Color Photo Assignment #0

"Broccoli Forest" by Sam Stawara

For this assignment, we were instructed to recreate a photo "in our own way" using the same lighting and composition, but with an entirely different content or idea. We were given two photos to choose from and I chose to recreate a photo by Richard Misrach called Hawaii XV. I read up on Misrach and found that a majority of his work is based on his fascination of landscapes. I also found more photos from his Hawaii collection that are just like this one. I noticed the similarities of night time photography as well as the harsh flash light that is used in a few of his Hawaii photos. I duplicated this same type of lighting in my photo with the shadows and all. It took me a while to decide how I was going to duplicate the look of the trees and suddenly thought of broccoli. From there, I just went with it to recreate a forest looking environment. I named my photo, "Broccoli Forest". The composition, color and lighting are all very similar to Misrach's Hawaii XV which is exactly what I was looking for for this assignment. I have included a copy of Misrach's work so that they can be easily compared.

"Hawaii XV" by Richard Misrach