Billy Kidd
Billy Kidd is an American
self-taught photographer born in 1980. He took a series of photographs of
decaying flowers. The flowers are in the natural process of dying, therefore
each flower is at a different stage. I like how these photographs have a black
background, and you cannot see the whole flower, you can only see a part of it.
Some parts of the flowers are vibrant and bright, whereas other parts are very
dark and difficult to see. These photographs relate to my theme as some people might
think the dead flowers are not perfect and shouldn’t be photographed. Billy
makes the flowers look delicate even though they are dead.
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He captures the flowers in a
different way, as he shows the natural shapes and forms the petals create. If I
were to interpret his work, then I would take a series of photographs of
flowers, using close up camera angles. I would use a low shutter speed for
example 1/80, to make the photograph darker. I would use a variety of different
flowers, one that has blossomed, and then one that is slowly decaying, and then
one that is completely dead. I would use a black backdrop as it will make it
easier to have the photograph darker, and the focus on the flower. I would then
edit the photographs.
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