Artist research

Artist research

Looking for artists to help inspire me so early on in the project is hard, as I am unsure of my foundations, or where this project will be going. One artist, however, that I was introduced to by a friend, had some very interesting images. I don’t think that his subjects were specialized in loneliness, but some of the methods and styles in his work remind me of the project I am doing. One of his images is a gritty picture of trees and the ground from an ariel view. The camera angle alone gives the place a feeling of isolation, allowing the viewer to see the amount of empty space in the photograph. What appears to be mist consumes the clear vision of the viewer, giving it a claustrophobic atmosphere, conflicting with the ariel shots intention of space. The black and white tones create a lingering feeling of eeriness.

http://www.we-find-wildness.com/2010/12/lukas-wassmann/

I wouldn’t compare it to The Ghosts of Spurn Point, however, I feel that if I had seen this image before I took the photographs, they would have turned out different. When taking my pictures, black and white photography didn’t even occur to me. This image has inspired me to experiment with different techniques when using photography in this project, and camera angle is an important tool.