Belser Style

This Time, by Yana Toyber. This book is very interesting stylistically. I chose this particular one because it is so different than my own style. The photographs are all square, and are very colorful. Some feature people, some feature animals, and some are landscapes. For a lot of them, there is a very noticeable color gradient, which actually is similar to a lot of my photographs. There is a good amount of grain as well, which adds to the sort of empty, fantasy feeling of these images. In a lot of them, the focus is very soft. I think that also adds to the hazy, dazed feelings that these photos evoke. When there is a human subject, they are often centered in the middle of the photo. These photos are shot on a polaroid camera, and that is evident in the photographs. If she had used a digital camera, these images would not be as stunning as they are. The polaroid format helps to create the feeling that she is trying to convey through her images.

Theory of Wants, by Ohad Maiman
This book is very interesting. It tells the viewer through images about how humans are always searching for the next thing, how they are never satisfied. How “wants fuel society”. These images are predominantly of people. They are typically very dramatic, with harsh, deep blacks and bright highlights. Sometimes, people are blurred with motion, and other times they are still. In most images, the colors are all very muted except for one color. A lot of the time that color is red. These images are very captivating, and often times I find myself looking beyond the subject and taking in the entirety of the image. While it doesn’t say what camera he uses, It has a lot of the qualities of a 35mm film camera. Usually, when the subject is a person, they are looking directly into the camera. This reminds me a lot of the “Humans of New York” series, where the subjects are caught in their everyday lives and are interrupted by the camera.

Elad Lassry On Onions, by Elad Lassry
I picked this book because it is such an entertaining idea. The book is composed entirely of images of onions. Some up close, some head on, and some from under a microscope. The photographer always manages to find new ways to distinguish one onion from another. I think that this book is not just about onions, but it is about people. I would consider this style portraiture as opposed to still life. The photographer, to me, is trying to say that everybody is unique. Even though we are all humans (onions), we are all our own person inside. This is showcased by cutting open the onions to see the inside, as well as taking unique angles on them. No two onions in this book are identical, just like no two humans. These photographs are taken on a modern, digital camera. They are in a studio, and the lighting is very even throughout. The shots are typically not very dramatic, and I think adding contrast or dramatic lighting would take away from the idea.

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