Edward Burtynsky: Reservoir Photoshoot

For this photoshoot I went to Val de La mare reservoir, I captured the reservoir from different angles, which included the wall and the small turret. The wall caught my eye as I found the water marks gave this really exaggerated and in-depth look which reminded me of the theme, Anthropocene. It shows the indicate but exaggerated contrasting details, creating the ageing look from over time.

I chose to capture this area from specific angles, as this overall created really interesting photos. For example I thought capturing the reservoir water with the wall appearing from the side, gave this really unique look to the photo. This creates engaging leading lines to the small turret coming off the wall at an angle.

I experimented with capturing the wall coming in from angles which leads to the centre of the photo. To make this more engaging I cropped my favourite images down to make the turret the centre focus. This way I thought gave interesting depth.

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