Peter is fresh from photographing the entire MONA art collection over the past 4 years and along side a very busy photography practice, he has recently been selected in the Graphis 100 Best in Photography 2011 with the stunning b/w photo of a singular sunflower. Congratulations Peter!
Peter says of the subjects for the photographs in Invisible Forces:
The beauty of the pent up power in a tranquil body of water and the tempestuous potential veiled in a gentle breeze, are governed by one overriding invisible force - gravity. It controls our physical surrounds, our weather and ultimately the earth.
Whyte brings years of visual analysis and observation from nature back into the studio to recreate it in a controlled space. Constructing a 3 x 4 metre pool in his studio, with an arsenal of bizarre wave generators, meticulously restrained lighting, and large format digital capture, Peter unveils the invisible, in this series of mysterious and arresting images.
While the wind and reflection images were captured on location, the same level of fastidious rigour employed in the studio was applied to harness and pare the existing physical and lighting circumstances to capture the forces at play.
It should be noted, that these are all ‘as shot’ digital photographs. There has been no digital manipulation or ‘Photoshopping’ beyond usual RAW digital image processing.
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