Photographer No.1: Shinichi Maruyama

Shinichi Maruyama

I have chosen this photographer as i liked the way in which is showed elements such as water in different way and making them appear to be pure and beautiful and can create something that has never been seen before. With her 'Nude' shoot i like the way that they are capturing the beauty and the motion that come with it.

 This first photograph is from Shinichi Maruyama 'Water sculpture' shoot. By throwing the water in the air, we can establish that it is continuously changing shape in the air to create individual water sculptures which can be seen as part man-made and part natural.  The fact that it is continuously changing shape shows how fragile and incomplete water is and how beautiful it can look when captures at the exact moment of it essence.

This photograph is from Shinichi Maruyama 'Gardens' shoot. She has achieved these photographs by throwing paint across the composition. They have tried to represented the feeling they get from Zen gardens in their artwork. When looking at this specific series of photograph i noticed that every time the paint was throw, a different shape was formed each time to create a individual photograph which is different from any other. 



This photograph is from Shinichi Maruyama 'Nude' shoot which is showing the beauty of the human body and all the motions that come with it. The figure in the image, which is formed into something similar to a sculpture, is created by combining 10,000 individual photographs of a dancer.By putting together uninterrupted individual moments, the resulting image as a whole appears to be something  different from what it really is. The fact that it is called 'Nude' this related directly to the nude shades which is seen throughout whole photograph.









This photograph is from Shinichi Maruyama 'Kusho' shoot which is achieved by mixing water and black ink together and throwing it to capture it in mid motion. Shinichi Maruyama was inspired to use ink as she remembers as a child she loved the thought of having a blank piece of paper just moments before the brush hits it. Shinichi Maruyama was always excited to see a unique outcome from the brushing.





Influence
Shinichi Maruyama influenced me in a way in which i would like try and do a water shoot and create unique shapes and photographs with each shot. I also would like to try the motions of the human body by photographing load of individual motions and then combining them to show the whole motion of the human body.

Summary
Overall i like Shinichi Maruyama work as i fell like every photograph is unique and individual and new shapes are being formed with each time. The level of creative that can be made with this photographs is one of the reason why i like Shinichi Maruyama work.