Monthly Archives: January 2014

Highlights and Shadows Five

Highlights and Shadows Five | ©2013 David Allio

 

This is the fifth in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows on a textured hallway wall. How does it relate to the process of looking?

Looking is a process of negotiation. That process involves encoding of an image by the producer and decoding of the image by the consumer. The results are not always consistent as the viewer negotiates the visual product through many factors.

Those lines were prompted by a reading[1] during my first semester of post-graduate studies at the Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA). Have you ever thought about the negotiations occurring in your mind while processing a scene?



Sturken, Marita, and Lisa Cartwright. 2001. Practices of looking: an introduction to visual culture. New York: Oxford University Press.


Camera: Nikon D60 | Lens: AF VR Nikkor Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | Focal Length: 145mm | Exposure: f/8 – 1/100th – ISO 400

Highlights and Shadows Four

Highlights and Shadows Four | ©2013 David Allio

 

This is the fourth in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows on a textured hallway wall. Thank you for asking, but no I was not bored when this caught my attention. There have been several, possibly anecdotal, reports that the fourth image in a series or the fourth joke in a monologue or the fourth point in a lecture are the least likely to prompt a response. This is the fourth in the series of fourteen visual artworks in this presentation. Look closely. What do you think you see?


Camera: Nikon D60 | Lens: AF VR Nikkor Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | Focal Length: 102mm | Exposure: f/8 – 1/200th – ISO 400

Highlights and Shadows Three

Highlights and Shadows Three | ©2013 David Allio

 

This is the third in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows on a textured hallway wall. Counting today, there are 363 days remaining in the year. What will you see today that you may never see again?


Camera: Nikon D60 | Lens: AF VR Nikkor Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | Focal Length: 62mm | Exposure: f/8 – 1/640th – ISO 400