Judith Lesnaw
May 2019 - Stargazer
About the Image(s)
Several weeks ago I visited the Hirshhorn museum of art in Washington DC. My favorite exhibit was "Pluse" by Fafael Lozano_Hemmer. It "fills the Museum’s entire Second Level with immersive environments that use heart-rate sensors to create kinetic and audiovisual experiences from visitors’ own biometric data." As I walked along the hall I noticed my shadow cast on the wall. The camera I had was an iphone7. I tilted the image in Lightroom.
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6 comments posted
Cool story. The image totally works! I love the textures, colors, edges and triangle shapes. The silhouette reminds me of Benjamin Franklin. Posted: 05/10/2019 17:31:52
Thanks Marie. I knew that image looked familiar. YES--it does look like Ben. YEIKS--it is my shadow. Posted: 05/10/2019 17:48:27
Interesting image Judith. Amazing what you can find wherever you are! To be honest, I keep wanting to turn my head to see what you are looking at, so for me, it's slightly disorientating. However, I love the solid block silhouette, the colour in the background and, as with Marie, the texture and shape contrasts. I might have cloned out the stray hairs perhaps...and maybe the cords on your jacket. Posted: 05/12/2019 15:04:24
Hi Judith,
I am of a similar opinion from Valerie , in that i want to turn my head to view it, EXCEPT that i like the stray hair and the jacket cords.
I know you said its your shadow, well done as it has
my imagination set along thoughts of Dementia or mental illness, in its Art form its a strong evocative image that i feel would be a fantastic advert. Posted: 05/14/2019 05:51:03
I am of a similar opinion from Valerie , in that i want to turn my head to view it, EXCEPT that i like the stray hair and the jacket cords.
I know you said its your shadow, well done as it has
my imagination set along thoughts of Dementia or mental illness, in its Art form its a strong evocative image that i feel would be a fantastic advert. Posted: 05/14/2019 05:51:03
This image invites the imagination to play with shape/form, placement and composition, as well as color and contrast. I really enjoy it.
My challenge is to consider playing with rotation options such as vertical and horizontal flipping, as well as more nuanced rotation two angles besides the 45°, 90°, etc. I think the exacting nature of the 45° angle in this image makes it a little bit dizzying for me. Perhaps changing just by five or 10° in one or another direction would make it less stark an angle. Of course you may be intentionally going for the starkness of the angle. In that case, you have succeeded in evoking the vestibular system! 🙃
I once heard a club member recommend that the bolus of energy in an image should be to the right side. If this is a useful idea, what might happen if you were to flip the image such that the head were on the right side instead of the left?
As a coin collector, I am reminded with this image of the artwork sometimes used on the obverse sides of coins, where a national figure is featured either in a side or front pose. It could be fun to crop this image to a circle shape to mimic the type of imagery seen on a coin.
Perhaps consider playing with the colors. For some reason the muted pastel colors seem to blend in a way that makes it hard to distinguish them. Maybe a higher level of contrast or the concentration of a fewer a number of colors could be interesting.
I've attached a sample of the fun you can have with rotating, Posted: 05/14/2019 22:22:58
My challenge is to consider playing with rotation options such as vertical and horizontal flipping, as well as more nuanced rotation two angles besides the 45°, 90°, etc. I think the exacting nature of the 45° angle in this image makes it a little bit dizzying for me. Perhaps changing just by five or 10° in one or another direction would make it less stark an angle. Of course you may be intentionally going for the starkness of the angle. In that case, you have succeeded in evoking the vestibular system! 🙃
I once heard a club member recommend that the bolus of energy in an image should be to the right side. If this is a useful idea, what might happen if you were to flip the image such that the head were on the right side instead of the left?
As a coin collector, I am reminded with this image of the artwork sometimes used on the obverse sides of coins, where a national figure is featured either in a side or front pose. It could be fun to crop this image to a circle shape to mimic the type of imagery seen on a coin.
Perhaps consider playing with the colors. For some reason the muted pastel colors seem to blend in a way that makes it hard to distinguish them. Maybe a higher level of contrast or the concentration of a fewer a number of colors could be interesting.
I've attached a sample of the fun you can have with rotating, Posted: 05/14/2019 22:22:58
Hi Judith, The leaning way back composition gives me the feel of lying down to rest in the cosmos. I would try it without the 'peak' from your glasses on the nose so that there would be a cleaner face silhouette. That would negate the 'Ben' effect. It's a lovely, dynamic background that contrasts nicely with the restfull, reclining figure. The originality aspects here are why we call it fine art photography, not pictorial photography.
Karl Posted: 05/15/2019 08:29:07
Karl Posted: 05/15/2019 08:29:07