Instrumentation by Todd McLellan

Instrumentation

Todd McLellan

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hese photographs are from the series Disassembly, a work in progress by Todd Mclellan, who is a freelance photographer based in Toronto. Mclellan began the project by acquiring examples of discarded technology often found on street curbs and at garage sales. He selected devices that were in good working order, appeared to be well-built, and were at least partially assembled by hand. He disassembled each device and laid out the pieces in the studio, as he says, “almost like a family por-

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trait.” He wanted each portrait “to look like if you magically swiped your hands across the image they would all fit into place.” For a second series of images (one of which is on the cover of this magazine) he “set the parts free” for each device by dropping them from the ceiling and shooting the fall with strobe lighting. Picking up the pieces was no easy task, he says, but “I made sure that every piece was accounted for.” Todd Mclellan’s work can be seen at www.todmclellan.com.