Intersections - Nguyen Dang Binh

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Murat Germen
Reading the Space as an Entity - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele,
Milan, Italy
30 inches x 10 inches
Panoramic photography
Electronic Art and Animation Catalog Art Gallery Artworks
CONTACT
Murat Germen
Sabanci Üniversitesi
Orhanli
34956 Tuzla Istanbul, Turkey
muratgermen@sabanciuniv.edu
ARTIST STATEMENT
One of the main characteristics of panoramic photography is its ability
to let one perceive the object, subject, and space of interest as an
entity in relation to their surroundings. Many details on the periphery
that would normally be left out in single frames become centralized
in panoramic photography. As a consequence, you end up with a
particular life form of its own kind, which turns out to be the synthesis
of individual forms, in other words a sui generis situation. This
unique narrative can be extended to cubist works and Ottoman miniatures
where unrealistic multifaceted descriptions can be observed.
It also reminds us of Piranesi’s drawings depicting complicated,
interwoven three-dimensional worlds.
TECHNICAl STATEMENT
This photo was captured by a digital camera (Canon EOS 5D) and
stitched together using the software called Autostitch. After the
stitching process, the image was retouched in Photoshop for color
correction. Though some of the images in the series were later
turned into QTVRs, all of them were kept and printed as panoramic
photos, since the above mentioned multi-faceted “cubist” quality
was much better preserved in this particular format, as opposed to
QTVR.