Repetition
Repetition photography is a way to grab the attention of your audience and draw them into the image. Repeating a shape throughout your photo gives you instant composition and can say a lot about your subject.The root word of repetition is “repeat”. When you repeat a certain size, or shape or color you add strength to the overall image. Repetition is a basic concept in the world of art. If you want to make a statement, you repeat certain elements again and again. If you repeat something once or twice it becomes more interesting. If you repeat something many times it becomes a pattern and takes on a life of its own. Patterns give us order in an otherwise chaotic world. There’s something fundamentally pleasing about seeing order in such a way that we know what to expect. In most cases, repetition is a tool used to calm the viewer, making them feel comfortable and at peace while enjoying the view.
Maurizio Galimberti
Maurizio Galimberti was born in Como in 1956. He now lives and works in Milan. In his initial approach to the world of photography he used a Widelux rotating lens camera before making his radical, definitive commitment to polaroids in 1983. He was trained as a surveyor and in the building sites he developed his rigorous view with which he will impress the world of art. Since being a young man, he has won many photography competitions even under his mother and his wifes name.
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Maurizio Galimberti has his own unique style he recreates a photo using small pieces of the original photo. He uses the rule of thirds. The photo is straight, he doesn't use a birds eye view or a worms eye view. The photos are not over exposed or under exposed however the pictures are not all the same color. I like the first image as it uses modern sky scrapers and a vintage cathedral and it bonds the two together making a constant repetition
This is one of my favorite images from Maurizio Galimberti collection of photographs as it highlights the repetition of the actor 'Johnny Depp'. The exposure is perfect, he used many small zoomed in photos to create one big master piece. It takes a lot of skill to think something like this up and turn it into a final piece.
Peter De Lory
Peter De Lory is a Seattle-based photographer who documents both the natural landscape and the urban infrastructure of the Pacific Northwest. Marrying the inherent contrasts of these two subjects for this piece, Peter photographed the tallest Western Red Cedar tree in the world and wrapped the photograph around a column, suggesting that parallels exist between the natural and the constructed.
Peter De Lory captured quite a few photos to make the repeating trend of roads. I like the way he sticks to the same idea and also how all the colours are the same (Black&White), all the roads are different but it shows how you can repeat images/object with out them being the same. The Exposure is perfect and there is a nice balance on each photo.
These pictures have the same theme just using different natural objects. I like how he never made it the same and tried to make a twist by using the road track on the first picture. The second picture has a perfect trend with the photos being up close and a straight view, also the texture of the tree makes it look different yet somehow the same.
Barry Rosenthal
Barry Rosenthal is an urban archeologist, photographer, sculptor and collector. He studied photography at the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio and at the Apeiron Workshops in Millerton, New York with notable photographers Emmet Gowin and George Tice. Barry‘s fine art images can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Springfield Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, Massachusetts. Barry is a resident of Lower Manhattan, along with his wife and daughter.
Barry Rosenthal used the same trend of bottles but it appears to look different. He decided to use recycled bottles instead of buying new ones this shows how much he cares about the environment. The picture is a birds eye view which is key as you can see the whole photo without looking at it on an angle. The bottles are all lined up nicely, he tried to make it different my using lids, cans , small bottles ,large bottles, cups, containers and stick. This made it stand out and catch the viewers eye, it just goes to show you don't always need the same photo to make it trend.
I like how he used different balls to try and create one big one, this shows he thinks differently when he's trying to repeat the trend. The photo is a birds eye view. The ball being dirty and damaged adds an affect as it doesn't always need to be perfect to create a photo.
Barry Rosenthal used different pens to create a repeating pattern the photos a birds eye view and the pattern is eye catching. It's getting bigger as you go out and reveals a photo frame shaped something. Nobody has used the repeating trend of creating a pattern with pens.
Working in the style of Barry Rosenthal
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I captured quite a few photos to make the repeating trend of roads. I changed the colour to black and white which allowed me to have a repeating pattern for each photo, however some photos are lighter than others which shows it doesn't always have to be the same.