Artist Analysis : Lina Scheynius
This untitled photograph was taken by Swedish photographer Lina Scheynius, as part of a summer 2008 photographic journal.
I chose this photographer to study as I was immediately drawn to all work, in each photograph a fragile intimacy has been captured, creating a strong delicate element. I felt her work would provide strong inspiration for my theme of “belonging” as she captures variations of sensuous atmospheres, ranging from dark rooms, to cloudy skies showing a range of different ideals of serene locations and atmospheres.
This photograph was taken as a portrait series for a fashion editorial, I feel the out of focus creates a mysterious element to the photograph, creating a strong visually interesting image.
The natural source of lighting creates a strong contrast between the background and subject matter. Lina Scheynius always works with a light source that exists in our everyday life. The soft light quality enhances a strong ray of grey tones creating a calm and mood enhancing light form.
There is a strong unbalanced composition in this photograph; often her compositions are not intentional, however I feel it is one of the strongest elements in this photograph as it creates a non-posed, natural photograph
This is photograph also appealed to me as her work is often shot in colour film, so the fact that this is a black and white tonal photograph I feel captured a more intense atmosphere.
Her photographs are usually taken in film however this was part of a portrait set shot in digital, by shooting out of focus and leaving the photograph unedited creates a natural strength of the contrasts in tones and the subtle light overall capturing a pure and soft photograph.
Other work by Lina Scheynius includes subtle portraits of people she has a relationship with in their natural surroundings.. Many of these are people in a bathroom. This is primarily because it's one of the few places in the world that is private and Scheynius finds it intriguing to capture a person in a place where you would not usually let anyone else in, unless they were personally close to you.
All her photographs are personal to the photographer as she never intentionally has a viewer in mind for her photographs, she just focus’s on capturing moments in her life rather than constantly carrying around a camera. Overall I feel this gives all her photographs an evocative intimacy and turns her photography into a documenting tool for her viewers to see her world.
I chose this photographer to study as I was immediately drawn to all work, in each photograph a fragile intimacy has been captured, creating a strong delicate element. I felt her work would provide strong inspiration for my theme of “belonging” as she captures variations of sensuous atmospheres, ranging from dark rooms, to cloudy skies showing a range of different ideals of serene locations and atmospheres.
This photograph was taken as a portrait series for a fashion editorial, I feel the out of focus creates a mysterious element to the photograph, creating a strong visually interesting image.
The natural source of lighting creates a strong contrast between the background and subject matter. Lina Scheynius always works with a light source that exists in our everyday life. The soft light quality enhances a strong ray of grey tones creating a calm and mood enhancing light form.
There is a strong unbalanced composition in this photograph; often her compositions are not intentional, however I feel it is one of the strongest elements in this photograph as it creates a non-posed, natural photograph
This is photograph also appealed to me as her work is often shot in colour film, so the fact that this is a black and white tonal photograph I feel captured a more intense atmosphere.
Her photographs are usually taken in film however this was part of a portrait set shot in digital, by shooting out of focus and leaving the photograph unedited creates a natural strength of the contrasts in tones and the subtle light overall capturing a pure and soft photograph.
Other work by Lina Scheynius includes subtle portraits of people she has a relationship with in their natural surroundings.. Many of these are people in a bathroom. This is primarily because it's one of the few places in the world that is private and Scheynius finds it intriguing to capture a person in a place where you would not usually let anyone else in, unless they were personally close to you.
All her photographs are personal to the photographer as she never intentionally has a viewer in mind for her photographs, she just focus’s on capturing moments in her life rather than constantly carrying around a camera. Overall I feel this gives all her photographs an evocative intimacy and turns her photography into a documenting tool for her viewers to see her world.
