Artist Statement: 

This week in photography each of us individually studied a photographer. I specifically learned about Joel Tjintjelaar who is famous for his work in building photography and using the "leading line" technique. The leading line technique is where the audience is drawn to the lines of the building and is led to the main subject, and in this case, the main subject is the sky. Our goal was to replicate the authors work by using our environment. There were a variety of necessities that needed to be included in this project to create his recipe. First, I needed to take pictures of a variety of buildings and use the "leading line" technique. Second, I took those raw images and edited them. I applied a black and white filter and increased/decreased the exposure settings on each photo. Third, I added a black border to all of my photographs to contain everything that is inside the picture. As well, I cropped the unnecessary parts of the image. My goal was to create a dark and mysterious vibe to my photos. In my next draft for this project, I would like to get crisper photos of buildings and find more exciting skylines.