Artist Research - Alex Saberi

Alex Saberi's 'Rainy london Windows' consists of photographs taken through windows with the focus on the water droplets on the windw, and colourful cityscape in the background. They have highly saturated colours which are produced by lights in the background. One of his series of photographs is called London Reflected in the Rain, which features photographs of puddles which show reflections of other people walking and recongnisable buildings such as the London Eye and Big Ben. Another body of work she has is named London Windows, which consists of photographs combining the reflection in the window and also what is n the other side of the window, ceating an almost ghostly effect..

London reflected in the rain

This photograph features various colours and looks very vibrant, despite appearing to be photograph at night. It gives the impression that London is always active, whatever the weather and time of day, due to the bike being featured, and the colours which make it seem full of life. the focus is also on the shadow, jiding the idently of the bike rider, giving a sense of mystery around the photograph, aswell as feeling welcoming due to the use of colour. This is a theme thoughout this body of work, as we never see a persons face, with often a distorted body though the reflection in the water. It almost feels like a portal into another world, in the sense that everything is turned upside down, and looks more colourful than what we usually see the world as.

Rainy London windows 

This photograph follows the theme of rain and unidentified people which the previous photograph has. The main differece being that this is not  areflection, but rather taken throug a rainsoaked window. Rather than getting the impression of another world turned upside down, if gives a feeling of being trapped, looking out onot the world through a window. There is less use of colour in this body of work, and instead puts more focus on the macro details that are the rain droplets. We instead get the feeling f looking out at our world but behind a barrier, restricting us from seeing it the way it really is. Whereas 'London reflected in the rain' gives a sense of a more vibrant world, this body of work makes the locations seem less pleasant.

London Windows

 

 Unlike the previous bodies of work by Alex Saberi, this body of work does not focus on water or rain, but instead the reflection created by windows. The photographs cmbine the world on the other side o the window, and the reflection. This creates a ghostly effect to the photograoh, in the merging of the two worlds.