Photographers Research Four : Daniella Zalcman's

Photographers Research Four: Daniella Zalcman:

Daniella Zalcman:
She is a documentary photographer that graduated with an architecture degree in 2009. She is based in between London and New York. She works with the International Women's Media Foundation and is the founder of Women Photograph. She is part of the movement trying to elevate the voices of female and non-binary visual journalists. She also lectures at high schools and Universities. 


Image Bank:

This is a double exposure of a  London street layered over a New York street. I like this image because of the contrasting scenery and the different angles the camera was at. This gives the impression that there are people are walking in the air. 

I like this image because of the double decker bus and the yellow taxi in the bottom right hand corner. It shows Zalcman's internal struggle between these two identities that she has. Her past belongs in London as that is where she's been raised but her future has taken her to New York and so she lives between the two. 

I like how the road in the London image uses leading lines and disappears off into the distance, like it's drawing us into the image. This could symbolise how New York has drawn Zalman in, and yet she is still not ready to let go of her home. 

This image truly illustrates how different New York and London are. London is build on hundreds of years of history and this shows in the architecture and yet New York has such a rich past in itself. It is almost as if she is trying to find a consistency between the two places where she is comfortable enough to make her home.

The predominant part of this image is the New York architecture, this may suggest that she is being won over by New York, and swept up by the culture that has accumulated and exists there. 

I like this image as it is as if Daniella Zalcman is torn between these two diverse and complex places. Her home is London but New York is the place to go for glory. This image perfectly illustrates her internal conflict about her work and her home. 
Influence and Summary:
I used Daniella Zalcman's work inspiration and incorporated juxtaposition into double exposures by layering two incongruous landscapes over each other, like a before and after shot of the land that was once there. 

Here are some examples of my work: