Unknown #072 by Tom Radenz

Artist Notes

Carillon

This photograph is of a Bell Tower called ‘Carillon’, standing in Tiergarten, Berlin. It is comprimised of 68 bells.

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New Print - Unknown #061 - Tiago Santos

Thames Barrier

Thames Barrier is a combination between the brightness of human beings and the beauty of a moody sky during the very end of a cold winter in London.
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Produced: Unknownprints.com 
Artist: Tiago Santos
Title: Thames Barrier, Unknown #061
Orientation: Landscape
Category: Photography
Type: Fine Art Print, Unframed
Size: A5 to A1
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Q&A - Tom Radenz

Tell us a bit about yourself

Hey, I am Tom, an aspiring architect currently working London. Aside from architecture I also do freelance web- and graphic design on the side, whereas I have had a big passion and interest for photography for many years and have finally taken it up this year. Photography for me is all about capturing and / or creating a sense of beauty and spirit, be that through black and white portraits or colourful macro photography.

How do you go about creating your pieces? 

Most of my work is based around the projects I do at university, these briefs are aimed to expand our knowledge and creativity, allowing for independent work to continue on. I often lean towrads natural subject matter, preferring a colourful, abstract style. I don’t often use computer editing, but as and when required I use Photoshop. 

What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?
 
I have only just begun my photography journey, but so far I find most inspiration in shooting people, focussing on their emotions and facial expressions to tell their story and very much admire the work Platon Antoniou.
 
What is your best piece of art to date?

One of my favourite shots so far is of a young woman during the British Royal Wedding celebrations in Hyde Park, London. She had her face completely painted in a Union Jack Flag and in the large crowd of around 200.000 people I managed to capture only her face and with that her jubilant and joyful expression as she was cheering on the happy couple. The photo you can find her here.

Tom’s print is available here.

Q&A - Natasha Gush

Tell us a bit about yourself

I am a photography degree student, currently studying at the University of Gloucestershire. My interest in photography stemmed from a young age, with an interest in anything creative and art based. I first began studying photography at A Level, then continued onto college and university where I chose to study Fine Art Photography. 

How do you go about creating your pieces? 

Most of my work is based around the projects I do at university, these briefs are aimed to expand our knowledge and creativity, allowing for independent work to continue on. I often lean towrads natural subject matter, preferring a colourful, abstract style. I don’t often use computer editing, but as and when required I use Photoshop. 

What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?

I think my biggest influence would be my Father, he too is very creative, being a graphic designer. I often look to him for advice and suggestions when it comes to my photography. It’s good to get a second opinion, especially one you can trust. 
 
What is your best piece of art to date?

The most recent series I produce was a set of Macro images, displayed in a similar fashion to the image here. The images were based around a Natural Form project I had. The images focused on colours, textures and shape, using the diptyche to enhance ideas of contrast and juxtaposition.

Q&A - Bernie Jones

Tell us a bit about yourself

Hey, my name’s Bernie. I come form a small trashy town in Pennsylvania called Mars, where inspiration is perhaps the most abundant resource in all the world (JOKE!). I got into Photography a little over 6 years ago, when I went to Senegal, Africa. We had brought a little Point and Shoot along for the trip, and the setting provided many excellent opportunities to capture moments that I found absolutely stunning. My interest just snowballed from there.

How do you go about creating your pieces? 

I usually go about taking a photo by asking myself how I see the shot. I don’t just want to capture a moment, I want to capture how I see that moment. Get a better idea of how my mind works, become Bernie, if you will. Following the shot, I usually add a washed effect to my image, adding some cool colors to the shadows and warmer to the highlights. Sometimes I mix it up though.

 What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?

I’ve always had trouble communicating with others, not physically, but emotionally. I always feel like I have some sort of lock on my emotional expression. So I try to express myself through my work. I feel like when someone sees my image, they see me. And it will give them an idea as to who I really am as a person.
 
What is your best piece of art to date?

I’ve never been fond of picking a “best work”, as I’m always striving to improve upon my work. The moment I take something I really like, I end up taking something else that totally tops the last. I think that the moment you pick a favorite piece of yours is the moment that you don’t create anything at all.

Any current projects/shows/releases you want to advertise?

Not really. if you ever want to check out my other stuff, you can go over to my flickr photostream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregorybernardjones/. I’ve got some stuff that ranges back to when I just started my hobby. 

Q&A - Ivan Zovko

Tell us a bit about yourself

I am Ivan Zovko, currently located in UK, originally coming from a beautiful Mediterranean country of Croatia. Photography was my passion from early days, while really getting into it when I got my first DSLR 3 years ago. Capturing moment with the aim to see, at some point in the future, how the world that surrounded me looked like was an initial motivation for photography. But discovering possibilities of creating an artwork with the camera led me to completely different places.

 How do you go about creating your pieces? 

The photos I take which should represent an artwork, not mere a photographic record, are usually run through Adobe Photoshop software, just to give a little extra touch. In the same way a film roll has been put through different combinations of various amounts of chemicals to add a personalized touch to a photograph, I am trying to achieve that by different combinations of various amounts of software manipulation. I see no difference in the final product between click on the mouse and mixing chemicals.

 What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?

Trying to capture individual’s natural, unfiltered, human expression is my motivation for photography. On the other hand, framing landscapes’ perfect balance provides me with pleasure in photography.
 
What is your best piece of art to date?

Currently I am trying to create a set of images capturing a simple (and as similar as possible) frame of footpaths I made in different countries I’ve visited. The project that should be constantly updated is still in early phase of development, but as soon as there is enough images for an interesting display, it will be published.

