Thomas Demand

Thomas Demands work is a mix of photography and sculpture. Usually Demand creates sculptures out of paper and then photographs them, after they have been photographed he destroys the sculpture. His work is said to be illusionistic, he tends to recreate places that have political and/or historical backgrounds. Sometimes they're hotel rooms other times their kitchens. The detail in his work is very intricate and sometimes it is hard to tell that these photos are scenes made out of paper.

I think Thomas Demands work is amazing, the fact that he is able to create these scenes on such a small scale with paper is fascinating. I have always thought about turning my photos into sculptures never my photos being of sculptures that I have made. I think I should try this technique out in terms of building my landscape and then photographing it.

I really like the way that Demands work look real, they look like still life photos and the fact that they're made out of paper is really interesting. I feel like this in a way is what I want to do with my work, I want to create these scenes that look real but are in fact fake. Demand goes about it a very physical way whereas at the moment for me it is easier to create photos digitally. I am wanting to include more physical construction  in my work I just need to find the right way to go about it. I will probably have to try it a few different ways.