David wearing bodega Veneta for Middle plane magazine
Blommers & Schumm, David wearing bodega Veneta for Middle plane magazine, David Hockney special, 2022. Courtesy The Ravestijn Gallery.
Blommers & Schumm build these images entirely by hand, in front of the lens, adding nothing digitally afterwards. Out of everyday things they build a face, or let a book or lamp suggest a body; bodies end up in impossible positions. There is always a twist in the perspective that makes the image faintly uncomfortable or absurd. What looks digitally edited today is entirely analogue handwork, in which the constructing hand is everywhere and at the same time thought away.