Mirrored Fragments of Reality

Inspired by Lee Friedlander, I used the reflection of the pedestrian sitting down, reflected the ad’s glass to create a similar composition to Lee Friedlander’s “Reflections of the street”. I combined the reflection of “reality” with this black and green ad to make it seem like one.  This image explores the theme of loneliness and space, with the convenient angle where the person was positioned and the black background, emphasizing that feeling of space and emptiness. Furthermore, I intentionally use the Dutch angle to try to perfectly frame the entire image, centralizing the person and leaving negative space around her. I also turned the light down post-edit to make the black background stand out.

Inspired by Lisette Model, I used the fragments of glass on the wall which reflected the branches and leafs to create a similar composition to Lisette Model’s “Reflections, Window, Fifty-seventh Street, New York (1939-1945)”, where two “worlds” intertwine with one another to become one. I combined the reflection of “reality” with the white wall to make it seem like portals of fragments of reality. This image explores the concept of reality, with what seems to be a boring white wall with nothing interesting on it, but in close up, we could see glimpse “another world”, no longer boring or monotone. Furthermore, I used a slight Dutch angle, positioned on ground level to not only try to get the reflection right, but to close in on the wall of really get the lines of the wall as well in the image, creating an overall visually appealing composition.

Again inspired by Lisette Model, I used the rear view mirror of an fire truck which reflected the face of an black and white ad to create a similar composition to Lisette Model’s “Reflections, Window, Fifty-seventh Street, New York (1939-1945)”, where two “worlds” intertwine with one another to become one. I combined the reflection of one “world” with the black and white ad to make it seem like the person in the ad is looking at you. This image also explores the concept of reality, with the inside of a mundane fire trucks’ instrument panel, combined with the reflection of the ad behind, perfectly cut and framed by the steering wheel. Furthermore, I used framing, shot in an high angle shot,  to try to get the reflection of the face on the ad to get perfectly isolated by the steering wheel to make the face and eye of the ad stand out.