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Monday, 24 October 2011

Seminar on Florian Maier-Aichen



Today I was asked to analyse Aichen's Landscape image - Inferred Landscape 


Initial Impressions

- High saturation
- Bold+ striking colours = blue+red = Toxic!
- Good contrast between the two shades
- definitely has been altered - photoshop - shadow tool
- Taken from high view point - across landscape
- Instantly think of lava and roses when I see the red landscape


Research - video on youtube - Aichen describing the image 

- His work addresses issues of globalisation and virtual perception
- view of luxury homes
- he uses a combination of traditional photographic techniques and computer imaging
- good combination of american west and los angeles industrialises landscape.

Aichen is not interested in natural landscape because theres nothing going on, so he has used inferred film to make it look science fictional

- His perception of Beauty - the red represents fear
- Aichens made it unique - By his mistakes.  

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