09.01.18
Potraiture ala Paolo Raeli
Seorang fotografer asal Denmark bernama Paolo Raeli, mengeimplementasikan gaya potraiture dalam karya fotonya yang menampilkan pasangan yang sedang kasmaran.
Seorang fotografer asal Denmark bernama Paolo Raeli, mengeimplementasikan gaya potraiture dalam karya fotonya yang menampilkan pasangan yang sedang kasmaran.
Seorang fotografer asal Rusia, Irina Rozovsky menjelajahi hampir seluruh negara di dunia, menyampaikan berbagai cerita dari Yugoslvia, Kuba, Israel bahkan Rusia lewat karya-karya fotonya.
Fotografi telah menjadi bagian dari budaya populer hari ini yang membuat perannya cukup signifikan. Tidak hanya itu, dengan kehadiran berbagai macam teknologi, kegiatan mengabadikan momen ini menjadi lebih bermakna dari sekadar mengambil gambar. Untuk mengetahui seperti apa peran fotografi sekarang, kami berbincang dengan 4 fotografer terkini mengenai perspektif mereka tentang perkembangan fotografi saat ini.
Agan Harahap ialah seniman visual kontemporer yang bergerak di bidang manipulasi foto. Karya-karyanya sukses viral, menggegerkan, dan tak jarang mengelabui banyak pihak. Whiteboard Journal menemuinya di kediaman pribadi sekaligus tempat kerjanya untuk membahas dunia digital imaging dan tantangan-tantangan yang dihadapinya.
Surely we’ve all seen at least a couple of Getty’s stock photos at some point. However, perhaps it has failed to come to most of society’s attention that those photos may be too ‘generic’, too ‘bland’, and don’t inclusively reflect the actual picture of society race-wise. In reality, society has more colors, more vibrant characters, and certainly more to include in photos that supposedly represent society’s daily, regular endeavors. British-Ghanaian photographer Campbell Addy attempts “to highlight and celebrate diversity in society and ultimately drive positive change in visual language," as he puts it, in order to ‘recolor’ Getty’s stock photos to become more inclusive of society. By further examining the complexities of racial identity, Addy also attempts to explore more of not only race but also sexualities. It may be concluded that the upcoming Getty images would no longer simply be mere illustrations of society’s daily activities, but holds the grander purpose to capture society’s colors and energies beyond the illustrative functions of a photo. The 24 year-old London based photographer’s fresh new intakes of what to capture from society may be something to look forward to. After all, they may hold more than just posing models; they may hold ‘stories’ of today’s reality, which can be seen simply by paying attention to the colorful angles captured in them. Check out the complete collection here.
British photographer Cecilie Harris tries to evoke new thoughts from society of what it means to be masculine, and to be a boy that fits the criteria of being a man. Through her popular biannual print publication entitled “Boys By Girls,” Harris attempts to present visualization of boys in what she considers their natural ‘colors’ or identities. The aim of these visualizations is to present male figures as personal as possible, without making them look any less than a man no matter their nature. The emphasis of the publication would also be on ‘the female gaze’, on how female photographers may dismantle the already existing gender binaries through the way they choose to capture their subjects. With the evolving recognition of women’s equal rights to men, and women’s position in the modern society becoming more considerable than they were just decades before, there may also be a shift in the general perception of women, whose socially-assigned characteristics and traits may not be considered as weak or embarrassing for men to also adopt as they used to be. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, one of the public figures photographed for this publication agrees with this thought as he stated that, “Every male has a feminine side.” In its efforts to present more redefinitions of manhood, the publication also feature Solomon Golding, a gay, black male ballet dancer from London, along with a gay couple who’d met in an LGBT support group. It becomes more and more apparent how, the definitions of manhood, to figuratively illustrate it, doesn’t only consist of a range of certain dark, strong toned colors. It consists of the entire color spectrum. And perhaps, in all the focus and concentration society places on how there should be a redefinition of what it means to be a woman (i.e. being a woman doesn’t necessarily mean you should be able to cook, do house chores, have babies), we have disregarded any possibility of the need to redefine what it means to be a man. After all, man or woman, whatever our race, whomever we choose to love, whatever we decide to do with our bodies, and however we choose to celebrate ourselves, we are all a part of a grand color spectrum called life.
