above: Paul Graves, phenomenon 3, from The balloon sculpture series, 2008
This month Italian magazine Domus' cover features photographer Paul Graves' photo of a balloon constructed person and his innards. Below are more shots from his 2008 Balloon Sculpture Series.
The image as it appears on Domus' January cover:
A photographer who has worked with balloons before, Paul has created a balloon Garden of Eden for a previous editorial:
See the fabulous details:
Prior to that, he created this fun series of celebrities as balloons, using simply their trademark hair (or lack thereof) to immediately give the balloon the recognizable persona.
Don King:
Andy Warhol:
Pippi Longstocking:
Kojak (Telly Savalas):
Liza Minelli:
David Bowie:
Paul shoots many styles a has a large range to see his complete portfolio click here.
In light of balloon 'fun', and the off chance that you are one of the 3 people left in the world who has not seen the fabulous durex condom ad with balloon animals, here it is for you:
Catch a newer post on the Balloon sculptures of photographer Paul Graves, that include his balloon expletives here.
