Mary McCarter- Weekly Artist Post 5

Akiko Takizawa

 

 

Takizawa uses black and white to enhance the effect her pictures have on the viewer. The exposure of the photos is very low with one solid light source within it. In all three of these photos the light source is very prominent, but all are rather subdued. Takizawa's photographs have very straight and blunt lines because in this serious she is capturing her grandparents home days before demolition. The subject matter is mainly just furniture and some other things that may have not been packed yet. She uses all of the shapes and lines almost as a framing for the light source. 

Takizawa uses a personal venture to showcase her talents; she chose the site of her grandparent's house just days before it was knocked down. She captures the essence of what it would be like to lose a house that you have so many memories in, dismal and dark. She clearly conveys her feelings by showing that everything was still in its place, it was still a home, and it would soon be nothing. Although these photos are very dark and have little to no light, they still capture the peaceful essence of the house. 

I really feel sad looking at these photos. They are almost like looking at someone's memories and knowing they can never return to that place its just very sad. I love the composition of these pictures I think she shows that this was a home. It seems like making them black and white shows the sadness and the darkness of how she feels about the demolition of her grandparent;s home. I get two very different feelings about these pictures. Firstly, sadness and heart ache for the fact that their home was torn down, but also I think she actually captures the peacefulness and the homeliness that the house had.