【】

Letting our imaginations run wild with Lego seemed so easy as a child.
It's something most of us have forgotten about as adults. We're too busy looking over dreary Excel spreadsheets, trying our best to sort out our hectic lives -- letting our once strong imaginations fall by the wayside.
That's why Kanesan Nathan, 41, from Melbourne in Australia has received plenty of attention with an activity he calls "legojacking." It's the act of hijacking everyday environments with the aid of Lego, something which Nathan captures on his aptly named Instagram account, legojacker.
View this post on Instagram
While the work often takes a serious tone, legojacking is fundamentally about inserting a sense of play in the usually dull and mundane environments in the world around us.
"A big part of what I've always done is the idea that it doesn't matter how old you are, you can still play," he told Mashable Australia. "Broadly, play is the idea of imagining and seeing the world through a completely different lens -- which we used to do as kids, but we forgot while growing up."
It's an activity that helps people go back to the childhood way of seeing the world, while also regaining the creativity and imagination that gets lost in the daily humdrum of adult life.
After rediscovering Lego around six years ago, Nathan began his legojacking work but initially kept the photos to himself. His Instagram account started roughly a year later.
View this post on Instagram
Nathan now has more than 100,000 followers, attributing the interest to strong focus of humanity in his work. "I'm not just taking a photo of toy -- I'm taking a photo of a toy and saying this is what the world looks like to me," he said. "I think that's where it's really connected with people."
His legojacking images often reflect on and tell stories about world events, such as the treatment of asylum seekers, wars, riots and deaths. The 2013 riots in Turkey is something Nathan described as a "turning point" in his work.
"I knew some Instagrammers in Turkey and I saw their accounts of the riots. I decided to use their words and do a photo of a Lego riot," he said.
"The most amazing thing for me is that people in Turkey were saying 'thank you so much for sharing our story.' It really means a lot that people on the other side of the world care. It was something that meant a lot to them."
View this post on Instagram
Nathan admits he rarely plans out his legojacking work, mostly creating his photos on an impulse.
"It starts off on a whim, and then you spend hours [on it]," he laughed. "The whole idea of play is that you don't have a sense of what you're going to do, you're just open to doing it."
Sometimes it's clear to Nathan what a legojacking photograph should look like. This is best exemplified in a recent work which pays respect to the victims of the Orlando mass shooting, which features Lego characters in the colours of the LGBTQ flag.
"I had a very clear idea of how I wanted to represent it, but that's quite rare. Normally I take a bag of characters out with me and respond to the environment. Then when I come home I think, 'how am I going to position this?" he said.
View this post on Instagram
Nathan's photographs are shot on an iPhone, preferring to use generic characters from the Lego Minifigures set in his work, as they tend to be more versatile.
Occasionally he'll use special edition Lego characters that reference pop culture, such as DisneyLego and The SimpsonsLego, if there are any comedic or ironic possibilities.
For example, Nathan used The Simpsons characters in a commentary about the global refugee crisis and the alien character from Toy Storyto protest against random visa checks in Melbourne.
View this post on Instagram
View this post on Instagram
Nathan has recently resigned from his day job to take advantage of the opportunities that have arisen from legojacking, such as working with places or organisations to create unique content. He said his photography can help brands become more accessible.
In the future, he'd also like to use legojacking to promote kindness and empathy on a global scale.
"Play is a really great way of promoting understanding, and that's what I've always tried to do in my work," he said. "I think through a simple act you can change the world, or change someone's opinion. That's the next step."
Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.
相关文章
'Rocket League' Championship Series Season 2 offers $250,000 prize pool
Rocket League。's competitive scene is just getting started.。The。 Rocket League。Championship Series i2025-04-02- 針對奶水不夠的母親而言,人力混合喂養是一個極致的挑選 ,但有時小寶寶卻十分不配合 ,十分抵觸嬰兒奶粉,造成嬰兒奶粉早已開封市一個月了都還沒喝了,一些寶媽媽感覺一罐嬰兒奶粉幾百 ,不喝了好可惜,即便早已開封市2025-04-02
- 梨子是大家都很常見的一種水果了,它可以直接去皮之後食用,不過還可以把它做成很多的點心 ,味道也是很好的。梨子怎麽做好吃?簡單又美味的梨子做法 ,大家一定要學習一哦 !梨子的功效有哪些?一起來看文章了解一下2025-04-02
- 茄子是人們日常生活中非常常見的一種食物,得到了越來越多人的喜愛 。茄子的做法有很多 ,怎樣做茄子才會比較的好吃呢?茄子是一種比較便宜的食材 ,但它的好處也是比較多的,很多人會有孕婦是否可以食用茄子 ,通過下2025-04-02
- With the Pokémon Go fever still shaking half the world, there's bound to be plenty of trainer2025-04-02
- 荷葉茶價錢很便宜,作用卻很強勁,被譽為減肥的靈丹妙藥 ,想減肥的女孩何不試一下,荷葉茶與不一樣的茶配搭減肥瘦身的實際效果也不一樣 ,喝法也很重要 ,那菏葉茶怎麽喝才減肥瘦身呢?下邊就為大夥兒共享荷葉茶配搭哪2025-04-02
最新评论