LIGHT, SHADOW & TRATDITION
All quotes from Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s work, “In Praise of Shadows.”
Shan non Foulis, Angus McKinnon, James Olsen
This is a documentation of our exploration through Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s text “In Praise of Shadows”. Within, there will be individual interpretations and adaptations of symbols, motifs, and imagery outlined in Tanizaki’s work.
-Representation II Group 19
TABLEOFCONTENTS Pictoral Exploration
01 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36
James Olsen Angus Mckinnon Shannon Foulis
Drawing or Graphic Composition
37 - 42 43 - 48 49 - 54
James Olsen Angus Mckinnon Shannon Foulis
Light the Night
01
Photograph taken by James Olsen | Elda Park, Adelaide
Ldueayers of darkness are vital fundamental part of beauty within a shadow to the deception and detail it cast.
02
Enclosed
03
Photograph taken by James Olsen | Greenbank, Queensland
Itrue t is essential that there are different variations of darkness that results in beauty.
04
Equalibrium
05
Photograph taken by James Olsen | Paphos, Cyprus
C
ontrast allows adding layers, depth to the photos which highlights key focus points and detail, you can’t have Distention without a difference.
06
Hope
07
Photograph taken by James Olsen | Paphos, Cyprus
S
mall burst of light shining through the small window a glimmer of hope that the grass is greener on the other side.
08
Vast Expanse
09
Photograph taken by James Olsen
D arkness is essential and critical component of beauty it differentiates and depicts the detail between light and dark, if everyone was prosperous how would distinguish who is prosperous.
10
Merger
11
Photograph taken by James Olsen
Iattractiveness t’s the combinations of light and shadow that creates and generates to what we see in front of us.
12
Roman Baths
13
Photograph taken by Angus Mckinnon | England
“
Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)� - Horace, The Odes of Horace
14
Pantheon
15
Photograph taken by Angus Mckinnon | Rome, Italy
“
Darkness is a great opportunity to discover the divine face of the light� - Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Branching Out
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Photograph taken by Angus Mckinnon | Blue Lake, Mt Gambier, South Australia
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“ here is strong shadow where there is much light.� - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Frivolity
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Photograph taken by Angus Mckinnon | Madrid, Spain
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“ hat would your good do if evil didn’t exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?” - Mikhail Builgakov
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21
Photograph taken by Angus Mckinnon | Adelaide
Depth and Detail
22
Sagrada Familia
23
Photograph taken by Angus Mckinnon | Barcelona, Spain
Stained Windows of Enlightenment
24
Hidden Ambiance
25
Photograph taken by Shannon Foulis | 34 The Strand, Northgate
D elve into the crevices of the mundane. Only then will one truly see true ambience.
26
Reflection
27
Photograph taken by Shannon Foulis | 34 The Strand, Northgate
C
ause and effect. The endless rays, following their line. Only to return, ricochet, bounce & re-allign. Forever. At least forever, Until they fade to grey. The endless rays.
28
Window to the World
29
Photograph taken by Shannon Foulis | 12 Bank Street, Adelaide
From within the darkness, light speaks more to the soul.
30
Spotlight
31
Photograph taken by Shannon Foulis | 11 Kings Court, Adelaide
Obscurity is only complimented by clarity.
32
Twilight
33
Photograph taken by Shannon Foulis |34 The Strand, Northgate
The light of day tickles the dark of night.
34
Spotlight
35
Photograph taken by Shannon Foulis | 34 The Strand, Northgate
Light and its antithesis within lacquerware
36
PG13
“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. ”
37
Drawn by James Olsen
“
Darkness is indispensable element of beauty� - Tanizaki
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PG20&21
“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. ”
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Drawn by James Olsen
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“... y cutting the light from this empty space they imparted to the world of shadows that formed a quality of mystery and depth� - Tanizaki
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PG20&21
“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. ”
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Drawn by James Olsen
“
Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty.� - Tanizaki
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“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. ”
43
Drawn by Angus Mckinnon
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“ or a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face – a full body was unnecessary.” - Tanizaki
44
“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. ”
45
Drawn by Angus Mckinnon
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“ e delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them.� - Tanizaki
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“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. ”
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Drawn by Angus Mckinnon
W
“ ith lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth…” - Tanizaki
48
“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. ”
49
Drawn by Shannon Foulis
via Photoshop with Wacom Tablet
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“ he ink would not have been this bluish color but rather black, something like India ink, and it would have been made to seep down from the handle into the brush. � - Tanizaki
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Drawn by Shannon Foulis
via Photoshop with Wacom Tablet
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“ or so accustomed are we to electric lights that the sight of a naked bulb beneath an ordinary milk glass shade seems simpler and more natural than any gratuitous attempt to hide it..� - Tanizaki
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Drawn by Shannon Foulis
with 3Doodler
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“ e do our walls in neutral colors so that the sad, fragile, dying rays can sink into absolute repose.� - Tanizaki
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