The three exhibits from the eight I chose to write about are the Falling Waters Exhibit, the Scenes from the Blackout Exhibit, and the Yossi Milo Gallery’s Grand Tour Exhibit.
The Falling Waters Exhibit is in the Flower Gallery in 529 West 20th Street, and the photographer is Boomoon. The subject of the exhibit is falling waters either of a black and white waterfall or just water with bubbles going towards the surface. The images all include water moving in a way, from it falling or an air bubble rising from the deep. All images of land are in black and white to help focus on the water rather than the environment, all those with bubbles are in a shade of blue to help focus on the water more, and all images are taken from eye level. The photographer wanted to focus mainly on the water in all his images and how interesting it is.
The Grand Tour Exhibit is in the Yossi Milo Gallery on 245 10th Avenue, and the photographer is Markus Brunetti. The subject of the exhibit is about cathedrals and how they used to stand over the towns they were in. The images feature the cathedrals full appearance and color, the images are big as well. The images show the cathedral without the surrounds showing, so the focus is the cathedrals and how tall they are when they were built. The images appear to be from eye level, despite how tall the images are. The photographer wanted the focus to on how the cathedrals stood over the towns they were in by having such large pictures in the exhibit to emphasize how large they were.
The Blackout Exhibit is in the David Zwirner Gallery on 525 W. 19th Street, and the photographer is Stan Douglas. The subject of the exhibit is about how the city was when the blackout happened, from the people to areas like highways and street. The images show how dark the city was, how people reacted either calmly or stealing, and how difficult it was. The images are from all different kinds characteristics, different angles of views, focus, tones, rules of thirds, etc. There is no definite style to how the images were show, which helps how the message is given. The city was in chaos with people reacting differently to the blackout and having the styles be different helps get the message out.
Good descriptions.
An important thing to mention when writing about the Markus Brunetti photos is that they are constructed from thousands (up to 3,000!) photos. that is how he gets that perfectly rectilinear perspective.
The Stan Dougls exhibit as you state are images of New York during a blackout. But they are staged images entirely set up by the photographer and do not reflect a specific incident. this isn’t clear from what you wrote.