Video: Landscapes from a different angle: photo manipulation by an American photographer
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Looking at the photographs of the American photographer Laura Plageman, it can be assumed that she is not happy with the result of her work: Plageman himself crumples, twists and folds her freshly printed photographs, as if taking out the chagrin for the spoiled frames on them. However, such an assumption would be fundamentally wrong: Laura deliberately reshapes the pictures in order to achieve a special visual effect.
Project "Response" is a rather unusual series of images. The photographer captures landscapes, prints photographs, and only then proceeds to the main thing: crumples, folds and twists the finished cards, before filming the result of his manipulations again. So she, without resorting to the services of a photo editor, invites the viewer to compare the artificial and real perspectives in the image. “Photography is a thing. I like interacting with her, I like authenticity. This is why I don't use Photoshop,”explains Playman.
“Through the physical impact on the photograph and the subsequent re-photographing of the work, I try to create images that balance on the line between photography and sculpture, landscape and still life,” says Laura about her work. Working on each new shot, Laura strives for the most accurate reproduction of details, because later, when the time comes to modify the photo manually, it will be important to preserve the depth and texture of the image. “My work is a kind of experiment, a kind of observation. The image and its material embodiment, literally, dictate to me the direction of further manipulations. Arbitrary interaction with light and paper helps to best comprehend the space, form and context with which I work."
Laura was born in the US state of California in 1976. She currently lives and works in Auckland City. In 1999, the photographer received her BA from Wesleyan University, and seven years later she graduated from the California College of Art with a master's degree.
The young American photographer Irby Pace, like Laura Paceman, does not use the services of a photo editor. His surreal landscapes are the result of the use of artificial clouds produced with paintball equipment and smoke bombs.
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