Alain Briot Fine Art Photography

Ciels, Nuages & Evanescences
(Sky, Clouds and Evanescent Events)
Portfolio

Introduction
This series consists of images in which the Sky is the prominent feature.

The series explores the different ways that the Sky can be the main source of interest in the image, be it clouds, rainbows, black Sky, sun star, cloud reflections, etc.

In these images the importance given to the land is minimized. In some images the land is reduced to an horizon line. In other images the land is only a point of reference for the horizon

No attempt is made to find an interesting feature in the land or to balance the relative importance of the land and the Sky. The tenet here is that these images are about the Sky and that the Sky is the main subject. These images are therefore expected to be out of balance with the Sky taking the upper hand.

A number of images in this series were originally composed with a significant amount of land. They were re-composed for this series in several different ways. For some images I cropped the image to remove most of the land area. For other images I stretched the Sky to give it a more prominent role. In those images I left the land unchanged. This increased the height or the image but only in the Sky portion or the photograph.

Focusing on the Sky is easier if the land does not have prominent features. The lack of interest of the land means that the Sky is the redeemer. In such locations it is the Sky that makes the photograph. If the Sky works, we have a photograph. If the Sky does not work there is no source of interest.

Editing
As of now, August 23rd, 2016, this series is a work in progress. It will be edited. Some of the images may be removed, some may be added, some may be modified, the order in which they are presented may be changed, this statement may be edited.

New images will also be added. Right now the images presented here were selected from my previous work, going back 15 years or so. These images were not created for this series. Some of what inspired me to create them may have been similar but I was also motivated by other sources of inspiration. As my reflections on this series continues I will be creating images specifically for this series.

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Ciel #52 - same as Plateau Cloudscape image file

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