Artist Reidar Schopp, Entanglements & the Life You Build

Join us in discussion with Artist/Photographer Reidar Schopp, about two very special Photography Series, Shibari (Japanese Rope Bondage) his Boxed Series and the LB Shibari Dojo. Reidar takes inspiration from photographer William Mortensen, 1897-1965, who Ansel Adams called the Antichrist.On Mortensen, Reidar wrote; “His imagery was the first to stop me in my tracks. I loved the dark undertones, the stories he was telling ..." Reidar’s current series necessitated his learning of Japanese Rope Bondage including suspensions. These series entitled “Renaissance Shibari” and “Vases” are his latest avenue of exploration into surrealism. Find  below, a listing of Reidar's recent photography series:1. Boxed, The Life We Build for Ourselves - nearly complete with about 350 images2. Life's Entanglements - Shibari series. Includes the subseries of the Renaissance Still Lifes and the Human Vase - created about 25 images so far3. Starting the series of "franz xaver messerschmidt character heads" this will be about 90 images4. Organized Chaos - forming random lights into mandulas and kaleidoscopic images - About 30 images5. Musical Instruments - applying pieces of instruments to a human body to become that instrument and have another play them - Only 2 have been created. I need musical instruments to continue creating this series.6. 180 Degrees of Portraiture - Infrared portraits where a 1st time model is asked to bring an object that is very emotional to them, either good or bad emotions.https://www.instagram.com/rlsfoto/www.lbshibaridojo.com