Inspiration: Gerhard Stromberg
Stromberg’s photography can be characterized by deadpan shots of natural landscapes. His work appeals to me because of the lack of a definite subject. The absence thereof is empowering as it allows audience members to critically engage with the backgrounds and create their own stories.
On that point, in search of society’s “spectacles,” we oftentimes overlook finer details. My collection “Blind Spots” was an attempt to bring these details to the foreground. Throughout the course of this assignment, I experimented with negative space – I put the focus on my subjects (ranging from spiders to airplanes) on hold, and instead, captured the interactions of the different elements around it (such as lighting and setting).
