Sunday, October 26, 2014

Robert Lamb weekly post #9


     Arnau Blanch is a Spanish photographer, who has studied at the Institut d’Estudis Fotografics de Catalunya as well as the New York International Center of Photography. Although he does not make a living off of photography it has not stopped him from making amazing photos. He stated that he saves up money for his projects this way it allows him complete creative freedom over what he is doing and how he wants to do it. Also explained in an interview he stated that he uses his projects as a way to challenge his self and face some of his fears. “I use my camera as a way to approach reality and how to deal with it” (Quoted from the interview). As for his camera equipment he uses both film and digital, one camera is the 5D mark II and the second is the Olympus Miju I.


     In the three images above one can definitely relate what he says to the pictures he takes. For the three images they are from two different projects, “Fantasmas” and “Veneno” both done in black and white. For me I don’t expect much from black and white images, yet Blanch has done very well in capturing a great amount of emotion especially fear. Throughout both projects Blanch plays with lighting and other elements sometimes giving the images a bent or distorted look on reality. Possibly a small glimpse into the way he views the world. I would love to be able to create images that have the same intense level of emotion meaning and story with in it.  

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