Sunday, September 19, 2010

Michael Kenna

I chose Michael Kenna for my blog this week after looking at his work and realizing his photography is a great example of what I want to do with my work.
He has many different series based on different places and things all around the world. I enjoy his work because he is very aware of light and space and his abstractions are beautiful. I also feel as if it relates greatly to what I was planning to accomplish with my mirror/window assignment.


This is a photograph Kenna shot in China. It appears to be a fence in a field of snow. I really like how he divided that space in this because it isn't split perfectly down the middle or to the side. I like how he framed it to start off to the side and zig-zag across the page to the background into the horizon. It really interested me how abstracted but simple and real it is.



This was the main picture on Kenna's website and being the first thing I saw, captured my attention immediately. Again, Kenna has a very strong sense of light and he knows how to use it to his advantage. He has each tone so perfectly and beautifully on the page it keeps me looking at it to figure out what exactly it is and because it is so beautiful and well executed.



Taken in France at a wool factory. I thought it was something completely different before I read the title. I assumed it was taken in nature and was some kind of outdoor element. I love the light behind the object and the way it consumes the space from all angles. I wouldn't have used depth of field the way he did, because I would have been nerveous as to how it would come out; but it looks beautiful. I also like his use of the borders up top. It adds to the photograph making it uniform all around.

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