Wednesday, 10 September 2014

W ( 3 ) -Todd Hido

Nothing is done on purposed but Todd Hido's photographs did capture all the shining lights on the unusual door or window.

Todd Hido

The greatest thing about the photos are because of the great timing and the atmosphere. As the photos were taken at the golden hour when the sun is about to set and the lights is perfect in every photos. Besides, the perfect misty situation that gives a tint of softness, created the mysterious situation with the composition of houses that makes you wonder, " what's going on? "






Light travels in the speed that makes it invisible, and maybe the reason why lights is so magical is because it's identity of the 7 colours. The great exposure that gives different tonality in every photo of the houses in Todd Hido's photographs has translated the feeling of isolation and a pulse of sadness. 

Every houses has it's own story, the family or couple or a bunch of friends, Todd Hido created a sense of isolation with the warmness from the lights coming through the windows or doors, yet being bounced back by the loneliness. It's kinda like singing a lullaby own your own, it'a happy yet sad.

I personally think that the fog is great, by the softness of the harsh lights, it makes the photo more completed not only the houses standing alone but the atmosphere of being alone.

Maybe Tood Hido's Hunting Houses is a translation of what Annie Proulx once wrote, " Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved. " 

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