Recently I completed my latest miniature for an exhibition at Beinart Gallery in Melbourne. The work based on a photo booth located on Chapel Street in South Yarra, Melbourne is an iconic photo booth which has been used since the 1970s.
I visited Melbourne and took over 300 photographs of the real location before spending 6 weeks recreating the photo booth in every detail in Miniature. Using cardboard, paper, wood and plastic I recreated every detail including working lights including flickering fluro lights and a working flash unit.
I then returned to Melbourne with the miniature taking it back to the real location and used the real photobooth to take a photo of the miniature version!
The miniature is currently on display at Beinart Gallery, 1 Sparta Place, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia.
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Portrait photograph taken holding the scratchbuilt miniature of the Iconic photobooth. Photo credit Andrew Beveridge/ASBcreative.com Do not use without permission.
Close up detail of the completed miniature. Photo credit Andrew Beveridge/ASBcreative.com Do not use without permission.
Once completed I took the miniature to the real photobooth and used the real one to capture the miniature!
The miniature version even had working lights including flickering fluro lights and a working flash unit! Photo credit Andrew Beveridge/ASBcreative.com Do not use without permission.
Standing outside the real location with the miniature version on Chapel Street in South Yarra, Melbourne.
Every detail was created using photo references of the real location right down to every screw, rivet, nail and streak of rust.Photo credit Andrew Beveridge/ASBcreative.com Do not use without permission.
Even the weeds growing at the back of the real location was scaled down in perfect detail.Photo credit Andrew Beveridge/ASBcreative.com Do not use without permission.
Reference photos of the real location allowed to recreate every detail including the signage peeling off the back of the light up sign! Photo credit Andrew Beveridge/ASBcreative.com Do not use without permission.
The finished scratch built miniature made using Cardboard, Paper, Plastic and Wood.Photo credit Andrew Beveridge/ASBcreative.com Do not use without permission.
The miniature version sitting atop the seat at the real location in Melbourne.
