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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