Sam Taylor-Johnson was originally a sculptor who moved on to photography, film and video in the late 90's. On her website it says
"The split between being and appearance in situations where the line between interior and external sense of self is in conflict – has always been in the centre of her creative work."
The work that i'm most interested is a series called 'Lone Rider' which was a series produced in 2011. It caught my eye because the look of these images in the series are similar to what I have settled on for my own images.
On her website, it says very little about this work. All it says is ;
"Made around the same time as Taylor-Johnson's Cipher series of palm trees, these images speak to a similar preoccupation with American iconography, freedom, and standing alone. They were made at the beginning of a new phase in the artist's life and work."
This image is called 'Lone Rider I'. The contents of the image is very straight-forward, much like my own. It has a singular care, a lone car if you will, parked in a road. The background being so dark and the car being in a spotlight means that all that the viewer can look at really is the car and the small part of the illuminated road.
This dramatises the car and creates a sense of mystery, because of the lack of light. We know that things can be hidden in the dark and that we're not seeing the whole picture.
The textures in this image make it pop, as there is such little content in the image. The contrasting textures help bring our the car; we have the shiny and reflecting metal on the car compared to the road which although flat, appears a little rough as roads are.
The shadow in the road suggests an object is outside of the frame; it appears to be a streetlight. This tells us that the picture and location isn't just what we can see in this frame, when then adds to the mystery as we don't know what else could be hiding in the image.
The artist's website says it related to American iconography, and I feel that this image shows that through the use of American car, and the fact the image is so open in composition shows freedom, yet you can't see the surroundings so perhaps this suggests an illusion of freedom as you can't see where to go next.
"The split between being and appearance in situations where the line between interior and external sense of self is in conflict – has always been in the centre of her creative work."
The work that i'm most interested is a series called 'Lone Rider' which was a series produced in 2011. It caught my eye because the look of these images in the series are similar to what I have settled on for my own images.
On her website, it says very little about this work. All it says is ;
"Made around the same time as Taylor-Johnson's Cipher series of palm trees, these images speak to a similar preoccupation with American iconography, freedom, and standing alone. They were made at the beginning of a new phase in the artist's life and work."
This image is called 'Lone Rider I'. The contents of the image is very straight-forward, much like my own. It has a singular care, a lone car if you will, parked in a road. The background being so dark and the car being in a spotlight means that all that the viewer can look at really is the car and the small part of the illuminated road.
This dramatises the car and creates a sense of mystery, because of the lack of light. We know that things can be hidden in the dark and that we're not seeing the whole picture.
The textures in this image make it pop, as there is such little content in the image. The contrasting textures help bring our the car; we have the shiny and reflecting metal on the car compared to the road which although flat, appears a little rough as roads are.
The shadow in the road suggests an object is outside of the frame; it appears to be a streetlight. This tells us that the picture and location isn't just what we can see in this frame, when then adds to the mystery as we don't know what else could be hiding in the image.
The artist's website says it related to American iconography, and I feel that this image shows that through the use of American car, and the fact the image is so open in composition shows freedom, yet you can't see the surroundings so perhaps this suggests an illusion of freedom as you can't see where to go next.
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