Homage-Brassaï

In the early thirties Brassaï set about photographing Paris at night. Viewing Brassaï’s work you get a sense of darkness and loneliness. Saying this the way he uses soft light makes his images really beautiful, this gives his images a really contrasting feeling.

Brassaï - Paris By Night

This image of Paris at night is a really strong image. I really love the strong use of the formal elements in this piece with a lovely use of line that pulls the eye from left to right along the beam of light. This gives more depth to the picture. The lines created by the silhouettes add points of interest that also keep the viewer entertained. Taken in the dark using only street lighting gives the image a really nice mood and feel. Brassaï liked to use lamp posts as his source of light in a lot of his photos. Light bulbs give off an orange glow. This gives a very soft light when transformed to black and white. As homage I would really love to incorporate this softness of light and also try incorporate the loneliness in places that would normally be busy.

My Homage Image

Here is my homage image,I feel there are definite connotations to Brassaï. I shot this image at night with a high ISO, to match Brassaï's images I also incorporated the top right flare because I though it made the image more atmospheric this also adds emphasis to the shadows which helps to add interest to the photograph. In the end I was really happy at how my image turned out.