Monday, March 30, 2015

Weekly Artist Post- Darsey Renz

Curran Hatleberg 




What are the artist's technical choices?

Hadleberg's compositions often have a combination of subjects, objects, and things overlapping to create his background. He uses extreme color contrast as well, to the point where they are not competing, but working together to create a certain tone in the photograph. Hadleberg's photographs also include a variety of light and shadow, using time of day to his advantage.


What are the artist's conceptual and/or thematic intents?

Hadleberg captures various types of people/communities in his photographs. They reveal the rawness, connection, emotion, realness, and violence of today's society, while still portraying a sense of togetherness. His images bluntly display the difficulties and hardships of life, especially in lower income areas. Yet, even in his more violent scenes that he captures, there is a sense of community and unification.



How do you respond to these choices and intents?

It is extremely difficult to capture scenes like Hadleberg does. You have to be somewhere at the right time and place. You have to wait for the perfect moment with the right subjects. It is noble and takes skill. His work is truthful of today's society and allows extreme emotions to surface for the viewer.




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