Artist Research - Rut Blees Luxemburg

Analysis Post - Rut Blees Luxemburg

This photograph of an urban landscape by Rut Blees Luxemburg is very good in my opinion, I love the colours that she uses, it makes the photo look like it was taken at night and lit artificially, which it likely was. I also like the hight and angle it was taken at, the birds eye view angle was very well used because it shows the cars at the bottom, it also gives a sense of mystery because we don't know what sort of building this was taken, it could've been a car park or it could've been a block of flats. This photo is called 'Vertiginous Exhilaration' - Vertigo is the sensation that the space around you is moving or spinning and many people get this from being at great heights, it makes it hard to stand and you are more likely to fall over if you have vertigo. The title is related to Vertigo and makes you think that the photographer felt as though they were going to fall.

This is another landscape by Luxemburg, I love this photograph, the colours she has used in this photograph are very warm browns, reds and yellows that make it look old and cosy, the colours used are similar to the sepia filter used in very old photographs. I also love that this was taken in the late evening, when some people have their lights on and some people have them off because they are asleep, it makes you feel like you have some sort of connection with them. The photograph is called 'Towering Inferno' which is why she used the warm reds and oranges I think.

This is a photo of another urban landscape by Luxemburg, I can tell she has used a slow shutter speed for this photo because I can see car headlights going past in a line but no cars. I think this photo is lovely because it is showing rather warm colours from the cars on the road that is a dark grey or greenish, the majority of this photo has quite cool colours. I think it is interesting that she has got a photograph of playgrounds next to motorway as this isn't a common occurrence in many places. This photo is called 'A Modern Project', I think she called the photo that because it shows so much modernisation with the roads and the fact that the whole photo is lit up by street lamps.

Rut Blees Luxemburg is a German photographer who takes photos in London, these photos are usually taken at night. She uses long exposure so that she can use the light emitted from London instead of using her own light, long exposure makes the lights look like they are glowing. She uses a 5 x 4 camera that 'requires slowness'. The colours and tones she uses makes her work recognisable in an instant because of the cold greens/blues next to the warm oranges and reds.