FEEDLY READER RESPONSE #2

While browsing the blog fototazo, I read a specific post title "The Image: Stephen Connell, from the series 'Wasted light' " which grabbed my attention.  Stephen Connell is a photographer who made a blog post on 1/23/14 about a series of photographs he had taken called "Wasted light".  In the post he explains why he is drawn to the scenes in his images and why he decided to make them into a series.  "Wasted light" is a series of images derived from child hood memories and is made up of images of night time landscapes illuminated by lights.  Connell explains that as a child growing up in the rural country side of England he was fascinated with "seeing the orange glow illuminating the sky from the direction of the nearest neighboring town nine miles away" he explains.  During his last year studying art he decided to create a series of images which captured something that had fascinated him for many years.   This is how he came up with the idea to create the series "Wasted light".

I do not only enjoy the images but I also an really intrigued by the story behind why he created the series and titled it "Wasted light".  Personally I enjoy taking photos at night of lights, which often create an abstract image, but also with images with bold colors. Presently there is a lot of discussion and art centered around the topic of wasting energy and electricity.  At first when I looked at the title of the series and the photo I thought that wasting electricity was the topic or reason behind creating the body of images. But after reading the blog post I was presently surprised to find out that it was created because of a life long fascination. I too have always had a fascination with specific images but have not necessarily tied it all together into specific theme. I want to do several follow up readings and research on Stephen Connell and his work because I enjoy it and believe it could help me with my photography. 

Here is a link to the blog post Here is a link to the series "Wasted light" on Stephen Connell's website