Tag: shadows

The Unexpected Space

.Reading time 6 minutes.

By Francesca Lungarotti There are particular camera angles in photography that literally enhance the space of an image in such a way as to give the sensation of a multiplied space, deeper and more expansive than it actually appears at first sight.  These measures enhance the space naturally present in an image. A real trompe […]

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Backlight – Shadows and Silhouettes

.Reading time 4 minutes.

By Francesca Lungarotti Backlight can be accidental (often the perfect mistake) or absolutely desired and studied. As an editor I find that the images that have this technique or ‘error’ offer a dreamlike vision that is open to many meanings and possibilities of use. Silhouettes offer a different world of photography where imagination is the key to […]

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Jon Bower’s Abstract Photography

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Abstract photographers produce conceptual images that frequently do not associate with the tangible and physical components in the photograph.  These highly conceptual photographs are not easily created – they often require technical mastery of lighting for example.  Abstract photographers need to see what others miss within the shadows, forms and shapes of the everyday items they shoot. […]

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