BEGOÑA BELON ALCARAZ
16 of March 1971
16 of March 1971
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
She is Spanish and was born in Bilbao. Actually, she lives in Sopelana, that is located in the North of Spain, the Basque Country. Begoña studied at Pureza de Maria high school in Bilbao. Later, she went to the University of Deusto and she graduated on informatics. She is working in several jobs, for example; autonomous commercial, on-site computer support in Vizcaya and the BBVA, webmaster and system technician. She also does reports on videos and photography, and wedding videos. Begoña came into the world of photography really early. She did a small training when the negatives were still used.
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STYLE
The artist makes different types of photography. In her website, she has some albums (black and white, birds, insects, winter, places from Europe, marine animals…) but you can see that all the pictures have the same style. She has a lot of pictures of nature and landscapes. In one of her albums, there are some pictures with raindrops and those pictures are really interesting to look at, they create a cool effect. If I had to relate to a history style I would compare it with actual photography.
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PHILOSOPHY
Her major ideas are to express the beauty, find the small details that can be cute and makes you feel good. Challenge herself and overcome them. She likes to capture the right moment and special memories. She likes to surprise with her work. Especially, nature, celebrations and sport, modern dance and ballet pictures with her daughter. She finds a different perspective on what she is capturing. Begoña also enjoys macro photography.
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INFLUENCES
The pictures that I choose have all the same style. They have a cold feeling because they have cool colors. And then, they also have a type of contrast in color, intensity or value. To create a similar feeling, I went when the sun was setting. So, I had to plan in advance the time and place so the pictures can be as similar as possible. I also had to have in mind the angle in which the pictures were taken.
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SOURCES
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
In the first image that she took you can see that there is different lighting in the background. In her picture, the city has all the lights on. And in mine, they are turn off, so that creates a different feeling. In her’s, there is some yellow-orange on the monument and mine is more blue and dark; it has more cool colors. In the second pair of pictures, the difference is the sky. In her picture it’s cloudy and in mine, the clouds are only on one side of the photograph. In the last pictures, the hues and values are different. In her’s, it’s more light and in mine is darker.
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PERSONAL ARTIST STATEMENT
This images were taken inspired by Begoña's pictures and style. I try to tell a story with my images, because she likes to do that with her images. All my images are taken at the same museum. They are taken from different point of views. Also, the pictures are taken at different times and with different weather.
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