Back in the analogue era the multiple exposure was often a budding photographer’s first step towards forging an artistic style. Former architecture student and successful freelance photographer Daniella Zalcman however has turned the form into a love letter of sorts to two beautiful cities. Daniella Zalcman is a Vietnamese-American documentary photographer based on new York and London and she was born in 1986. Her work mainly focuses on the western colonisation and the comparison between London and New York architecture.

 

The reason why I have decided to select the artist is because I'm intrigued by her use of double expose, as well as the warm colours she creates through her images captured on a film camera. Her images also makes you think about all the different people livening in these areas as there are lots of  different people walking around in some of her images. She also gets to travel a lot to take pictures of all of these different landscapes and this also means that she is able to meet the local people there.

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One reason why I really enjoy her work is because of all the different colours that pop out at you   and  lot of different shapes and sizes. Daniella Zalcman  also took her images in long shot so she was able to take images of   the whole image and the camera  will be in lots of different angles and position.  Her work also gives you  a chance to see all the different monuments in London. I also find her work quite  chaotic and abstracted because there is a lot of different thing that   are going on in her images and it look very interesting. We can also see that Daniella Zalcman also creates lots of different and interesting patterns whilst double exposing her images and she also creates lots of different lines are from all the different architecture that she has taken images of and this really interests me and make me want to take images that are inspired by her. This also makes the images really abstract as you usually would not see these kinds of images and it is really interesting to look at.

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The meaning behind double exposing two cities together is so that we can see that everyone is the same no matter where you are from or were you were born. This also shows that everyone should be treated equally as and it does not matter were you live. Another thing that has really interested me is the fact that there is a heavy contrast of different colours creating these kind of gloomy images. 

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instead of taking her images with an ordinary camera she uses her iPhone and edits them using a smartphone which really confuses and fascinates me because it just shows that you do not have to pay a lot of money to be able to create some images that are this good. You can just find some things at home and make some use out of it.

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The reason that she has double exposed the two cites together is to show how similar and different these two places can be. As they both have lots of different architecture and different patterns however they both are buildings even if they do not look the same.

The artist herself said, “’New York + London’ explores place, memory, and identity through architecture and nostalgia. My hope is that in the noise and silence, everyone will find something that feels like home.” Another reason why I believe that she has double exposed these two cities together is to show her love for both of these places as it makes her feel more at home.

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Her work has really inspired me and I can not wait to take images that have been inspired by her as I know I will have a lot of fun trying to take these images.