Photo: The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain Panoramic photography can create photographs with a psychological quality no other format can. Satisfy the logical side of our brain that we are seeing something realistic but overlay an unrealistic artistic layer and we create a mental dilemma about what exactly are we looking at. A natural field of view, corrected … [Read more...]
Dancing With Light: The Photographic Art Of Sam Choisy
When I finally get to work, the process is a dance: the beats of the strobe-light act like a metronome; the constant back and forth movement in front and behind the camera to check, the need to stay in motion in order to be as invisible as possible in the picture. The entire process is very physical and I think that shows in the work. Samuel Choisy is a French … [Read more...]
Profile: Light From Above With Jacob Mitchell
My old bandmate Yuri told me once that the secret to seeing the world anew was to look up. The lesson was offered as we strolled down a busy street, kicking trash and our thoughts into the gutter. I have followed his advice. A world of architectural oddities and shapes spiraling off into the sky or entangled with trees and wires emerge above us in cities. It … [Read more...]
Turning Photographs into Art Part 1: Letting Go
Art is difference, innovation and aesthetics. Alain Briot 1 - Introduction This is the first essay in a new series focused on turning photographs into art. My previous series focused on collecting art. This new series focuses on creating art from photographs. Not all those who collect create and not all those who create collect. However, there is a connection between the … [Read more...]
