Yener Torun is an absract minimalist photographer who was born in Turhal, Turkey in 1982. His portfolio mainly consists of colorful, bold and minimal photographs of architecture and other man made structures.

His photographs usually flatten space, they emphasise and exaggerate  line and color instead of image depth. He alters the urban landscape, by re-framing structures as geometric abstractions and creates an alternative reality by abstracting architectural structures from their usual place into a brand new sense of space.

Below are some examples of his work…

From his work I take the idea that you are able to use pattern, colour and geometric architecture in order to flatten dimensions and create an abstract, minimal landscape.

Here is my personal response to Yener Torun’s work…

From some of my favourite images from throughout the projects I have decided to group those that are aesthetically or literally linked with others.

Here are the compiled image pieces…

For an trip with the school photography department we visited the Havre Des Pas / La Collette area of St Helier in order to take some landscape photographs.

Here is the route that we took marked in red…

And here is the photo-shoot from the visit which I have visually annotated in order to assist me picking out my favourite images for editing and putting aside…

From this photo-shoot I have edited my favourite images, I believe that the images from this photo-shoot have some very effective shapes and textures within them; and here are the outcomes…

This blog post shows some edits that I have done of my photographs of the diverse and incredible landscapes of Hong-Kong.

Here is a one-off landscape photo-shoot of a windsurfer that I wanted to present on the blog but I did not feel that it perfectly matched the project.

From this short photo-shoot here were my favourite outcomes…

Here are my favourite outcomes from my urban and altered landscape photo-shoot, these pieces have been done with inspiration and influence from The New Topographics.

With these photographs I have aimed to present my raw camera skills and display the pure aesthetic pleasure of man made landscapes and how man made structures can impact natural landscapes.

Urban & Altered Landscapes Photo-Shoot

Here is my raw Urban & Altered landscape photo-shoot. I have visually annotated the contact sheets of the shoot in order to help myself when picking out my favourite images to edit or put aside. My favourite outcomes from this photo-shoot will be presented in my following blog post.

Here are my favourite outcomes from my natural landscape photo-shoot, these pieces have been done with inspiration and influence from the landscape photographers Michael Boniwell and Ansel Adams.

With these photographs I have aimed to present my raw camera skills and display the pure aesthetic pleasure of natural landscapes.

NATURAL LANDSCAPE PHOTO-SHOOT

Here is my raw natural landscape photo-shoot. I have visually annotated the contact sheets of the shoot in order to help myself when picking out my favourite images to put aside or edit. My favourite outcomes from this natural landscape photo-shoot will be presented in my following blog post.

Here is a basic mood board which I have put together as to how I plan to balance natural and urban landscapes within this project.