The photographer I’m analyzing is called Claire Luxton, she is a multidisciplinary artist from the UK, engaged in photography, immersive installations, and poetry creation. Her works always reflects her natural environment of rural studio located in East Sussex. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Goldsmiths University in London, Lukston’s practice cultivated a strong sense of asceticism, which quickly gained her recognition. Her dynamic works explore the subtle balance between humans and nature, captivating audiences with color, intrigue, joy, and uncertainty. Her works have been collected internationally and exhibited from London to Singapore, including at the Art Fair London and Basel. Lukston’s most famous commissions are public art projects at Crown Estate, Westminster and Westfield Hall Forum, as well as collaborations with brands such as Hendrix, Wedgwood, Intercontinental and L’Occitane. (https://www.claireluxtonart.com/biography).

The photograph I’m analyzing is the left one. This photograph portraits a close image of a woman’s face, half in the water and half above. With the reflection of the water, the photograph was able to create a full face projection. The main focus is the face in the middle since it takes up most of the spaces in the photograph, and it’s what Claire Luxton intended to put the focus on. I like how this photograph uses water reflection to structure a woman’s face. The use of colors are bright which grabs my attention to look at its details. It reveals to me strong connection between human and nature since the main character is integrated with water. The color tone is cold, might be a symbol of calm and mysterious feeling, the whole image’s color tone express a powerless and unresistant theme. This photograph includes the techniques of depth of field and framing. The use of these techniques creates a more visually stereoscopic, making the photograph seems to have emotions in it. This photo also uses rule of third as it puts the main character in the middle of the photo tp emphasize its important existence. The use of lighting is bright, usually the light comes from one side of the photo to create reflection. The main character in the picture is a woman, it might be an assumption that it express feminism. Through the woman’s facial expression, it reveals a feeling being bound and a desirous of freedom. This photograph express a complex feeling, with many mixed emotions inside, expressing a feeling of longing to express but being powerless. This image inspires me to create photographs of reaction on water, the photograph by Claire Luxton, to me, showed a close connection between human and nature since the woman in her photo is nearly submerged by water. Through her inspiration, I wanted to explore photographs that express the theme of connection between nature and human.