This Vincent Laforet photograph, "River to River" is unlike any other photograph I have ever seen it is created using a circular fisheye lens. The fisheye creates an interesting "from space" quality to the Manhattan skyline. I really like the way Laforet uses light in the photograph. The way the street bisects the center of this view from the fisheye lens really creates visual interest. The most exciting part of this image is the techniques employed, however, even without such a technique of view of the city from this high up is stunning. Not only does this image have a "from space" quality, but also the detail and clarity in the image of the building is remarkable. The way the rivers frame the city is also amazing. It is so crazy to me that an image of Manhattan can have an unattainable aspect such as this.
This image is a nice transition to An Inconvenient Truth. The "worldly" viewpoint can allow the viewer to have an environmentalist perspective about it. I especially like the right side of the image where a three-dimensionality is employed with the buildings. The skyscrapers really seem to project off the page/picture. "River to River" is the type of image that one can discover and re-discover parts of the picture not seen the first time.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of An Inconvenient Truth again, this would have been a better graphic to show the wind/water currents for Gore's presentation. Instead of the clip-art elementary image he used.
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