Peter Andrew & Derek Blais

  • Colt 1911
  • Rhino
  • Smith & Wesson .38
  • Beretta
  • Glock
  • 357
  • PPK
  • Browning
 
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  • Colt 1911
    Colt 1911
     Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 60 x 36 in
  • Rhino
    Rhino
     Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 60 x 36 in
  • Smith & Wesson .38
    Smith & Wesson .38
    Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 60 x 36 in 
  • Beretta
    Beretta
     Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 60 x 36 in
  • Glock
    Glock
     Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 60 x 36 in
  • 357
    357
     Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 60 x 36 in
  • PPK
    PPK
     Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 60 x 36 in
  • Browning
    Browning
     Lambda print on Kodak endura archival paper, 96 x 48 in
 No doubt the series generate some controversy due to the subject, as journalist Nate Bodansky asks "do the portraits romaticize or glorify the weapons or are they just a novel take on the subject?”. The Point Blank project shoots handguns in close-up, portrait-style, and straight down the barrel. In doing so, the project creates large-scale, extremely detailed, and uncomfortably in-your-face frontal photographs. These subjects have, quite literally, the power to kill. They began the project in May 2011, and they published a book. The series won an award in the 2013 Communication Arts and applied Arts photography annuals and has been exhibited at Klaus Nienkamper in Toronto. The photos, inspired by similar drawings by artist Robert Longo, are quite jarring, giving the viewer the opportunity to feel what it might be like to have a gun pointed at his head. But the photos also highlight the guns' beautiful geometry and clean engineering. Here in the United States the project might be taken as a political statement, but Andrew says that's not what he, or his art director partners, Derek Blais, are going for.
 Peter Andrew & Derek Blais are from Canada. 
Peter Andrew Lusztyk is a freelance photographer since 2009. Peter won many awards as AACE photographer of the year and Gold Graphis photography in 2013, International photography awards, PX3 Paris photo awards 1st place winner and Magenta foundation emerging photographer award in 2012. His work has been acquired, among others by Amex, Hyundai, Molson-Coors, Audi, The Royal Canadian geography society...
Derek Blais has seven years of international award-winning advertising expertise. From nationally integrated campaigns in the United States and Canada to internationally recognized music videos, Derek is more concerned with the message than the medium. His work has been featured globally in Communication arts, Creativity, Ad age, ABC news, the Daily mail, the Telegraph...