Hellen Van Meene is one of my favourite photographers of all
time. Her images are a constant influence throughout my studies and work as a
photographer, no matter what my project may be. What I love about Hellen’s work
is how effective her photographs are even thought they are incredibly simple.
Nothing appears too forced within her images; they kind of seem natural even
though some are staged. Hellen uses medium format for her images, often in
squared format. This can be a very challenging yet interesting technique in
having to only show so much information in the image, while keeping it simple.
Her colour palette is in keeping with her simplistic theme, and is often very
neutral and very effective because of this. Her images are highly driven with
the subject’s importance and just enough of the environment surrounding the
subject to tell a story or situation. I feel Hellen’s work; especially her
Environmental Portraiture is extremely effective and is a huge influence for my
current project. These elements of Hellen Van Meene’s work will tie into my own
environmental portraiture work.
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