If the word ‘melancholy’ does not appear in this post, I am not doing my job. Sure the photographs of Garmonique are a little on the gloomy side, but that doesn’t stop them from being absolutely gorgeous. The color and composition of each is tremendous. (Can color/composition be described as tremendous? Probably not, but these shots are great enough that I willing to bend any vocabulary rules you might subscribe to.) He captures a very specific mood. I feel lost and lonely — but in a good way. Mysterious, dark and yes, melancholic indeed. That one image of the ocean reminds me a lot of the Hiroshi Sugimoto shot used for U2’s last album cover.
A bunch more on his Behance.
Sterile is the word that comes to mind. But beautiful!
Stunning photos. Love that first one.
I can almost hear the thousands of electronic musicians simultaneously emailing him asking for album covers…
Oh my wow.
The photos convey a very somber mood. They look like stills from an independent/artsy film. Nicely done!
Nice indeed. Been seeing a lot of this fog photography lately. Using clouds as a blank canvas?
I’ve been following his work on Flickr for sometime, LOVE it. I really dig his use of fog in his photographs.
Hauntingly beautiful.
Genius! Genius!! Genius!!! (sung in opera voice from mr. deeds)
Criminy, these are amazing…
these are really beautiful. how would he go about capturing images like this?
his work is totaly awesome.
i remember one photo that had bright sky but very dark cloud (from i gess some factory) on it. amazing.
and still, no matter how many picture he does
he still suprise me with new ones
ridiculous…some of these are like something from a tarkovsky film.
I’m really impressed by his work, his compositions and the mood he creates… it’s just amazing! absolutely amazing!
amazing! Thanks for sharing this great artist. I agree that his mood is perfect!!! I love those type of photos.
The one of the b&w ocean is VERY similar to a shot I just posted to my flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonuel/4747448505/
Keep posting some of this great stuff.
Cheers,
Really love these pics, especially the first one. It actually really reminds me of Lights Out Asia’s most recent album cover (Tanks and Recognizers). Here’s a link to the cover art…see any similarities? Think I like this photographer’s pic better though. Btw, this album is amazing, and their previous one (Garmonia) is amazing too…Jakub should def check it out…should be right up his alley.
http://bit.ly/d7ltRc