When I was a kid, I liked to take things apart. Remote control cars, calculators, bicycles. I’d sit down with whatever tools I could find that would work and make what was whole into many separate pieces. Part of that was to stave off a curiosity about what was happening inside of these machines. Another part of my motivation was simply to see what everything looked like when it was laid out in front of me. Toronto-based photographer Todd McLellan has taken this investigative nature and child-like fascination familiar to so many and elevated it to high art in his photo collection aptly called “Things Come Apart” at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
McLellan’s display is a continuation of an earlier project of his called Disassembly Series. According to the artist:
This new set of images explores retro to modern daily items that have, are, or will be in our everyday lives.
You have the chance to see this installation up close and personal until May 19 at the Chicago Museum. If you don’t find yourself in Chicago between now and then, you can pre-order McLellan’s book, Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual for Modern Living, on Amazon for its May 31 release. Meanwhile, check out this video that the photographer made to show his process.
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