Wires - Series 2.0

Artist Statement

I after deciding to discontinue Dirk Bakker-like photographs, I chose to work with capturing wires, cables, and telephone poles with the sky as the background and no buildings. To do this, I took pictures from the ground looking up to the sky and captured various shapes and types of wire configurations. In all of the photos, the wires divide up the sky in different ways to create many different negative shapes. In the editing process, I cropped all of the images into squares and placed them in black and white. I then made minor adjustments to the light and darkness with the exposure and contrast settings to make the tones more cohesive across all images.  

Dirk Bakker - Series 1.0

Artist Statement

This is the first series many based on the photography of Dirk Bakker, a famous Dutch architecture photographer. He is well known for his symmetrical images that often include elements of repetition, are square-shaped and usually do not include depth. To create images that evoked these elements, I had to walk around and take pictures of parts of buildings that were symmetrical, this usually meant images of windows and walls. In order to capture these parts of buildings without showing any element of depth, I had to make sure that the frame of the camera was at or very near to perpendicular to the subject. To further make my images more similar to his style, I cropped each photograph into a square and positioned the limits of the crop to only focus on the symmetrical aspects of each image. This process allowed me to create a good first step in this project. For the next series, I would like to capture more images of larger buildings or of parts of buildings that have a more aligned perspective.

Series Plan

Artist Statement

I want to follow the style of Dirk Bakker, a dutch artist who is famous for his images of architecture in and around Amsterdam. His images revolve around observing and capturing lines and patterns in urban landscapes in a somewhat minimal and abstract way. Most of his images are balanced, some of them are symmetrical, and others use the rule of thirds. For this project, I want to create images of buildings or objects in and around San Francisco that capture and emphasize lines and patterns. I will also incorporate the rule or thirds in some photos, but make sure to create balanced images with a neutral tone. To do this, capture the fronts of different buildings or groups of buildings with a focus on capturing lines. My images will not have much depth.