Research • Jim Golden

This series by Jim Golden explores the subject of hoarding, which he suffers from himself, whereby he feels the need to keep everything he owns. He constructed this creative set of photographs by using a studio and his objects retrieved from his home, to create this visually striking set of images. Jim Golden is a photographer by trade, he shoots studio imagery for brands such as Nike and ESPN, and he put his skills to the test when he wanted to photograph his collection of 500 pairs of scissors... Wow!

This is a photographers paradise, how many cameras can one guy own, and can he share?! I love the elegance and neatness of his photography, how everything is line up in order and looks visually appealing. Is this a sign of this photographers inner OCD, or is a view of everyone is societies slight OCD?

Here are the elusive 500 pairs of scissors, and again, is the structure of this photograph responding to the publics inner OCD, or is it a point made to show the photographer has OCD? I really admire how the bigger pairs of scissors are in the middle, and the smaller are on the outside, it has a good structure and is visually appealing.

The colours on this photograph are so striking! The only thing I would suggest to improve this photograph, is that the white tapes aren't collected at the bottom, as my eye is instantly drawn to them and not the rest of the photograph. If the tapes were separated, my eye would dart around the photograph and take everything in. I am going to use these as research into other photographers who have looked at mental illnesses, and see their take on OCD and mental illness as a whole.

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/09/this-photographer-is-a-high-class-hoarder/#slideid-242421

http://jimgoldenstudio.com/#/Portfolios/Collections/1/