Thomas Kellner
Thomas Kellner is a German photographer. He became known for his photographs of famous architectural monuments, which are fragmented into many individual images to look like photo mosaics. Each final image consists of at least thirty photos.
Kellner works with a single-lens reflex camera and 35mm film. After developing the film, Kellner cuts it into strips of equal length and assembles them into one large negative. This is then used to produce the contact sheet, on which the meta-information about the film and the respective number of the shot is still visible. Usually photographers use the contact sheet to make a selection of the photographed individual images, which are then enlarged. Normally it is never part of the finished photographs. Kellner allows for the information to still be visible on the film in his finished photographs.
Kellner works with a single-lens reflex camera and 35mm film. After developing the film, Kellner cuts it into strips of equal length and assembles them into one large negative. This is then used to produce the contact sheet, on which the meta-information about the film and the respective number of the shot is still visible. Usually photographers use the contact sheet to make a selection of the photographed individual images, which are then enlarged. Normally it is never part of the finished photographs. Kellner allows for the information to still be visible on the film in his finished photographs.
My Response
I made an image in the style of Thomas Kellner's work. I chose to take a photo of The Shard building in London and edit it to look like one of Kellner's contact sheets. The process involved duplicating the photo several times and placing the duplicate layers at different angles. I then used a contact sheet template to place over the top of the image. I then deleted parts of each angled layer beneath the contact sheet layer. This allowed each window of the contact sheet to show different angled areas to show through.
Below is the original photo of The Shard, which I converted to black and white before working on it.
I made an image in the style of Thomas Kellner's work. I chose to take a photo of The Shard building in London and edit it to look like one of Kellner's contact sheets. The process involved duplicating the photo several times and placing the duplicate layers at different angles. I then used a contact sheet template to place over the top of the image. I then deleted parts of each angled layer beneath the contact sheet layer. This allowed each window of the contact sheet to show different angled areas to show through.
Below is the original photo of The Shard, which I converted to black and white before working on it.
What Went Well
I wanted to use a famous building that people recognise. It was easy to take the picture of The Shard as I live in London. The layering and changing the angle of each layer was easy to do and the contact sheet template was supplied by my teacher, which looks really good in the final picture.
Even Better If
I think that too much of the final image is sky. This makes the picture a bit boring in the top part. I think I could have found a different building that would have filled more of the picture, or taken a picture of The Shard from a closer and different angle.
Final image
Below is the final image I made.
I wanted to use a famous building that people recognise. It was easy to take the picture of The Shard as I live in London. The layering and changing the angle of each layer was easy to do and the contact sheet template was supplied by my teacher, which looks really good in the final picture.
Even Better If
I think that too much of the final image is sky. This makes the picture a bit boring in the top part. I think I could have found a different building that would have filled more of the picture, or taken a picture of The Shard from a closer and different angle.
Final image
Below is the final image I made.