Machine envy exhibition
MACHINE ENVY: January 11 - March 20 2010
MACHINE ENVY an online exhibition by photographer and film maker Pogus Caesar, featuring 24 colour photographs taken at MOTOR SHOW LIVE 2004, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
With well over 400 new cars and in excess of 600, 000 visitors attending one of Britain's most prestigious events in the annual calender. MACHINE ENVY lifts the lid and exposes those intimate moments when humans and motor cars meet halfway. How our behaviour changes when we are exposed to and manipulated by some of the most beautiful and desirable cars in the world.
Caesar is best known for his 35mm black and white photography and compelling montages, which he shoots on Nikon and Canon Sure Shot cameras, purchased in the 1980's.
Concentrating on only a small number of cars Caesar photographed MACHINE ENVY in one day. He say's "I was struck by how seductive and dreamlike the atmosphere became, slowly you visualise owning exotic cars, you pick up conversations....2.8, V6 and it's only £123, 000 roll off the tongue with delicious ease"...THE TRAP IS SET!
Most of Caesar's UK photography is based around his home city of Birmingham and includes documenting well-known personalities such as Jesse Jackson, Desmond Tutu and Julie Christie.
Caesar has also documented important events such as the Handsworth riots, the Birmingham tornado and the regeneration of the Bullring. Caesar has visited places as diverse as South Africa, Jamaica, America, Albania and India to photograph people and events.
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