Le audaci fotografie di strada di Michelle Groskopf
Artobjects • Photography
Fotografa di nazionalità canadese, trapiantata a Los Angeles, Michelle Groskopf ha raggiunto la fama internazionale per le sue immagini di strada dallo stile accattivante e immediatamente riconoscibile.
Le sue fotografie, spontanee e dirette, caratterizzate da colori ipersaturi, dall’uso esplicito del flash e da inquadrature strettissime, rivelano un approccio alla street photography tutt’altro che discreto: Groskopf attraversa lo spazio urbano con decisione, instaurando una relazione diretta, a tratti fisica, con i soggetti ritratti, dei quali riesce a cogliere gesti e sguardi in momenti di forte intensità espressiva.
I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto surrounded by shopping carts and old ladies in headscarves. That’s all I knew for the longest time. Housing developments, strip malls, backyards and Jewish summer camp. It was comforting, one of those good childhoods and I loved it. As I got older I caught the notion of other things, other places I wanted to see. I fled straight for the city, and then kept going till I managed to get as far away I could. At some point I started taking photos. Photos of shopping carts and old ladies in headscarves, people wandering around strip malls. It didn’t matter what city I was in, I’d find them, these people that seemed so familiar to me. I’d get so close to them with my camera they would be forced to talk to me. They’d ask me why and I would tell them that I thought they were beautiful.
Michelle Groskopf
I suoi lavori sono stati pubblicati su The British Journal Of Photography, American Photo
PHOTOGRAPHER. Michelle Groskopf @michellegroskopf
IMAGES © mgroskopf.com
