Week 2: Alienation by Anelia Loubser

Friday, August 01, 2014 Ching Lea Yee 0 Comments

One of my ideas for Exercise 1 "(Extra)Ordinary" was to photograph people or everyday objects in an unusual point-of view. Because I think that it is a challenge to think about what what subjects are appropriate for this exercise, and then challenge myself again to find an unusual perspective on your subject. For example, to use something natural such as a tree, wall of a building or a window to frame my shot. Get low on the ground to take a picture from a very different angle.

Focus on a specific part of a person, object, or structure, instead of all of it. So as to intentionally cut off a part of the subject or scene. Or even place something in between me and my subject or scene to offer a distinct perspective.

These photographs are portrait shots done by Anelia Loubser, who is based in Cape Town, titled “Alienation". It is a collection of portraits that challenges the viewer by using creative tactics based on the concept:

" 'If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change’ – Wayne Dyer,” Loubser quotes.

Though it seems absolutely bizarre at first, the idea behind the series is to see things from a new perspective. By selectively cropping and flipping the dark portraits in her “Alienation” series, Loubser makes basic human portraits look like creepy alien close-ups.