as may be

think it matters as may be

think it matters as may be philosophically that it is the truth

philosophically that it is the truth

philosophically that it is the truth some woman in Washington said well you

some woman in Washington said well you

some woman in Washington said well you know in Photoshop you could do that and

know in Photoshop you could do that and

know in Photoshop you could do that and you can combine anything you want I’ve

you can combine anything you want I’ve

you can combine anything you want I’ve instructed people close to me that if I

instructed people close to me that if I

instructed people close to me that if I do this to shoot me in the head my

do this to shoot me in the head my

do this to shoot me in the head my pictures are dreamlike and surreal but

pictures are dreamlike and surreal but

pictures are dreamlike and surreal but in fact when the pictures are being made

in fact when the pictures are being made

in fact when the pictures are being made there’s a camera in there recording that

there’s a camera in there recording that

there’s a camera in there recording that dream in a very physical awake way and

dream in a very physical awake way and

dream in a very physical awake way and photography’s power is to make even

photography’s power is to make even

photography’s power is to make even dreams seem quite concrete