1 min 1 image: Qi Zhang

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Qi Zhang

Qi Zhang
Larry Chen "Mustang Meltdown"
2015

I selected this image because it shows the fusion of two completely different atmospheres. This image is all about contrast--color, movement, even the emotion, between a peaceful after-snow town and a drifting race car. They should not fit each other but in this image this combination looks so natural. At this moment, the wild car breaks the peace of the small town, at the same time the small town and the snow calms the car down.

Just like our life, full of contrasts.

ABOUT

This blog was inspired by the 1 Image 1 Minute written column in X-TRA and subsequent live iterations of the project by Micol Hebron. The inspiration for the 1 Image 1 Minute column was a similar project produced by Belgian director Agnès Varda (and later written about by Rosalind Krauss) for French television in 1983.

For this blog (and their assignment), students in Niku Kashef's photography classes are asked to select a photograph (that they did not make) that inspires or intrigues them in some way and to speak about it for exactly 1 minute (roughly 150 written words). Students post their name, the artists' name, title of the photograph, year the photograph was made and the medium along with their ~150 words.

In the second part of the assignment, students are asked to either use the image they chose to speak to OR a new image and make an inspiration image based on the photographic/2d design aspects of that image (eg direction/type of light, perspective, depth of field, focus, color palate, etc).

To add to this blog and contribute a post, please contact niku(at)csun(dot)edu