Music Mosaic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E7XHOotTX0

 This series of photos is one I call "Take Flight"  It correlates with Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini" quite well, especially with the movement that occurs in both the music and the photographs.  The whole photo series is mostly composed of neutral colors: white snow and dark trees, but the hair is a saturated red in order to stand out among the rest of the scenery.  The beginning of the song starts out gently, and the pictures provide a sort of exposition as well.  The pictures because more dramatic as an upward angle is added in the 3rd photo. Similarly, the music at this point begins to climb up the scale and increase in volume.  For when the strings are added to the piece, I wanted to add some dramatic movement to the photos to symbolize this.  That is why the fabric is thrown, whipped, and spun in order to create the visual of the movement of the strings in Rachmaninoff's stirring piece. As the music builds to the climax, my personal favorite part, both the piano and strings begin to pick up speed and intensity. The pictures correlate by preparing for a "jump," where the subject removes her shoes and runs.  The motion blur adds to the feeling of approaching the huge, pulsing melody of Rachmaninoff's song.  The climax of the songs comes at the mid-air "jump" shown in the pictures. The negative space in this particular photo makes the subject a clear focus, unlike much of the other pictures, which have trees and rocks in the background. The ending, while still powerful, trails off gently in the distance, which is why I ended the series with the majestic Provo mountains, which are distant but powerful, shot in sharpened clarity to show detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E7XHOotTX0