Q&A - Sandeep Tewari


Tell us a bit about yourself

 Hello. My name is Sandeep Tewari and from Central England. I got into graphic design & photography one day after being disappointed at the results of some images I had taken. They weren’t a true representation of what I had seen and from then on I started learning about light levels and our perceptions of how our eyes work and they way we see scenes.

How do you go about creating your pieces? 
 
Most of my photography is spontaneous and I rarely plan anything before a photoshoot. For my High Dynamic Range (HDR) images I use Photomatix and Adobe Photoshop CS4. I have an easy to follow HDR tutorial on my website.
 
What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?
 
My main influence into my artist career has been the trying to capture and represent a scene exactly as it was seen and the way the mind remembers it.
 
What is your best piece of art to date?
 
I enjoy visiting religious places and I am most proud of my images from the churches of Italy.
 
Any current projects/shows/releases you want to advertise?
 
I am currently working on a couple of projects. One of these is titled ‘Hidden Birmingham’ which should be out mid 2011.

Sandeep’s print is available here.

Q&A - Alexander Mathias

Q&A - Aaron Itzerott


Tell us a bit about yourself

My name is Aaron Itzerott, I’m a Film & Video Production Student from Stratford-Upon-Avon, based in Derby. My interest in photography started about 3 years ago when I started borrowing cameras from the University media store! I now practice mostly location-specific portraiture and more abstract work. My background is in graphic design as a freelancer and I specialise in HDSLR Videography. I’m mostly interested in Directing, Producing and DoP work, I do a lot of editing and camera work on the side. 

How do you go about creating your pieces? 
 
I I prefer to render compositions as digital artwork in photoshop from dSLR stills, however I’ve recently started doing more in-shot composure with minimal or no correction. I start with a subject, one that seems to have character, or seems to be asking for one! It’s usually a subject that finds me rather than one I seek out, and I try to comment photographically, based on it’s context, social relevance or strive to loose it’s context all together in the simplest way available to me at the time. I prefer to take only one or two well prepared photos rather than picking from loads.
 
What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?
 
My biggest influence’s and constant themes are belonging and perception. Everything has a place, but it’s all about perception… our need to belong is strong driving force in everyone’s life.
 
What is your best piece of art to date?
 
It’s hard to choose a favourite from my work, but there are a few standout close ups from my collection from a few summers back, “Summer at the Watson Ranch” that utilise the evening summer sunset light to soften closeups of wooden and glass structures around the garden. On the other hand I have a photograph of a car crash in New York taken from a coach I was on that I’m pretty pleased with!
 
Any current projects/shows/releases you want to advertise?
 
Currently working on preproduction for a short film that looks at the fight to free ones self of the mundane. Scheduled for principal photography at the end of February, more info coming soon to Itzerott.com once it’s back online.

Aaron’s print is available here. 

Q&A - Edd Atkinson


Tell us a bit about yourself

My name is Edd Atkinson. I was born in the town of Bath and spent most of my childhood in the surrounding area. Until the days when i can afford to go around the world with my camera I make a living as a joiner, spending most my time working in France building oak framed buildings. I got into photography when I first went backpacking 8 years ago. I brought a bridge camera for my adventure. During my trip I got to grips with the controls to prepare me for my first DSLR. 

How do you go about creating your pieces? 
 
I love to spend my winter in the Alps with my camera and snowboard. I love landscape photography, and like to get to a viewpoint not many people have been to before. This usually means getting as high as possible, normally getting up the mountains via ski lifts then climbing that bit higher. The best light will normally come long after the ski lifts have closed, so there’s only one way back down and thats on a snowboard!
 
What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?
 
My biggest influence for my photography was when I first went backpacking in Thailand, The amazing views full of staggering rock formations and clear blue seas. Streets full of viberent colors from the street vendors and night time lights. Since then I try and get away as often as I can with my camera not far from hand.
 
What is your best piece of art to date?
 
My favourite photo I’ve taken to date is one I took with my bridge camera years ago, I was at a beach party late at night. Laying down I had my camera to hand while a performer with a swinging baton on fire either end was performing in front of us. On a long exposure I caught him as he swirled the baton around him from his toes to his head. The resulting photo was a man encased in a tube of fire, with the ambient light lighting up the beach and a wooden shack behind us.
 
Any current projects/shows/releases you want to advertise?
 
Nothing to advertise at this moment in time but I do hope to have a website up and running soon.

Edd’s print is available here. 

Q&A - Samantha Cartwright


Tell us a bit about yourself

 I’m Sam, I’m 20 and from Essex. I have always been interested in photography. There are hundreds of pictures from when I was little (my parents take beautiful photos) and my sister is a photographer and manages a studio, so it’s natural that we all love our cameras. 

How do you go about creating your pieces? 
 
I just take photos of things I find interesting and/or beautiful. I like to go on a long walk just taking loads of photos any hoping something half decent is there. I use a Canon 1000D and Photoshop CS3 for editing, although this image was only sharpened slightly.
 
What single element, person, object or real life situation, do you think has influenced you the most throughout your artist career?
 
Probably my big sister: she was my boss in a minilab and studio for a couple of years and still hires me for odd days at her new studio. Working around beautiful photos helps your eye for composition I think. Also, we look at works together and critique each other so she’s been really influential.
 
What is your best piece of art to date?
 
I think my A-Level coursework. (http://smartiescan.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1a5x6m)It took forever taking the photos and editing it, but I was so proud at the end. I even made the box myself (with a  bit of help from my Dad) and printed the photos for my exhibition so it was truly a labour of love.
 
Any current projects/shows/releases you want to advertise?
 
Nothing at the moment, but I’m hoping to build up to something soon!

Sam’s print is available here.