Auto Headlight 53 is a photograph by Sarah Loft which was uploaded on August 23rd, 2012.
Auto Headlight 53
For a period of several years in which I was very nearly blind, I used my camera zoom lens as a way to see and also to create art. One of my great... more
by Sarah Loft
Title
Auto Headlight 53
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph
Description
For a period of several years in which I was very nearly blind, I used my camera zoom lens as a way to see and also to create art. One of my great discoveries in that period was the amazing variety and beauty of headlights. Some are truly sculptural works of art. I don't know anything about cars, don't own one and don't drive, but availability of the subject matter was just a matter of walking down the sidewalks where hundreds of cars are parked every day.
I approached the task of creating an abstract as a matter of framing and composition of the elements of shapes, textures, reflections, colors and shadows. Every headlight was unique not only in design, but in environment. Two cars of the same make and model and color parked one behind the other would have four different and unique clusters of shape, reflections, and so on in the headlights and four more in the brake lights-- but brake lights are another collection.
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Featured in the Total Abstract Photography group. August 2012.
Featured in the Women Photographers group, March 2014.
Featured in The GALLERIA of INTERIOR DESIGN ART - GIDA, August 2014.
Featured in the All Things Reflective group, August 2014.
Featured in the Seen But Not Noticed group, February 2020.
Uploaded
August 23rd, 2012
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Comments (22)
Nancy Kane Chapman
I have loved every one of the series....and it was so nice today to read your description and methods....quite a collection of beauty and design, light and shadow. Incredible work, Sarah!!! Just admire this one inordinately! F/L+++
Barbara Chichester
CONGRATULATIONS on your FEATURE in GIDA! G I D A - The GALLERIA of INTERIOR DESIGN ART... Presenting only the finest and best quality of Original Artwork
Belinda Greb
Fantastic closeup on the headlight - makes for a great abstract with those beautiful reflections and the great detail work. Shared.
Music of the Heart
I was thinking this had a spaceship feel to it, too! A very sleek one! Love it, Sarah!