Statement of Intent: SET 2

The Search of Beauty

The message of my photography creation will be the visual search for beauty. Beauty can be found in unexpected places that we may not consider as aesthetic. They can be demonstrated through the surroundings of our everyday lives or the most ordinary aspects of our mundane. I want the audience to feel gloom, desperation, and agony as a response to my collection of photos.  For inspiration, I will find and develop my ideas by looking for photographers who use the technique of straight photography to express beauty through the use of simple subjects. I’m looking for photographs that use complementary colors, contrast of lighting, irregular patterns, and soft focus for a gloomy effect. In my opinion, distorted beauty is the best way to emphasize the beauty of abstraction because of its diverse appearances and unique textures that express different feelings. Compared to my first sets of photos, I eliminated too much lighting by changing the ISO and taking photos during nighttime. I also looked for places that show emphasis on color so that the viewers know where to pay attention to. To accomplish this, I tried to include some of the rules in photography such as the rule of thirds. I think my second set was more successful than my first set because it is more connected to the photographer I chose. According to the contact sheet, the inspiration I took from Saul Leiter was more obvious and outstanding compared to my first one.