LUMINOUS Hoi An - 2023

A watery world appears like a splash of Aquarelle colors spilling through a flooded rice field.

Inspiration

Réhahn has repeatedly returned to photograph Can Gio’s salt fields in different ways. As the workers rake the dried crystals, it gives the scene the geometric tranquility and beauty of a Japanese rock garden. Shallow pools are flooded with seawater, which reflects the sky, making the farmers appear to be floating in clouds.

Creation

This Impressionist photography style was created by shooting within a reflection. Striations of salt float across the image like clouds, revealing a surreal effect, as water transforms into sky. Colors and shadows work together to form a relief element that appears to be applied with a palette knife, lifting the scene from its two-dimensionality into a textural landscape.

CLOUDKEEPER Can Gio - 2023

As if balanced on thin air, a man sweeps waves of salt across a salt field in Can Gio, Vietnam.

Inspiration

Réhahn series of Impressionist photos in Can Gio’s salt fields approach the effect of reflections and salt in different ways. The scattering of salt across the flooded fields creates the effect of three-dimensional texture, as the pools reflect both the workers and the sky above.

Creation

Shot through the softening effect of a reflection, the texture of the water appears like paint applied with a palette knife. Reminiscent of the rowers immortalized by the French painter Gustav Caillebotte, “Ocean Waves” creates a timeless focal point.