mitchell kanashkevinch - famous photographer as role model
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MITCHELL KANASHKEVICH
“A curious world wanderer”
MITCHELL KANASHKEVICH
Mitchell Kanashkevich is known for his passion in capturing
different
cultures that some of us today have no knowledge of, their lifestyle,
their state of living and traditional practices.
He always aim to capture the human element within the
environment whether it is challenging or dangerous.
He’s a travel and documentary photographer that showcases a
rather unique technique in capturing moments that are far beyond
what our
eyes can see.
CAREER
“I freelance and shoot documentary photo
stories on the above mentioned topics. Much of
my travel/documentary photography is
represented by Getty Images, while my cultural
portraits, both color and black and white are in
the private collections of photo lovers and
collectors worldwide.”
-Mitchell
Kanashkevich
MITCHELL KANASHKEVICH
He’s a photographer now based in Australia
He has the style of black and white and very high contrast colors in his
photos
He conveys the emotion of the moment through the use of natural lighting
and the environment’s features to interpret the power of the image
He studied film but he just learned how to fall in love with photography
with less equipments. He liked travelling especially in Europe and South
East Asia. He didn’t consider himself as a photo journalist but he’s more of
a mixed travel and documentary photographer. He wants the unique story of
human conditions and their adaptations to their various cultures.
He wrote this book
Called Natural Light where
he explains that you need
not
expensive gears or
equipment
to capture a very strong
image
or to convey its power once
you understood the usage of
natural lighting and proper
exposures.
Marked by Life
Farmer in the Fog
MITCHELL KANASHKEVICH
In my opinion his works brought us closer to the far
cultures of the world. His photos breathe each moment
captured alive in our eyes. It has this surrealistic feel in the
reality. He changed the dullness of a photograph with his
style and manifesto in taking images. I believe that he
successfully created a unique feel in seeing and handling
images to not just for viewing purposes but it has the sense
of empathy with use of colors and composition, which is
also a massive contribution to the field of photography.
MAKING A LIVING
He lives a simple lifestyle, his income is enough to sustain as
he have no home, he lives in a kind of suitcase and backpack
living and he has no family yet to feed. Most of his income is
contributed to the funding of his gears and trips in the future.
He does stock sales, occasional print sales, sales to
magazines and e-books as his streams of decent income.
Most of his assignments and projects are self funded
although lately he had done one for Vanity Fair.
He also had shots for Getty and Corbis Images
TECHNIQUES
He shoots in raw footage
He works on multiple layers
of the image and blending
them together in PS
Dodging, Burning and
Painting inside layer masks
He wants the image to be
striking with a surreal feeling
to perfect it but not over
processed
He takes note of his white balance to keep the
image warm and have the contrast effect.
He explores different angles to capture the moment. He does
portrait too yet with a vibrant and warm effect on it and his use of
natural lighting but sometimes an off camera flash.
Mitchell’s work [left] is very
distinct and really noticeable
that he is the photographer
compared to
Timothy Allen [below],
another travel
photographer,.
Mitchell has this drama effect on his
photo with the lively colors that really
suits in the mood of the scene.
His way of capturing an image with
the proper lighting made his photos
realistic and suggests motion.
He has this light and dark balance
on his photos and a contrast on it.
RESPONSE
I believe his works are really inspiring. It created a sense of connection to me
as I like his style of contrast and warm colors. I used to paint like that and
draw my ideas. He has an audience to maker to passion kind of cycle whereby
the way you see it is not just literally but it opens up another window where
passion is visible.
You can really see the effort and that he knows his stuff, loving what he’s
doing and just getting out there, interact with people and studying their
human plus environmental adaptations.
He’s optimistic in a way that he started small and he just really pursued his
passion on it though sometimes time will come when critics who knows little
of what photography really is brings you down. He said in one of his interview
to pursue on for amateur photographers, start small and do the thing you
enjoy. Explore and be free, be passionate on what you do.
PHOTOS
The following slides will show the five photos that I
have chosen to study with. I wouldn’t type in the
titles, I want everyone to feel the image and to
translate these feelings to words on how they
perceive them. This could be an activity to
deconstruct the photos and each insights or opinions
are open. That way we could interpret how powerful
images can be as they’re differently perceived by
people.
Very vibrant and clear. The tree on the BG is linked to the rod he’s
holding so there’s a connection between BG and FG.
The colors are semi-ivorish in a pleasing way as it portrays the feeling
of a warm day and how this man is in this particular moment
A cool BG in contrary with the focus which is the fire that the man is
holding.
There’s also depth in how the angle shows the environment and the scene.
Gives the effect of cold and windy atmosphere
A long journey ahead
Warm color diffusing to light the main subject,
Depth of field for the man on the right
Diagonal line in the composition
The light brings up the mood of the scene
Gives the effect of sanctity, seriousness and silence
A very legendary use of natural lighting from the windows like the rays
themselves are emanating from the ground.
Stuffy and hot atmosphere
Tension and seriousness with composition of the scene with all warm
colors to exacerbate the fact that it could be a fast motion combat
A black and white photo of Mitchell which then again differentiates him
from other bw photographers. Here he proves that still though you’re
image has no colors, he can still make it alive but now in a different
mood.
Speculars and highlights at the left side of his face shows a subtle
tension as he prepares to strike.
Busy BG but the FG is the main focus, it is to show the complexity of his
situation in the forest.
I could say its natural lighting as most of the light are refracted,
bounced and diffused everywhere because of the plants and trees
creating softer shadows and tones,
REFERENCES
http://www.mitchellkphotos.com/blog/faq/
http://jrphoto.wordpress.com/spotlight-interview-p
hotographer-mitchell-kanashkevich
/
http://www.mitchellkphotos.com/
http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/travel-photog
rapher-interviews-mitchell-kanashkevich
/
http://mitchellktravelphoto.wordpress.com/
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