The art photographer: Achraf BAZNANI
The art photographer: Achraf BAZNANI
!Photographer Achraf BAZNANI tells about his form of work and what stands behind it. Amazing and fascinating work to know how an artist works. Must read
Photography has always been my passion. I am a self-taught artist photographer, but I wanted to go a step beyond normal shots, and focused more on photo manipulation. That is why Photo manipulation software is such a great tool for me, because I can carve out my thoughts in the photos. The first photo I took for instance, is Spider Baby, which is a strange depiction of a baby seemingly crawling along a wall, with his siblings on the floor trying to reach up to him. The obvious questions for this photo would be, how did he get up there, and how was the photo shot? This is a simple example of how I love to make people use their minds when they see my photos
I love to be creative and innovative with my digitally-enhanced photos, and my main aim is to have viewers ponder and reflect. I try to place myself in the shoes of the viewers, and think, what would they think, and what sort of questions will they likely pose. Then, I move forward and embark on a creative project. This is the way I love to work
I think photos are not simply shots which have been captured and produced by the camera itself, but as an interesting way to make people aware about various things and these also provide the best way to explain and show the feelings of a photographer. In my series “Inside My Dreams (2012-today)”, viewers will find a mirror that will reflect the image of their lives and the situations that they deal with and the problems that they all need to face in real life. There will be insightful messages as well as interesting ideas that arise from those unique photos and compositions
With surrealism you can take a break from reality. I believe that with my photos I can have people think outside the box, and with normal things we find around us every day, I still manage to convey a special message. I do not want to be complicated, but just inspirational and distinctive. So I like to use normal, simple things we find around us every day. If there is something that inspires me in some way, or is notice something, I start to think about how I can use it in a photo. I break down possibilities, and try to be innovative. Then I start to shoot photos and experiment with digital manipulation until I have a creative photo that makes viewers ponder and contemplate
The model, particularly the small man presented in all of my artworks is nobody else but myself. When I was young I was always fascinated by miniatures and fairy tale and fantasy movies and things of small scale, I used tilt-shift to create small worlds by Photoshop and then I thought to myself, why not putting myself in a dreamy and surreal world
I like to use myself for most of the shots because the messages I usually convey are either personal thoughts or things I believe in or really care about. What inspires me in everyday life practically fuels my passion for my work. It is ultimately a touch of personalization and it helps me to ultimately offer a better product. I use self portraiture to create characters that are a representation of surreal, dreamy, ironic and passionate world I would love to live in
As I said it is all about being inspired by something. So I basically use the story I heard, or the idea I had to take a photo. Each image starts with an idea and a draft on paper of the story and then the camera and the editing are the tools to bring to life what's in the creator's mind, a fantasy dream world hanging within the limits of surrealism and supernatural. My favorite parts are layering and image sharpening, by layering I create images and alter those using functions such as layers, edit an image by adding new layers without altering the original image or add and subtract layers as my work on an image to create the final product. In Photoshop, I use the smart tools to sharpen image to minimize every issues with photo blurring. Although I also love the end of most projects when everything comes together and it looks great and you can stand back and say Hey, I made that
Surrealism takes us from the real world to a dreaming one. We can recreate and share our dreams or surrealist ideas in real life through photography
A link to his great site
And to his Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDAhsBRwh9Q
