Ryo Ohwada
Ryo Ohwada is a photographer from Japan. He says his aim of his work “Is to show the beauty of a work of photography that is consistent with a clear concept”.
This is one of his pieces of work. It is of a building that has been mirrored against itself creating the illusion of more buildings. Mirroring the image gives the pieces an abstract feel to it. The colours used in the image are quite bright and vibrant. The clouds give the image an interesting pattern because of the way they have been mirrored. The mirrored image also creates a feel of repetitiveness in the image. He has taken the original photograph of the building from quite a low, up-close angle. Doing this allows him to get a large amount of the building in but still include a lot of the sky and clouds.
At first glance the image doesn’t look like it’s made up of buildings but just looks like a pattern. The bright and rich colours also add to this feel. There is a of blue in the image, in the sky and in the windows which makes the whole image come together as one which helps it work really well when it’s been mirrored. The way the image has been mirrored creates two centre points at each side of the middle. This draws your attention to each side of the image enhancing its symmetry.
Ryo Ohwada often travels around the world to get his images. This image would have mostly likely been taken in a city out of where he’s form, japan, because of the style of the building. He would have taken the photograph using a digital camera and then edited it after. He would have taken the image and reflected it in different ways until he got the best outcome.
His work was meant for anyone to see. I feel that he wanted everyone to be able to see the beauty of the world but not in its natural form. Reflecting the image in such a way allowed you to really focus in on the shapes and colours within the image rather than the objects inside the image.
This is one of his pieces of work. It is of a building that has been mirrored against itself creating the illusion of more buildings. Mirroring the image gives the pieces an abstract feel to it. The colours used in the image are quite bright and vibrant. The clouds give the image an interesting pattern because of the way they have been mirrored. The mirrored image also creates a feel of repetitiveness in the image. He has taken the original photograph of the building from quite a low, up-close angle. Doing this allows him to get a large amount of the building in but still include a lot of the sky and clouds.
At first glance the image doesn’t look like it’s made up of buildings but just looks like a pattern. The bright and rich colours also add to this feel. There is a of blue in the image, in the sky and in the windows which makes the whole image come together as one which helps it work really well when it’s been mirrored. The way the image has been mirrored creates two centre points at each side of the middle. This draws your attention to each side of the image enhancing its symmetry.
Ryo Ohwada often travels around the world to get his images. This image would have mostly likely been taken in a city out of where he’s form, japan, because of the style of the building. He would have taken the photograph using a digital camera and then edited it after. He would have taken the image and reflected it in different ways until he got the best outcome.
His work was meant for anyone to see. I feel that he wanted everyone to be able to see the beauty of the world but not in its natural form. Reflecting the image in such a way allowed you to really focus in on the shapes and colours within the image rather than the objects inside the image.