Since this COVID-19 mess began...I have found my photographic pursuits a little curtailed. I find myself anchored in my home missing some of the photo walks I use to take part in outside my present environment. However, it has enhanced the art of perceiving and appreciating the small things within my limited environment.
Lately I have been noticing the light, both morning and afternoon that spreads its tentacles across the walls and floors. So being rather confined to this living space during this pandemic I decided to pursue this light and the patterns formed by it, photographically. It is a photographic theme that has become my personal project over a period of days.
In pursuing the light I am examining through photography the relationship between the light and the objects that fall in its path. Because most of the light that I am working with is filtered through Venetian blinds, it creates a pattern on all the subjects it envelops. It could be said that this dream like atmosphere between the light and shadows in these images is a metaphorical interpretation of the conflict that is happening during this pandemic.
The filtering of light through the Venetian blinds is an example of Gobo Lighting, where the light source falling on a subject leaves a pattern. All images were created with natural light with a SONY Alpha 7II camera. I can be contacted for questions at nymacc@gmail.com.
