Shine City Photoshoot: Post 3
This set of photos was the one that I felt fulfilled the following criteria the best:
- They had the air about them that I had planned out in my brainstorming process, and resembled pieces of inspiration that I took from different photographers. The color, contrast, differences in focus, and “metallic”, sharp feeling all fit in perfectly with what I had imagined.
- They were very complete as a photo set, as they contained tones such as blue, yellow, and green, and presented the contrast between the lack of and extremely clear focus.
- There is something indescribable about these three images, which I can only summarize as a “cool kind of warmth”. There are a lot of sharp edges and reflective surfaces, which should technically make the objects unapproachable, but I still get a sense of the pictures being “inviting” and warm.
In conclusion, this is the set of photos that I feel most confident in titling “Metallic”.
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More in-depth descriptions of the set:
If I could, I would give each of these three photos a name of their own.
Reflection
Imagine this as the first phase of entering an urban cityscape: you see yourself in all the cold, hard surfaces of this metropolis, but these translucent, blurred reflections do not show your true self. Instead, you seem to only be able to capture fleeting sketches of yourself—in the elevator, walking down the street, in the taxi.
Disorientation
The slivers of yourself that you collect paint you like chaotic splashes of paint. Eventually, you come to feel as if you are a mosaic of anxiety, hope, stress, joy, self-consciousness, anticipation, and isolation. You enter the phase of disorientation.
Sensitivity
To find the bare minimum amount of security in this city, you hyper-focus. There are routines that each of us build for ourselves so that we feel safer where we are; to control the wide expanse with which we are faced and are terrified by, we limit the area of which we are conscious. It’s a coping mechanism.