let us move..

Inspired by Roots By Jaume Plensa

When I first saw installation of a figure called Roots by Jaume Plensa at Toranomon Hills in Tokyo, I was transfixed to the spot. Abstraction, motion ,cubism all fascinated me. Caught by the feeling of motion I had sensed, I created this image where I could see figures in motion. Creating an abstract can be very interesting process, where you give life to your interpretations. 

How I saw...

Facade of a building  with panels presented to me many opportunities to interpret and present it in many different ways. It was a multi-storied office building in Tokyo ,where hundreds of people work for their daily living. I am always surprised by the stringent work culture of Japan, which to an Indian eye seems quite restricting and unfathomable.

This visualisation lead me to edit the picture where bars look closer then they are, confining people inside .Lights inside are on irrespective of hours, indicating the presence of the people at anytime of the day. As I spent sometime looking at this building, idea of confinement grew in my mind and it lead to this presentation.

Disarray - An abstract thought

Did I see it as an abstract when I shot this? Frankly, no! But something about this captivated my imagination.  When I saw it later, on my computer scene ,I found it disquieting. It had a sense of disarray, discordance which somehow I found interesting and yet made me uncomfortable.

Abstract photography should raise questions in viewer's mind and this definitely raised in mine. Why it was left like this? Who left it? It also had a sense of finality to it. Has something happened here? So many questions!!

Abstract thought process can develop even after one captures the image and looks at it. 

Do I see in abstract?

Creativity with water..

I am often asked , do you see in abstract or you create an abstract. I feel I always see in abstracts. And as I have an eye to see in abstract, I can also create an abstract from the non-abstract I see in front of me. What helps is an ability to observe beyond the obvious.

Here is a photo of the Lotus pond I captured today. What attracted me is the gradation from darkness to Golden shimmering light dancing on the water. Golden light is still in distant, not so clear and yet beckons towards the bright future, raising the hope. I loved the bubbles which are visible in darker portion. Signs of hope? 

Water can be one of the best subjects to create an abstract. By being bereft of any specific form , it provides ample opportunity for me to give it a form I like. 

As I see

Abstract photography is a way I explore and experience myself. It narrates the way I see, feel and listen to the world around me. When words fail me, I take recourse to photography and it helps me streamline my thought process, which gets reflected in my abstract. 

As John Berger, famous art critic, rightly said, "Every image embodies a way of seeing".

Plastic wrapped garment hung on a stand, represented to me  , something which is yet not revealed. Just a tempting glimpse of something whose time has yet not come. An undiscovered masterpiece?  Something which makes you curious and it raises the need in you to unwrap it.  Like an unsolved mystery.