Christian
Berthelot seems to have chosen fast shutter speeds possibly 1/125-1/1000 or
higher to achieve the “slowed down” effect we can actually see blood droplets
coming from some newborns. He chose dark backgrounds to further give focus to
the infants. To gain a high quality
image and keep the “noise” down Berthelot more than likely kept the ISO down to
a low number perhaps 400 or lower.
The concept was
to take photographs of infants within the first seconds of their lives. He chose to take photographs of infants that
were to be welcomed to the world through the use of cesarean section. The artist was granted permission to take
these photos by obstetrician Dr. Jean Francois Morievnal and the mothers to be.
These
photographs are eye opening. I have
actually never seen photographs like these.
I was placed in a “world” that I have never seen in real life by looking
at these photographs. This is someone’s
very personal world and are their very special moments and by viewing these photos I don’t
feel that I am on the outside looking in but a part of the action of what’s
going on. Not many photographs that I
view have done that for me, which is amazing.
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