The photographer who puts little people in the frame
The photographer who puts little people in the frame
Image source, David GilliverBy Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland News
David Gilliver's entry into this year's British Photography Awards was a summer vacation photo with a difference.
He won first prize in the Macro category, a branch of photography that takes extreme close-up shots of small objects, most often insects or flowers.
But instead David took a photo of the familiar blue face masks that have been worn everywhere during Covid and reimagined it as a swimming pool with tiny figurines enjoying holiday activities around her.
"The idea was to approach a serious subject with a playful character without trivializing it", explains the 43-year-old Scottish artist.
Image source, David GilliverBy Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland News
David Gilliver's entry into this year's British Photography Awards was a summer vacation photo with a difference.
He won first prize in the Macro category, a branch of photography that takes extreme close-up shots of small objects, most often insects or flowers.
But instead David took a photo of the familiar blue face masks that have been worn everywhere during Covid and reimagined it as a swimming pool with tiny figurines enjoying holiday activities around her.
"The idea was to approach a serious subject with a playful character without trivializing it", explains the 43-year-old Scottish artist.
Image source, David Gilliver
