DUMPSTER FIRE Photo Print by Brian McCarty X 100%Soft
And while I have featured on TOYSREVIL, and no doubt you'd have seen online, or even own (a version of) DUMPSTER FIRE from 100%Soft ("Toy Of The Year" for 2020, aptly so), THIS is something extra special! Introducing "Dumpster Fire LE Photo Print" as taken by toy photogrpher extraordinaire Brian McCarty, with the result being a PRINT, sine launched and available on 100soft.shop (from October 22nd at Noon PST)!
Sized 13x19", in a signed and numbered edition of 160, each priced at US$75.
Printed by Static Medium on Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster using archival inks.
Here's a behind-the-scenes making of the image, along with additional images from 100soft.shop!
"Like many, I fell in love with Truck Torrence’s Dumpster Fire character as soon as I saw it, picking up a resin version at San Diego Comic Con for a friend, wishing I had bought an extra one for myself. Even before 2020 and our current, collective flirtation with the end of world as we know it, the Dumpster Fire perfectly encapsulated the time. When Truck approached me to see if I’d be interested in shooting a production version of the toy, I jumped at the chance and carved out time in-between War Toys trips, thinking that I wouldn’t have another chance with everything I had planned for 2020. Sigh."
"Setting up late at night, underneath strings of paper lanterns and among scurrying cockroaches, Truck and I had settled on a simple shot concept – the Dumpster Fire in its natural setting: dirty yet cute. I asked Truck to expand upon a newspaper design that appeared on his toy packaging, wanting to capture that same tongue-in-cheek message of disbelief that every news headline elicited, "Are you serious right now?"."
"The prop newspaper was suspended on a rod, as if blowing through the scene. The lighting was a combination of actual fire from a small, die-cast dumpster stand-in (to make the light on the wall and ground appear accurate), ambient sources, and handheld flashlights. A bit of water was used to pick up reflections and add to the textured griminess. The various elements were all brought together and refined in postproduction."
"It’s been a treat to collaborate with Truck, both on the shoot as well as the print release. A few months shy of a year old, the photo feels just as timely now as when it was shot, if not more so, thanks to the prophetic perfection of the Dumpster Fire toy. I hope that his little smile and plastic flames warm your heart and give you a little solace in these especially troubled times."(*CLICK HERE for all coverage of Brian McCarty's work on TOYSREVIL, including a BOOK REVIEW of his "ART-TOYS: PHOTOGRAPHS" from 2010!)
"Since 2011, Brian has been collaborating with children who have been affected by war on a unique photo series titled WAR-TOYS. The project invokes principles and practices of expressive art therapy to safely gather and articulate children's accounts of war. Under the guidance of a specialized therapist and working through NGOs and UN agencies, boys and girls become art directors for narrative photos of locally sourced toys."
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