Would You Be Covered In Honey For Art?

Don’t you hate it when you get a little bit of honey on your finger? It always seems like you have to wash your finger four or five times before it doesn't feel sticky anymore. So imagine what it must feel like to be covered in honey. While it may sound odd, it creates a really breathtaking photograph.  

In his latest photo series entitled “Preservation", photographer Blake Little decided to cover men, women, children, young and old (and even some pets) in honey. If you are asking yourself why, where is how Little describes his reasons:    

"When you cover someone in the honey, it has the effect of making them look like they’re in amber—that they’re preserved,"

"And that’s how I came up with the idea and started calling the pictures the preservation photographs."

"The honey has a way of democratizing people—to transform them in kind of a universal way,"

According to Little he used around 900 five pound jugs of honey to cover his subjects. No word on how much water and soap was used to clean off his subjects. The photos from “Preservation" assembled into a book that will be featured at the Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles, March 7 through April 18 of this year.  

Even though these photos make me feel sticky, I can’t help but be amazed at the images he created.

Via: Fastcompany