Its not the technique, you dummy!
Today’s NY Times features a phographer and artist – Neil Winokur. His latest exhibits is about a 26 images of everyday things – one photograph for each letter of the english alphabet.
The fascinating thing about his style (influenced by Pop Art) is that the technique is a no brainer- its the idea that counts, not technique - a rather shocking revelation (at least to me!); Anybody with a modern DSLR could have easily done this – but, let me ask this – how many do you think would have thought of doing it? there is a certain degree of professionalism here too – its the not just the theme, its the backgrounds – every photograph has a different, bright yet matching (same or complimentary color) background.
On a similar note, i came across a post from my favourite blog for a photographer Bill Sullivan. He has a few very interesting ideas as well – he explains his inspiration and methods here.
Here is another idea - Now why the heck didnt i think of this? This to me is “Art”.
Very Long exposures
Last summer, i read an article in NY Times about an artist named Atta Kim exhibiting in the International Center of Photography (NYC). He was exhibiting a series called ON-AIR; and was about time-lapse photography- photographs that were taken over extended periods of time; sometimes in broad day light.
A while back, i remember watching a TV episode from “The Outer Limits” that had a person somehow acquiring a skill that made him move so fast in time, that everything all around him seemed to move very slow – in a way; Atta’s images showcase this theory.
I had always wondered about how a person from outer space (think – a different space-time continium) would feel like if they were to observe us (our daily life) from out there. Atta’s image of NYC’s 57th street on a busy weekday morning is just exactly it.
What really happened here is the fact that since his exposure was soooo long, the people and traffic on the busy streets were so fast compared to the exposures that everything was just a blur.
Two new updates
Well, Lightroom shipped! as promised – i got the link to download my copy…and the installation was smooth and straightforward – it imported everything including ratings, keywords, collections perfectly!
It even retained the options i had from beta (identity setup plate etc.).
The 2nd thing is that i now have a new page – a stories page! The idea is to tell the story behind the image – if not the circumstances on how and why the image interests me.
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