Martin
Vlach is a photographer from Czech Republic who creates surreal
atmospheric landscapes that are surrounded with a sense of mystery.
Most, if not all, of Vlach's work is shot in haze, fog or a misty
environment. This gives his work the mysterious, ethereal feel and
giving a dream like quality to the images. Vlach utilises the fog as
tool to mask the background of his scene giving his work mimimalistic
characteristics and deepening the sense of obscurity for the viewer.
To
me his work depicts isolation, whether this is shown through a
desolate landscape or a solitary figure in the mists, nearly all of
his work gives off this message. But there are a few of his works
that give an ambiguity to their meaning, for me some of the work is
so radically different that its hard to see connections, making the
series difficult to understand. I think some of the images could be
banded into a different collection, perhaps they are and its just
because they are being viewed online that everything is seen
together.
Some
of Vlach's work is clearly made of a composite of several images
which would suggest being digitally made, but the gritty, grainy
texture implies film was used. However they were made, I really like
the aesthetic he has created in all of his work, the high contrast
black and white works really well with his subjects and fine art
style. I think the style suits the surreal dreamlike look, it gives a
darker feel to the images, heightening the sense that they are other
worldly and with some of the images it gives quite a sinister
atmosphere about them.
I
chose this photographer to help inform my project because its a
similar aesthetic to that of which I want to use for my own work. I
think it works really well with a surreal theme, I want a style thats
not crisp and clear for this project because that just wouldn't fit.
I'm looking for something thats imperfect, something dark and
distorted, something that could be related to surrealism and the
unconscious.
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