Takashi Kitajima, Entrance to the Exit, Ebisu, May 2015
Sometimes Random Excellence points to a particular single photograph, other times to an entire set, still other times to a photographer. Takashi Kitajima plays with effects like focus and bokeh and motion blur in his work, and everything at his website is of interest. It's creative and sensitive work, wide-ranging yet with a sense of individual viewpoint. "Crosswalk" is a very successful use of multiple exposure, for example.
"Entrance to the Exit" is from the series "Myopia Hyperopia."
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Notice something odd about that example photo (and the others in the same series)?
That handheld implement looks like a magnifying glass, but that wouldn't have such an effecct. It's either a negative lens - or Photoshop.
Posted by: Andreas Weber | Monday, 01 May 2017 at 10:38 AM
Andreas,
It's a negative lens,
Somewhere if they have survived the various fires floods and building collapses there are some 4x5 Polaroids I did with a view camera in the 70s where I put an extreme tilt in the rear standard and used a negative lens to bring an object in the close focused area into focus.
Jean Luc Mylayne uses similar techniques in some of his large format bits photos. Btw Jean Luc Mylayn is to bird photography what Lee Friedlander is to travel photography.
I really like this work, also the text is hilarious.
Posted by: hugh crawford | Monday, 01 May 2017 at 02:34 PM
Some really nice examples of otofokasu!
Posted by: MarkB | Tuesday, 02 May 2017 at 09:52 AM