Ibris Khan

Ibris Khan is a London based artist who focuses on an array of techniques and mediums from photography, painting to sculpture and film. He takes photographs from other sources as well as entire books and overlays them to create these compelling and abstract black and white images. His work evokes a very intense form of energy. The huge amount of layers creates a very provocative sense of texture. His photographs also reflect something spiritual with their use of movement and ambiguity.

Stephanie Jung

Stephanie Jung is a photographer based in German who as a passion for experimental photography using overlay and montage techniques. She takes her own photographs of places shes traveled and overlays them together. She picks places that stand out to her where she is really compelled by the ambiance and environment. Her work is a reflection of lost moments that cant be taken back as well as capturing the energy of somewhere such as a bustling city or eerie country road. Her work really emphasizes a sense of energy created by city environments which is also emphasized by the vivid colours used. Similar to Khan’s work, her use of overlay techniques gives a new sense of life to the image evoked by the intense textures that run through the image.

“My work is a lot about everyday scenes from a city, I take the images during a walk through the cities. I do not plan to take images from a special motive, it happens very spontaneously, I find beauty both in calm and busy moments, as I think both represent life at its best.” – The Phoblographer interview

Another view of Paris

I was really drawn to the photograph above by Jung which features a view overlooking the city in Paris. For this photograph she took various photographs moments apart, which evokes the movement of the cars as they drive up and down the road. The photographs features a very artistic colour scheme with its intriguing grey and yellow sky line contrasted with the blue buildings and vivid streak of red from the lights.

This was taken in 2009 on top of the Arche de Triomphe, watching Paris at night with my friends. The view was amazing, the La Defense district at the back, and the road in front with all the cars rushing from one place to another. It’s my favorite image because of the warm lighting and the coloured lights of the cars. –COOPH interview (2014)

Both artists use this technique to add energy into their work. The strong use of texture give both artists work a very crowded effect. Jung’s work evokes the atmosphere of her environment with its use of scenery and vivid colour and bold use of colour scheme, her work also reflects a romantic influence with the use scenery and colour, which evokes beauty. Khans work on the other hand is a lot more conceptual, the often indistinguishable shapes evoke something eerie or ghostly, his work is a lot more subtly compared to Jung’s chaotic landscapes. I like Jung’s use of rich colours and textures to make her work evoke a sense of energy and an exaggerated ambiance into scenery of her photographs which is something I plan on incorporating into my own work.

The Textured Moments of Stephanie Jung

Stephanie Jung’s Layered New York Photos Convey the City’s Chaos.