Reflection
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Naoya Hatakeyama
Naoya Hatakeyama is not just another landscape photographer. In fact, upon understanding the impetus for his dramatic large-scale color photographs (on view later this month at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), one could even say that landscape itself only plays a small role in his work.
Take, for instance, his recent video made from still images, “Twenty-four Blasts.” It functions as a document of the controlled explosions that occur almost daily in a limestone quarry he had photographed early in his career. He turned his photographs of these explosions into a video that recasts them as a kind of performative, almost sculptural, phenomenon. The final piece is engaging and modern—and, in truth, looks like a large-scale animated GIF.
Still, not all of his imagery is so easily consumed. In 2011, over a span of three months, he made some of the most haunting work of his career. Though he had documented his hometown of Rikuzentakata, Japan, earlier in the decade, he photographed it again in the immediate aftermath of the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Upon his return, he found the area devastated, his childhood home in ruins, and the life of his mother tragically taken during the disaster. Somehow, though, his images of the destruction remain surprisingly removed. They are quiet, focused and intentional. In the exhibition, the images from 2011 are juxtaposed with an earlier video installation of images of his mother, of the Kesengawa river, and the way the environment once appeared.
http://www.americanphotomag.com/wall-naoya-hatakeyama-sfmoma
Take, for instance, his recent video made from still images, “Twenty-four Blasts.” It functions as a document of the controlled explosions that occur almost daily in a limestone quarry he had photographed early in his career. He turned his photographs of these explosions into a video that recasts them as a kind of performative, almost sculptural, phenomenon. The final piece is engaging and modern—and, in truth, looks like a large-scale animated GIF.
Still, not all of his imagery is so easily consumed. In 2011, over a span of three months, he made some of the most haunting work of his career. Though he had documented his hometown of Rikuzentakata, Japan, earlier in the decade, he photographed it again in the immediate aftermath of the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Upon his return, he found the area devastated, his childhood home in ruins, and the life of his mother tragically taken during the disaster. Somehow, though, his images of the destruction remain surprisingly removed. They are quiet, focused and intentional. In the exhibition, the images from 2011 are juxtaposed with an earlier video installation of images of his mother, of the Kesengawa river, and the way the environment once appeared.
http://www.americanphotomag.com/wall-naoya-hatakeyama-sfmoma
His Work:
I really like Naoya Hatakeyama photo's because he uses the reflection of the lake to bring out beautiful colours and lighting from the city. It creates a marvelous effect of how bright the city looks at that time of day. The use of reflection in his photos creates a stronger feeling then an ordinary photo. The lake looks polluted however it still lights up the city. There's a contrast of bad and good, bad being the pollution and then good being the beautiful city. The mood in his photo's really define the city he has merged many colours into one picture to create these spectacular pieces.
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Lee Friedlander
Born in 1934, Friedlander was known for taking pictures of the social landscape. He also took pictures of many other things from nudes to monuments. But the three things that sort of define his style for most of his career are:
Reflections: Friedlander loved to take pictures of people reflecting in the windows of street stores or viewed through the window. He loved the play of images superimposing each other.
https://juanjosereyes.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/lee-friedlander-reflexions-of-the-street/
Reflections: Friedlander loved to take pictures of people reflecting in the windows of street stores or viewed through the window. He loved the play of images superimposing each other.
https://juanjosereyes.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/lee-friedlander-reflexions-of-the-street/
His Work:
Lee Friedlander's work is very unique and that's one reason why I like it he mergers the black and white filter feel with reflections it creates a powerful image. In his photos he takes photos of everyday life, city life.
My Photos
Worst shoot
This picture was under exposed because the picture was too dark. I wanted to capture the outside lighting as well as the inside lighting.
Best Shoot
This shot was my favorite one because the picture was at perfect exposure I got the chance to capture the reflection from outside. An improvement for this photo would be taking the picture from angle so you can't see the photographer.
Edited Shoot
I am really proud of this photograph because I took and edited this photo in the style of Lee Friedlander's work. I had to adapt to my style of work so I can create an effective reflection photo. I combined multiple photo's in to one and I used a gradient map which changed my photo to black and white. I took a photo of a person and what is seen behind the camera and the person. This is visual effect of reflection.
I really like this shoot because it is capturing the reflection of what's going on in the other side. There's a medium depth of field showing the table and reflection. The focus point is on the mirror to give more depth and effect to the reflection. The photo is in black and white to give the same effect that Lee Friedlander's work had.
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Edited Shoot
In this shoot I was trying to give message of that we all the same and race doesn't mean anything. I made this photo black and whiter to reflect that. In this photo You see a white male looking into a mirror to see a black male, giving the message that we are all the same.
Edited Shoots
These photo's are one of my best because I love the concept of it overall, using the mirror as if it is going through a person or an object makes the photo looks really good. In the process of making this photo I used a tripod so I can take multiple photos in the same position so I can edit out the part I don't want. I kept my photo the same color because I want to reflect the natural beauty and the natural reflection from the sun.
http://thedreamwithinpictures.com/blog/how-i-created-this-viral-puddle-reflection-picture-in-photoshop
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