Modern Photography: Matthew Seed
Matthew Seed is considered the world's best equine photographer. He is not only famous for his excellence in his art, but also for his knowledge and experience in connecting with horses. "To produce a powerful portrait of either human or animal means infusing the image with a sense of personality. To do that, requires a connection between the artist and the subject."
By experimenting with different light sources and angles, Seed creates unique, exquisite, and dramatic photography. “Matthew relies solely on a combination of natural and artificial light, the beauty of the horse and the setting to produce his art.” The artist never digitally alters his photographs. The lighting styles he uses is greatly influenced by the equine painter of the Romanticism period, George Stubbs (1724 - 1806). “Matthew Seed in fact has been described as not only the world’s greatest horse photographer but, a modern day George Stubbs.” His work is also influenced by another Romanticism artist, Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863), and Alfred Munnings (1878 - 1959), who was a firm opponent of Modernism.
By experimenting with different light sources and angles, Seed creates unique, exquisite, and dramatic photography. “Matthew relies solely on a combination of natural and artificial light, the beauty of the horse and the setting to produce his art.” The artist never digitally alters his photographs. The lighting styles he uses is greatly influenced by the equine painter of the Romanticism period, George Stubbs (1724 - 1806). “Matthew Seed in fact has been described as not only the world’s greatest horse photographer but, a modern day George Stubbs.” His work is also influenced by another Romanticism artist, Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863), and Alfred Munnings (1878 - 1959), who was a firm opponent of Modernism.
“Lighting horses with flash is the hardest thing to light in the world,” says Matthew, “Imagine a fashion shoot where the model is 4 times bigger than you, not happy you’re there, and able to squash you in a heartbeat. Then you put a flash in its face and hope for the best. Oh, and all the time it’s trying to mess you up by constantly moving!”
http://www.profoto.com/blog/animal-photography/matthew-seed-on-profoto-and-horses/ All the images were taken in 2012 |