Fall Portfolio

Artist Statement

For the Fall Portfolio I had to find my most cohesive photos, meaning the photos that best go together. To do this, I used some photos from my fifth batch along with other that I used in my portfolio first draft. All of the images that appear in this portfolio were narrowed down from a much large number of images. I narrowed down my photos to these images which all have many common characteristics. They all have many electrical wires, which help create depth and divide up the frame, especially the sky. As can clearly be seen, in each photo, the sky takes up at least half of the space, while buildings make up the other half. In addition to the depth created by the wires, all of the buildings in the images are captured from a diagonal angle in order to create depth. In editing these images, I kept the images in black and white, but I also edited the contrast of the images to show a larger differentiation between shades of grey. This dramatically improved the quality of each image.

Gabriele Basilico Series 5

Artist Statement

For this series, I created images that were inspired by my first portfolio draft. To incorporate similar aspects from my portfolio while also improving on quality, I took images that had sky and electrical wires in them in addition to pieces of infrastructure. Over the course of this project, I have found that electrical wires are a very important feature to the images because they divide up negative space (the sky) and provide depth. In the past, I did not always use wires to assist in the depth of the images, but in this batch I really focused on creating images with good depth. I successfully did so by pointing my camera at buildings on an angle and using wires to aid the process. In editing, I kept all of the images in black and white, but also made sure to bring out the different shades of darks and whites to create a clear differentiation between parts of the image. 

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Portfolio 1

Artist Statement

For this portfolio, I had to select 8 of my most cohesive images, meaning that they have a lot in common. These 8 are my most cohesive images because they all have a focus pieces of infrastructure in urban areas, they all have wires that divide up the frame and empty spaces, they are all black and white, and they all show depth. The wires are also used to create depth or lead to the subject . In all of these images, the sky is the negative space and it light, while the buildings and other infrastructure are either darker or slightly lighter than the sky. Because of this, there is always a contrast between the sky and other parts of the images.

Gabriele Basilico #4

Artist Statement

For this batch, I tried to capture different urban landscapes while maintaining a focus on buildings and a couple of other pieces of urban infrastructure. Note that some of these images were made in New York City. When taking photos, I focused on the rule of thirds and sometimes symmetry and most of these images incorporate the rule of thirds. I also paid attention of the effect of shadows and highlights in this batch because I realize that it is a very important part of an image that I did not focus on previously. In editing, I tried to emphasize differences between shades of gray to create more vibrant images that better showed depth. This also created a more clear line between the sky and other shapes.

Gabrielle Basilico #3

Artists Statement

For this batch, I tried to not resist including pieces and parts of trees and plants in my images because I realized that they were simply part of the urban landscape of the city. This affected my photographs because I included images with more plants in them. From doing this I found that the plants add a lot to the architecture. In addition to focusing more on the relationship between plants and architecture, I also did not hesitate to put more of a focus on power lines and telephone poles in my images for the same reason. Wires and telephone poles are an interesting way to divide up large swaths of sky by producing interesting shapes. The consious addition of wires, telephone poles, and plants with architecture more completely and accurately represents the reality of the urban landscape.