>>2967846>>2967915>>2967918OP here. I do realize that Gursky works are printed big, and I think the intended format coincides with a certain aesthetic quality that's detectable even on a monitor.
>>2967625I found this article that touches on this aesthetic quality.
https://stevemiddlehurstcontextandnarrative.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/the-deadpan-aesthetic/>In summary Deadpan photography is a cool, detached, and unemotional presentation and, when used in a series, usually follows a pre-defined set of compositional and lighting rules.>The Bechers’ set of “rules” included clean, black and white pictures taken in a flat grey light with straight-on compositions that perfectly lent themselves to their presentation methodology of large prints containing a montage of nine or more similar objects to allow the study of types (typology) in the style of an entomologist.I'm a babby in this field and I've never studied art (!!), but this visual style has tickled my peepee so I decided to come out of lurking. I'd describe Huhner as a work of two extremes: structure and texture, distant and close. From far away, or viewed as a thumbnail, the horizon and vanishing point stand out immediately. When up close, or zoomed in, we see units of texture (chickens, trees, mounds of grass). The work is an entirely visual phenomenon, vast and lacking emotion and meaning. It's a distinctly cold and inhuman take on photography.
I feel like I could use the Brenzier method with my Coolpix A (Ricoh GR clone) to emulate this style, any other advice that could help me would be great. Here's another Gursky that makes my point.
