Butch Chanel: John, Robert and Michael, NYC
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Highlighting the darkness. It seems almost like an oxymoron, but in photography certain techniques can do just that. Much like darker tones found in painting, dark photographic compositions can echo melancholy, somberness or loneliness – whether that is in a dimly lit nightscape or a densely packed crowd void of light in the urban landscape. Both black and white and color photography can create dark compositions, playing with the hues of browns, black and grays that emerge within photographic processes. By using contrast to highlight a subject, such as an item, gaze, or outline, it might suggest a dark emotion or feeling of loneliness, danger and even intimacy and adventure. In Artsper's own selection of works, Christophe Dabreau notes that he observes his subjects and attempts to “bring to light" a view hidden in shadow. Whilst Cécile Baldewyns' work aims to tell stories and reveal secrets of her desires and sorrow through dark compositions. Though her work has been deemed both sensual and disturbing, isn't the foreboding and dramatic nature of dark tones the perfect setting for it?
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£6,746
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£4,217
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.25 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£899
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
£764
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
£1,793
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
£1,793
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
£777
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
£1,793
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
£1,078
Photography - 58.4 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 inch
£2,108
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£2,108
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£2,108
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£2,108
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£1,687
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£1,687
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£1,687
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£1,687
Photography - 62 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
£1,078
Photography - 80 x 100 x 0.04 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£2,157
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.04 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
£1,348
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
£719
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
£719
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
£719
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£359
Photography - 53 x 40 cm Photography - 20.9 x 15.7 inch
£539
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
£719
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£719
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
£719
Photography - 20 x 20 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
£292
Photography - 20.32 x 25.4 x 1 cm Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.4 inch
£1,348
Photography - 50.8 x 40.64 x 2 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
£2,067
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,528
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,528
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£1,123
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£1,258
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,303
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,303
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,303
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
£854
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£2,606
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£2,606
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£2,606
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£2,606
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£2,606
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£2,606
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
£3,505