One Hand Clapping: Color

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

A Night of Architecture

Just before college I began to become very inspired by the work and images of Julius Shulman. The way he was able to compose the frame and present a space. His images may have sometimes been cold and lacked the personality of the artist, for he was a very chipper man as times. However, His ability to organize space within the frame was second to none in the world of architectural photography. He was able to add resonance, breath, and the sensation of movement to the sometimes distant feeling, stagnant, geometry of Modern design. I envy his ability to respond to space with such a heightened sensitivity. He was one of the reasons Modern architecture and design became popularized in America and arguably the most important architectural photographer of his time. Without him, Modern architecture would certainly not have been what it was.

Here are two (4) images that I made tonight inspired by Julius Shulman.
I greatly favor architectural photography to be in black and white because, unless color is an integral part of the space or design it distracts and detracts from the beauty of the space. I've supplie black and white as well as color versions of both photographs. PLEASE feel free to comment, critique, or ask questions.

I neglected to take down the address or the name of this apartment complex. I've got some searching to do.

Links to Julius Shulman's works:
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/shulman/
http://ehehr1955.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/julius-shulman-photography/

Bing image search (large+wallpaper size only)

Here is an image I made over a year ago. To this day it is still one of my favorite architectural photographs of mine. I don't believe it's previously appeared on this blog so I'll upload it now.

SUNY Purchase Dance Conservatory - 2010 - ©Steve Shillling

Revision (Sat. March, 31st)
It seems this photograph does appear on this blog in a much earlier post which can be seen by following this link.
http://visual-drone.blogspot.com/2011/02/inspiration-series-1.html
Again, Julius Shulman is spoken about and I provided some example work of his.

Image(s) of the Night 19-23

Tonight I went for a stroll with two of my friends. We dropped of my one friend's girlfriend at Penn Station and decided to walk back East rather then waste money on the subway. Along our way back I was able to snap off a few images seeing as I had taken my digital camera along with me.

You'll notice something different about these images. That is that they all have people in them. This is certainly not something that occurs often or is seen often in my, so called, ouvre. My current focus is on everything that is NOT photographic in photography and stripping it of its preconceived notifying photographic indicators. However, everyone in a while I feel compelled to just snap some images.

Midnight Shift - 2012

This image of the construction sight holds significance because immediately following my passing of the site I was asked by one of the workers if there was any way he'd be able to get the/an image(s) that I took. I told him if he supplied his email address then I'd take care of the rest. Later tonight I had the photograph all ready for him and had emailed him a high resolution file that he can use for printing or sending to a lab to order prints if he so chooses.

Untitled - 2012

There's something unsettling about this image. It's the small postcard of the twin towers in the upper left-of-center portion of the frame. It's almost as if it's a constant reminder for the guards on duty. And the only reason I approach this with some reservations is because I don't think we need our security to be constantly feeling a sort of mixture of anger, hatred, and sorrow while they are performing their job as assisting those who need help and simultaneously maintaining a "lookout" and a watchful eye for any unscrupulous behavior. I feel that with all the associated ideas behind 9/11 it might almost increase the tendencies of racial or ethnic profiling amongst public security officers such as the NYPD or even the officers dressed in full camouflage and wielding automatic rifles.

Late Night McDonald's Run...Walk...er...Sit - 2012

Untitled - 2012

Yes, I added a good amount of digital noise to this image. I felt it needed it. There are a good deal of negative undertones within this image and I felt adding grain as a sort of, degradation of the image, of clarity added to the mood.

The aspect ratios are as follows:
4:5
6:7
6:7
5:7

Friday, March 9, 2012

Image of the Night #19

Untitled; 2012

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Image(s) of the Night #17 + #18

I've been experimenting with some different photographic processes.

Here are two of the results.

Title: Mandala 1; 2012

Right-click and select open in new window in order to see full image and increased detail.

Title: 增長 ("Growth"); 2012

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Upcoming Group Exhibition

Please come and look at some exceptional artists work in this upcoming group exhibition.

Check back in the near future as I will be posting a small write-up about the show and why it's more than simply a group of individuals suspending images on a wall.

*Note: This is simply my own personal promotion card. Each individual artist has made his or her own.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Back to Making Work

I've been spending quite some time reading interviews held between various individuals and John Cage. I'm working on ways to steer my work in a direction more similar to his. However, for now I'm just going to keep making the work I feel I need to.

Having said that, here are some examples of my most recent creations. As always, I'm going to leave out (aside from what one gathers from the titles) any notion of my intent or goal. Both of theses are or should be considered irrelevant for you, the audience. All they (the pieces) require of you is that you place your soul under careful observation, paying attention to its reactions.

A friend of mine mentioned that I should write up a manifesto of sorts and I'm currently battling myself with that idea. I want not to take the offensive but at the same time I strongly believe that art has been steadily traveling down a damaging path, largely to blame is capitalism, and that there should be felt some great urgency to correct it's path.

However, here, in this blog post, is not the place to do it.

Without further swelling my passions, here are some samples of new work:

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Never Ending: More Promotional Work

Recently I was asked to assist one of my friends on his short film. I accepted and was given the title of director of photography. The film is currently in its final stages. While I won't say anything about it I'll give you a look at an additional contribution of mine, the promotional poster.

