Sammy Baloji v  Liu Bolin

Sammy Baloji is a photographer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He works in Lubumbashi and Brussels, and held exhibitions in Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Bilbao, Cape Town and Bamako. He worked on anthropocene artists photographs, such as ..

Why have you chosen this artist?

I’ve chosen this artist because I admire his work and the way he presents his photographs. the way he contras colours and the way his image is presented out interests me the most because it shows us that he takes a lot of work and effort into his images. I want to recreate similar, aesthetic images such as some of his most famous photos. His work relates to anthroponce because its to do with trees and how we are affecting the planet which shows us an insight into the bigger picture he is trying to get across. I am going to respond to his work by recreating similar images such as these:

Here is one of my own images, to nature and sea.

Liu Bolin

Liu Bolin is a contemporary artist born in China’s Shandong province, who specialises in self-portraits where he is disguised to match his surroundings. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Shandong College of Arts in 1995 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2001. His work is very inspiring, especially if you love nature. I love the idea of taking photos of nature and making it look presentable and showing the world how we are destroying the planet ourselves and I think this is how the two photographers relate because they are both giving the world an insight as to how we are ruining the world, however Bolin more focusing on flowers and beautiful nature which is what I prefer. Bolin’s work relates to the theme of anthroponce because. This is what makes them so similar yet so difference as they are both trying to resemble the same thing but in different ways. As a response to this I am going to photograph nature.

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Both artists respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination sustaining an openness, wonder, and curiosity about the world which is what I admire in these images. I like the fact you can take photos of certain and still backgrounds focusing on stuff that we can change and affect.