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a black and white photo of a woman with her hands in her pockets looking up

Find Strobox Volume 4 (Softcover) by Janis Lanka at Blurb Books. In the Fall of 2009 the concept of Strobox was brought to life through an iPhone app. In 2010, w...

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a woman with a light shining on her face

This photo represents unusual lighting. The light source is coming from the bottom instead of top left which makes it more interesting. This kind of lighting makes the overall picture look creepy. The shadows created on her face add drama. The lighting makes the picture have a creepy and intense meaning which is opposite of what it would be if the light source was from above.

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a woman with long hair standing in the dark

People instinctively like light that comes from the top of an image, because it feels natural. We are used to sunlight from above. In this image, I held a light under my face. This creates a creepy look, because it is not natural.

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a woman with black hair and eyes is looking at her cell phone in the dark

Light. This has an unusual lighting because we are bias into thinking that the light source that are centered and from above is normal. However, in this photo, the light source comes from the bottom, shadowing the top of the model's face. This type of lighting creates an eerie essence for the model.

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a man with his face painted black and white

To explore my topic of memory further I am planning on projecting images of family slide film onto my body, and to plan the direction of the projector, I am looking at Bill Brandt with his high con…

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