Photographer: Joy Ewell Joy Ewell uses a variety of portrait lighting techniques to capture the specialty of a common day item such as a Coca-Cola Can. Joy Ewell takes a every day Coca-Cola can and turns it into fine art by using a front lighting technique that creates a reflection on the top silver edge while making the red can appear to have a matte finish everywhere else creating a stark contrast, this selective reflection makes this can appear special because this lighting only occurs in a studio lighting scenario. Additionally, the composition of this photo with the black background being a stark black makes the red can a focal point that draws out the uniqueness of this photo. This photo of Joy Ewell's would not be as significant if Coca-Cola wasn't a cultural zeitgeist this is because without the notoriety of the Coca-Cola can's design this photo could be perceives as just a photo of trash but instead because Coca-Cola has such cultural a prominence behind its design it is perceived as capturing an artistic moment. Overall, Joy Ewell's photo Coca-Cola Red is a unique application of portrait technique to an inanimate object.
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Photographer: Benjamin Von Wong Benjamin Von Wong creates works of art and utilizes those works of art in photos to draw public attention to environmental issues. In Parting of the Plastic Sea Benjamin Von Wong created a physical structure of straws in the shape of waves and the ocean. Benjamin Von Wong then utilizes this structure in the photo of Parting of the Plastic Sea with deliberate photographic techniques such as lighting and composition. Benjamin Von Wong uses lighting in this photo from multiple angles, the front and back, to make the model the focal point of the image while lighting the physical structure. Furthermore, the backlight is symbolizing the sun setting over the ocean in the background to juxtapose the model with the physical structure and add a magical realist element to this photo. Additionally, Benjamin Von Wong utilizes photographic composition in this photo with the focal point being centered and the waves being, in all intents and purposes, symmetrical. This composition additionally contributes to the idea of a magical realist image with the model being portrayed a having a power of the scene but this is portrayed as normal. Overall, Benjamin Von Wong created Parting of the Plastic Sea to draw social attention to ocean pollution and how some parts of the ocean are more plastic then water which calls the public to help stop plastic pollution.
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THE RIVER VEINS. August, 2020. Iceland. Photo: Tom Hegen
Photographer: Tom Hegen
Tom Hegen, an Arial Photographer, captures unique parts of the world in a unique way, from the sky. His photos unitize unique composition to capture the viewers creative eye, in this photo he capture Iceland's Glacial Rivers in a complete way that captures how the split an transform from big to small. This creative perspective captures thing many people won't see this symbolizes a need for the conservation of our Earth and a need to end climate change so these feats of nature don't disappear and can be cherished by all for the rest of time. Additionally, Tom Hegen has a wide focus in this photo to capture this major geological event, this juxtaposes the all encompassing Glacial Rivers and the land they a positioned next to create sense of a grand event.
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