Russian artist Stanislav Aristov creates miniature sculptures by bending matches and fire, into a desired shape.
A matchstick is something so ordinary and simple that one could hardly imagine it could become an object of art.
Aristov unveils the artistic potential of matches in his his "Спички / matchsticks" series.
This photographer literally plays with fire by bending the matches into the desired shapes as they burn, then uses a macro lens and a studio flash to shoot the fire and the smoke around it.
The artist then moves to Photoshop to finish the image.
Stanislav says that the idea came to him completely by accident:
"I was playing with a pack of matches while I was deciding what to photograph for a competition.
It was while I was watching the match that I began to think of how it represents life.
There is the burnt part representing the past, the smoke of memories left and the untouched part of the match the future".
Stanislav Aristov è un fotografo che vive a Ekaterinburg, in Russia.
Nato nel 1982, ha creato una straordinaria serie di immagini utilizzando fiammiferi.
L'idea di usare fiammiferi accesi gli è venuta mentre partecipava a un concorso fotografico di Formula Foto sul tema della linea della vita.
Questo "colpo di genio", o come dice lo stesso Stanislav, "non è la prima volta che ho un'idea che ne rivela un'altra", ci ricorda la profonda poesia che il fuoco racchiude nell'inconscio collettivo.
