The main roles of Ashes and Snow are people and lots of different animals which include elephants, whales, leopards, eagles, orangutans and other kinds of wild animals. Gregory Colbert sees himself as an apprentice to nature. His arts are collaborations between humans and other species that present the poetic sensibilities and imagination of human and animal.
Gregory Colbert
“In exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals, I am working towards rediscovering the common ground that once existed when people lived in harmony with animals. The images depict a world that is without beginning or end, here or there, past or present” were written by Gregory Colbert for Creator of Ashes and Snow. (Copied from Gregory Colbert’s website)
The photographic artworks of Gregory Colbert explore the poetic sensibilities of animals in their natural habitat as they interact with human beings. No longer shown as merely a member of the family of man, humans are seen as a member of the family of animals. None of the images have been digitally collaged. (Copied from Gregory Colbert’s website)
I took some photos for completing this essay. A young husky named Mocha is my main role of my arts at this time. Because husky is really naughty so that I took over 40 photos. Finally I pick 5 photos that I think these are best of all photos. Gregory Colbert did not edit all photos, but I don’t have that skill to take all pictures in that kind of light. The first photo that followed is without any edit. Other 4 photos are edited for looking similar as Gregory Colbert’s artworks. The process that I edited is: cut it to a correct size first, then I just adjust brightness, hue, and saturation to make my photos look like the result of Gregory Colbert’s. In addition, I did not turn the flashing light when I shooting, I thought flashing light would attract Mocha and make photos are too bright.
photograph by Gregory Colbert
photograph by Yuchen Zhu
This picture
shows an elephant lies on the ground (I believe the elephant was lying on the
ground rather than the elephant is kneeing on the ground), and listen the child
while he was reading. Of course, the elephant cannot understand what the kid
was reading, but the elephant looks very comfortable and relax; I think the
elephant would not feel dangerous or nervous when it faced the child. A
peaceful relationship between the kid and the elephant, I would like to believe
it is a emotional communication. So, when I took a photo, Mocha sat opposite to
me, and focused on me. I believe in that moment, Mocha knew my heart which was I
wanted she had a good move to collaborate me for photography.
2.
photograph by Gregory Colbert
photograph by Yuchen Zhu
Gregory Colbert shot a close-up for a
leopard and the kid. Usually, leopard is a kind of predator in the wild. However,
in this picture, the leopard and kid are in a harmonious sense. They just look
like friend. In my photo, I held mocha’s leg (she is too young to reach the
height) then it can keep balance, she used her cute eyes to look at me. I think
she try to play a game with me as my friend.
3.
photograph by Gregory Colbert
photograph by Yuchen Zhu
photograph by Yuchen Zhu
This kid stood in front of a well. This is
the only picture without any animals. The environment makes me feel alone and silent.
Then, I took a photo when I stood in a corridor. I tried to create a similar environment
as the original picture.
5.
photograph by Gregory Colbert
photograph by Yuchen Zhu
This picture is just opposite as the first
picture which is an elephant listens the kid. This kid sat down on the ground
and listened a whelk at the same moment. In fact, whelk cannot make any sound,
but the child heard a creature which cannot talk. They can only use emotional communication
to talk and hear each other. Although I don’t think there are some wild live whelks
in that place where Gregory Colbert took this art, I still don’t eliminate this
possibility that the whelk was a live whelk. So, I took my photo with an egg. Egg
is the original form of chicken. If there is germ cell in the egg, egg can be
hatched. If that egg has germ cell, I would consider that egg is specie alive. I
almost can hear it tell me about the life if it can be hatch to a chicken by
emotional communication.
In conclusion, I think Gregory Colbert is a
really amazing photographer. He focuses on the commutations are from
psychology. His artworks attract me and let understand a special relationship
between animals and people. And I took few photos in his style, although the
light is different, I could adjust photos to make those look like similar.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg
http://0830bbs.com/archiver/tid-46134.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Colbert
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/en/home.php
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/en/vision/
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/en/vision/biography.php
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/en/portfolio/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husky
Thank you for reading; I’d like to hear your suggestions.
This course makes me knows lots of history and style of photography and photographers. It is an interesting course. Thank you instructor again.
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