Since being a child I have been mesmerised by the magic and mysticism of photography. The simple function of capturing light (and therefore dark) to create a form and a reflection of a form
I deliberately used a method to trick the camera as it is about to focus, to make a shot which is out of focus and therefore giving little if any indication of the subject. In fact I also deliberately did not frame the subject in camera, so I was not conscious of the potential composition of the finished shot. I photographed the surfaces of mundane things which would minimise the potential of interest in the subject.
I was aiming to create a series of shots which were not of a subject, but a tonal presentation; a series of non-photographs.
![Soft fusion V [Jan 2014]](http://www.markwrussell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Soft-fusion-V-300x200.jpg)

![Feint 6 [Jan 2016]](http://www.markwrussell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Faint-6-300x200.jpg)
![Feint 5 [Jan 2016]](http://www.markwrussell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Faint-5-300x200.jpg)
![Feint 11 [Jan 2016]](http://www.markwrussell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Faint-11-300x200.jpg)
![Feint 1[Jan 2016]](http://www.markwrussell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Faint-1-300x200.jpg)