Photography : Bill Henson

Photography by Bill Henson

Bill Henson, born on 7th of October 1955 is a photographer from Australia. His style of photography is considered as contemporary art photographer. His works has been exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries such as the Solomon R. Guggenhein Museum in New York, the Venice Biennale, the Art Gallery of South Wales in Sydney, Australia and Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. 

When I first saw his works, I was mesmerized by how beautiful the photo is. His works really convey pure and raw emotions. The use of chiaroscuro can be found throughout his works, by underexposure and adjustment in printing. Chiaroscuro can be defined as when there are big contrast between dark and light in a piece of painting, photography and other types of art. Even his photographs of landscapes bears similar traits to his portraits photos. It is really unique and a smart way in using underexpose picture as your strongest characteristics. His photographs reminds me of a painting because of some traits, such as dark, plain background with contrast object as the focus. It is beautiful and well composed. Most of his photos are landscape oriented while some are portraits oriented, some even a bit square. The way he cropped his images are to strengthen the emotions and feelings that the photographs carry and by formatting them in certain size, that can adds on to the overall look of the series.