Windows series 6: Where's Bear? Stuffies in photographs.

Where's bear? - I did a series of photos where Bear was somewhere in the image.

I have taught photography for over 30 years now.  I started with film and darkroom, then switched over to digital imaging sometime in the early 2000s.  One of the things I used to do was to have my students photograph "stuffies of some character" in a series of photographs telling a story.  It was always a highlight of the course, and I have to applaud many of the entries as being very well done.  

Another thing I did was to take a small stuffed bear and photograph it in a variety of places.  The idea was to use the photos in an exhibition for children.  I have worked with kids for over 40 years and always like having interesting things to engage them.  I have Bear hidden in stores, outdoors, and in the street.

I met a lady who travelled to Europe and brought a favourite stuffed toy with her.  She photographed it in numerous famous places with the idea of putting a book together.  She had it with the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, and so on.  

My very first series with stuffed animals was done in 1984 when I took Crock (a stuffed toy my friend Alan gave me one year) across Canada with me.  I photographed it in numerous locations.  You can see one of the images below.

Crock arising from a Lake in Newfoundland, from slide film.

 Thanks for reading.

Eric Svendsen     www.ericspix.com