Shadowy Abstracts

Photography is an art form that allows you to express yourself through the images you create.  While we tend to focus on light and how we use it to create images, we forget that the light is really nothing without the shadows.  The shadows are what define our subject.

The other day while cleaning up in my kitchen I noticed the shadows cast by a wine glass on the counter.  The bright sunlight pouring through the kitchen window created a shadowy abstract shape.

I decided to experiment with this observation by using different types of glasses and a white sheet of paper.  I found that by allowing the paper to curl upward toward the back, the shadows cast by the sunlight through the glasses created a series of distorted shadowy images, that seem to twist and turn depending on their placement.  The images presented here are examples of how light and shadows interact with each other within an image. 

All images shot using a Sony A7II camera using natural window light.                                       

 

Home Alone Part 3 Shadows

This is another photographic essay capturing the images around me and expressing the loneliness these images express during this period of COVID-19 pandemic.   It is a world of light and shadows.

Photography is my means of seeing and dealing with this world that seems to be comprised of light and shadows.  During this time of voluntary isolation from the virus, I find my self in a Yin and Yang situation, trying to balance my isolation in this constant conflict.

The morning begins with slivers of light creeping on to the walls from the world outside.  It is a world I seem to find myself separated from.   I have become increasing aware of this dance of light and shadows and I try to capture each of their movements.  The shadows appear to fracture the objects around me as the light becomes more intense. 

It has become an obsession of creative ways to photographically visualize the various shadows that have invaded my environment.   And, in doing so, I have become acutely aware of me.  Photography, therefore, has become my visual poetry of this penetrating darkness that seems to be the normality right now.

Car Jung said, “Everyone carries a shadow”

All images made with Sony A7II camera with morning window light.  I can be reached for questions or comments at nymacc@gmail.com