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Mungo Thomson: Negative Space
The first book I choose was by an artist name Mungo Thomson.
His artwork works with negative space in photographs. The work is pictures of
the nighttime sky that are then digitally edited. Many of the pieces have an
abundant amount of empty white space, while some other have an abundant of a
greenish blue color. Mungo uses photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope,
downloading the copyright free ones. He then uses photoshop tools to distort
the images into what he envisions. This process allows for him to make many
different variations of pieces from the same photograph. The darker images have
a very depressed lonely feel to them. There is a lot of empty space making the
viewer feel alone within the image. The dark colors create a depressed vibe to
the image as its many times dark blues. The light images seem to fell more
uplifting as they have more stars in them allowing for a lot to be viewed. This
pulls the viewer into looking deeper into the image. Some images contain
galaxies that are swirly. He positions them in the center of the frame, pulling
the viewers eye into the center of the frame and then let them work outwards to
the corners of the image.
The second book I choose was Wormhole by Simryn Gill.
The images are of abandon place that are falling apart but still tell a story
of what use to happen there. This is one of my personal favorite styles of
photographs. They allow the photographer to tell a story of a past time through
the slow decomposing structure. They contain high levels of detail that allow
the viewer to almost feel the texture of the image. Many of the pieces contain
lines pulling the viewer in or symmetrically partnered with another image. Some
of the images work together on the same page supporting each other. Together
they create a strong image with more of a feel for the space in which Gill is
photographing. Gill is known for releasing her works in a series rather than
individually. I like how some of the photographs shows earth growing back into
the building. It’s as if the earth is reclaiming its land by swallowing the
building. The monochrome colors create a deep contrast that emphasizes parts of
the image. These images are unique to this artist as they all follow the same
style and these types of images that have such a strong story told through
decomposing building are rare. The way she has paired images as well create a
fuller understanding for the viewer.
The last artists book I looked at was Henry Wessel. His work
is unique in the way that it shows life in a clean simple form. The images
remain mostly human less or have one or two people in them. This creates almost
an end of the world feel. It’s like all of human existence disappeared. The
monochrome images are very light and not highly contrasted. It creates more of
a comfortable feel and makes the images feel fresh. The images feel so clean as
there is almost no garbage on the streets or leaves. I find the nighttime
pictures the most interesting. The artist spook to how he feels the lights at
night are like stage lights and light up the important things. It creates a
dynamic setting of light paths. The nighttime skies in the photos look like
they were taken right after sunset when there was still a tiny bit of light
left. It looks to be that way as the skies are lighter at the bottom and fade
into a deeper black. When there are people in the photographs many of them seem
very staged. They are staged in everyday life positions though it creates a
very realistic version of life.
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