People are thinking through portrait photography as a traditional art form. An artist who currently showcases his portraits at the Pittsburgh gallery says his work is motivated by a reaction to the character of portraiture being traditionally confrontational. He did not feel satisfied with his career of taking pictures in a laid back sort of way.
What he says is valid. Media portraiture is mistakenly perceived as cool when in reality, it's dull. At the command of the photographer, the models in the picture start doing strange poses in unexpected settings.
Engaging the sitter in a more extensive manner is his proposed solution for breaking monotony in this line of work. Team effort was done to create the 13 portraits of people from Pittsburgh which were part of the exhibit. The sitter is given freedom in choosing the setting as well as in giving other suggestions. This is unlike what is usually seen in this profession.
No preconceptions exist in the artist's head for any one project. There is an essential meeting done before the actual taking of the photograph to draft its general concept. He then sets out to find a suitable site, often helped by the sitter. A set, made to look a confined cell, is usually built with a steel sheet and mirrored glass box.
A sculptor decided that he would want his work to be seen in his photograph, while a writer decided on a bar scenario. Using bridges as a setting was an idea, but it came out seemingly accidental.
He creates incredible lighting effects in his photographs and displays that he is definitely skilled in making these. These effects were not added in later processes like developing and printing. The effects of color become pervasive and appealing in the picture because he uses colored gels with his lighting equipment. Exposure times would usually take a long time. How long it takes to expose the nocturnal portrait of someone outside the bar is enough time to give the sitter to dodge in and out of the camera's range.
He could then return and with a wand of light trace letters in the air, eerily recorded by the camera. During the exposure people entered and left the bar, leaving little or no trace of their presence on the film. You would notice in the photographs taken in the garden of a factory how the lighting produces such simplicity amidst all the chromatic luxury.
There is a sense of professionalism that he brings out of his work, never mind that he actually just learned photography on his own. Collaboration may be sometimes difficult because he emits this aura of wanting to exert absolute control over his work. The artist still has the last say in everything. The photographs on display are all professionally printed and are reversal prints.
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