Dismantled objects

Canadian photographer Todd McLellan's photographs of disassembled objects.

Born in Saskatchewan and currently residing in Toronto, Canada; photographer and artist Todd McLellan’s latest series, Disassembled, explores the deconstructed beauty of electronics. T…

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The high amount of detail and thought put into the work makes the project very inspiring and a joy to look at. You can see more of Todd's work in his portfolio , or at Sugino Studio , a Canadian based studio which represents Todd.

by carefully taking apart and arranging every piece and component of an old and often iconic relic, the series is an abstract portrait of an era of mechanical craft that we have seemingly left behind.

I’ll never forget the excitement I felt the first time I disassembled a telephone. I was eight years old, on our back porch with just an old screwdriver and a pair of pliers, but seeing what was inside this everyday object was a discovery akin to unearthing a dinosaur. The sudden knowledge that the speaker part was magnetic and contained a mile of thin copper wiring was practically miraculous. When the day was over, I was surrounded by pieces of am/fm radio, an old handheld video game, and a…

Order vs Chaos

Mapping the main shapes of your subject is a key first step when drawing complex crumpled or textures objects, such as paper bags, fabric or dented cans.

Although you might think that you're simply looking at discarded objects, what you're actually seeing are carefully carved and painted wood