I should mention that this is not the final draft of the poster as it is missing the location of the public screening. This will be taking place in a Brooklyn bar called The Way Station.
Located at:
683 Washington Ave
btw prospect and st marks
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 11238
A to Washington or 2/3 to BK Museum or Q to 7th Ave
B45 to Washington Ave and Prospect Place (stops right in front of bar)

Friday, February 17, 2012

100th Post - Recent Work

I've been neglecting this blog as well as the additional blog I run which, aside from some fundamental differences, shows the same work as I do here on One Hand Clapping.

Here is a compilation of the most recent work I've been focusing on:

Recent work

From left to right:
Arrangement for Yellows and Blues: Alegro con Brio - 2012; 36" x 29" Pigment print from digital file
Arrangement for Reds and Blues: Larghetto con Motto - 2012; 36" x 29" Pigment print from digital file
Nocturne in E: Grave quasi Lamentoso - 2012; 36" x 29" Pigment print from digital file
Arrangement for Tones - 2012; 18" x 28" Pigment applied to mulberry paper

The less I say about them the more freedom I give to you in order to interpret them or better put, experience them as your own, in your own way.
Enjoy and thanks for sticking with me till now.
: )

Sincerely,

-S.

P.s. - To view the image larger than Blogger's native viewing window size please right click and select "open in new window" or "open in new tab."

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Image of the Night # 16- Arrangement for Reds and Blues - Larghetto con Moto - 2012

Arrangement for Reds and Blues - Larghetto con Moto - 2012

If you would like an example of what a piece set to the Larghetto con Moto tempo sounds like then I direct you to Ferdinand Ries' Symphony No. 7 Op. 181 II. Conducted by Howard Griffiths with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. I'll admit there are parts of the song that I feel do not really harmonize with the image but it is merely for educational purposes of demonstrating the tempo. If you wish to listen to the song and view the image together then I suggest first clicking on the video and then opening the image in a full screen format.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Recent Work (Wharton State Forest)

Recently I was able to have the opportunity to take one of my cameras and accompany my friend Ryan Shorosky for an adventure in Wharton State Forest located in Southern New Jersey near Hammonton and Lower Forge. These are some of the images I made during my time spent there.
Since these images are on the internet and therefore, I believe them to be loosely "in the public domain" I'm allowing full distributing rights to those who wish to use them (e.g. phone backgrounds, wallpapers, teaching instrument or instruments for critique, etc...). However, it would be greatly appreciated if you could either link to my site or give credit to me as the original artist.
You'll notice some slight to moderate vignetting on many of the images. This is due to the fact that I was operating an old Mamiya 645 medium format camera with a slightly wider than standard 70mm lens. As the aperture is decreased in order to broaden the depth of field (range of what will be percieved as in focus by the human eye) the edges of the frame are exposed to a dramatically lower amount of light resulting in the appearance of somewhat burned or darkened corners.
You'll also notice that I've neglected to remove any instances of dust that happened to be on either the scanner or the negative during the time of scanning. This is partly due to the fact that uploading these are a luxury I take during my more free times during the day. If anyone would like to inquire as to how to obtain a professional print and at what sizes they are available please feel free to email me at SRS2Photo@Gmail.com.

I hope you enjoy these recent images.

Peace

Taken by: Steve shilling II

Thursday, November 17, 2011

New Images from a Recent Roll #2

Here are some recent images (about half that I decided were good enough to scan) that I shot. They're only 35mm Agfa slide film images. There's no real thesis that I had in mind when shooting them. Just the usual whatever interests me type of mentality.

Hope you enjoy.

Sincerely,

-S

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Early Morning at Inwood Park

Left my apartment at around 5 this morning in order to watch the sun come up in Inwood Park up around 214th street, the northernmost part of Manhattan. It was very cold but I was able to set up my tripod and get some images on film. Pictured below is just a simply stitching of several cell phone images and below that is a Bing Maps image of the section of Inwood Park I was in.

Take care,

-S.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Returning to the City

These are the images I took with Agfa Digibase CR200 while waiting for the train at the Auberndale LIRR station. Hope you enjoy (even though the scans are terrible).

All in all I've got to say that even with these less than desirable scans the color rendition of this film is impressive. I find that the colors are rich without being over saturated. They're very true to what my memory recalls. Especially with outdoor daytime lighting. In the previous posts the images contained mixed lighting and as long as you know what color temperature the lights are the images make sense. With the portrait of my friend Anthony, the image was shot in very low lighting and under-exposed by either one or one half stop and the film still performed exceptionally well and presents the very mood of the lighting and the situation accurately. All in all even with these poor reproductions I feel that I've found a new favorite color film –step aside Fuji (at least 35mm films).

Sincerely,

-S.

Welcome

Greetings. Here you will find postings of whatever I happen to find interesting at the time. I hope you will also find some form of personal connection here as well. I'll be highlighting topics such as: Art, Architecture, Music, Design, Religion, etc. As well as posting some random tidbits about various locations throughout New York. I check my site and e-mail often so if you have a question or comment I'll be sure to respond to it quickly. I thank you for taking the time out of your day to share in some of my interests.