Tales of Perplexity: Aras Karimi

Untitled © Aras Karimi Photography

Tales of Perplexity: This collection is dedicated to the reflection of natural light on different surfaces such as glass and plastic. None of the pictures is taken from dust, smoke, or moving objects. The feeling of movement in the photos comes from two sources: the change of light’s angle during the day, and the turn and swing of the camera in my hand with a long shutter speed.

Untitled © Aras Karimi Photography

Untitled © Aras Karimi Photography

I look at photography as a relationship between light and film: light as a playful actor and film as a serious recorder. The job of a photographer, which is experimental by nature, is to write the best scenario for this one-time instant play. A genuine play is inevitably the result of accurate eyes, free mind, and fundamentals of photography at heart. Light is the subject of my works.

Untitled © Aras Karimi Photography

Untitled © Aras Karimi Photography

Unlike the usual process in photography that uses light as a mean to record a scene and tell its story, I am interested in light as a story teller. In fact the scene in my works is the medium to picture light, its mood on different surfaces, and its personality in different spaces. All of my photographs are purposefully Untitled. I like to give a chance to the viewer to experience their own emotion while they are coinciding with an expression of mine. It is also unnatural to apply a rational meaning to something that is opposite from being a product of intellect as all of my works are pure reflections of my vision, and emotion at the moment the shot is taken.

Untitled © Aras Karimi Photography

Untitled © Aras Karimi Photography

About Aras Karimi: Born in 1983, Aras Karimi is a Los-Angeles based Iranian photographer who began experimenting with light at the age of seventeen. His vision in photography is to capture light as a storyteller vs. using it as a mean to tell a story. His photographs are each an ethereal capture of light depicting light’s playful nature and ever-changing qualities. He has received honorable mentions in several venues, including 29th Spring Photography Contest by Photographer’s Forum Magazine (2009), and 12 honorable mentions at International Photography Awards (2008, 2009, 2010, & 2011).

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To contact Aras and to see more of his work, visit his website here.
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