Asja Boroš » collaboration

A story of a white dress

Asja — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:03:48 +0000

Last Summer, while taking a walk with Mr Dean near where I live I noticed an area of woods going through some sort of woodland maintenance (uh, I’m sure there’s better expression for that, but I can’t really think of one now). Lots of old trees were trimmed, new paths were made, there were big piles of old, cut down branches everywhere. Air was filled with heavy dust and whole scenery looked a bit sad and unloved but I felt I need to shoot there.

“This could be a good location for a photo shoot“, I said. “I’d love to shoot some selfies here. But I need something, a prop maybe, something to be in contrast with this dirty, dusty environment.” So I decided I need a simple, feminine, white dress, maybe a bit old-fashioned or romantic. Since that’s not something I’d wear in “real” life and generally don’t own anything white I started searching for it. It turned out it’s not easy finding such a simple piece of clothing but after almost two weeks I found my perfect white dress at a flea market.

The photo shoot was about to happen! I asked Mr Dean to help me and we took a collaborative series of photos. Some of them I edited shortly after and posted on my flickr yet I wasn’t satisfied. I felt there were a part of a some visual story and that still haven’t been finished. So, this weekend sitting in my cozy, warm living room watching a blizzard outside I said “It would be great to wear my white dress again, in the snow.” I shared my idea with Mr Dean and he suggested that we shoot at the very same location as last Summer. It was a deal!

When we took another series of photos, this time in snowy environment I felt a story of a white dress is now complete. Here is the entire photo story including both photos from this week and re-edited photos from last Summer:

Duck rocket

Asja — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:42:46 +0000

Drawn by Alkaline Samurai ( he used black multiliner on A4 paper ) and digitally colored by me.

Under the sea

Asja — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:22:34 +0000

This is another one of the paintings I did in collaboration with Arlen this Winter so I thought it would be a good time to finally post a picture of it. It’s acrylics and ink on wood panel. You can see the first one here.

AlkaLINES and Noodles Mountain

Asja — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:59:43 +0000

Another collaboration with Alkaline Samurai, he drew the colorful lines and I made the Noodles Mountain.

Underwater world

Asja — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:17:40 +0000

Acrylics and ink painting done on a wooden panel.
This is the first of six paintings in the series, done in collaboration with Arlen Dean (Alkaline Samurai on flickr.)

Just for fun

Asja — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:51:17 +0000

Drawing with Arlen, just for fun. We’re actually working on another more “serious” collaboration together, a painting on 6 wooden panels, more about that soon. It’s always fun when he comes to visit!

Sretni vrt

Asja — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:29:37 +0000

“Lucky garden”, 70×50 cm, mixed media
This is a second collaboration with Arlen Dean (Alkaline Samurai on flickr), it was very fun making it. It was Arlen’s idea to get a big poster paper and first add some abstract colorful paper cut outs and then draw around them.

I’m not on my vacation anymore, so I’m looking forward to catching up with your blogs as soon as I can. Have a wonderful week everyone!

Gummyfication, a collaboration with Arlen Dean

Asja — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:23:48 +0000

This piece is a collaboration with amazingly talented Arlen Dean , also known as Alkaline Samurai on flickr. Please check out his work if you haven’t already.