Andy Goldsworthy is more of a sculptor than a photographer, though without the camera much of his art work wouldn’t be seen by many people or any at all. Much of his work deals with the ephemeral and the transient, and the more I see his work and the more I read about him and his art the more I love it.
I am totally amazed at how sensitive Goldsworthy is to the environment he works in, and how out of place and alien he feels when he is in a new environment.
All his sculptures are made with materials found locally in the environment in which the sculpture is made. All the tools he uses are mostly other rocks, sticks, his mouth, his hands.
Check out one of his many books; my favorite so far is “Time.” Also there is a documentary titled “Rivers and Tides” that is well worth watching.
I actually wanted to mention this guy to you when I saw your video of you overlaying the rocks with leaves (which is great stuff, we’ll have to talk). I saw that documentary a while back, pretty impressive the challenges he faces and the delicacy of his sculptures, I love it.
I love this guy too. Ingenious and creative. I wish I could see more of his work.
The thing that impresses me most (and impress is a very weak word) is his great sensitivity to the materials he uses and the landscape overall (I guess I said that in my original post…But the delicateness of his sculptures is beautiful in and of itself. Having tried my hand at a few sculptures like Goldsworthy’s, I have a much greater appreciation for his sensitivity, and patience. It took me eight or so hours to build this: http://www.andydduncan.com/blog/2008/09/08/bear-lake/ and that was just a bunch of digging. Goldsworthy’s Cairns take an enormous amount of time and patience…I don’t know if I’d be able to do it.