KANSAS
"KANSAS" archives my creation of shooting Kansas with a satellite overhead view via Google Maps.
Compared with the daily perspective, the overlook provided by Google Maps makes it possible to transcend and reflect on the terrain. The biggest advantage of this perspective is that it puts aside the practical pursuit of the map so as to avoid the pursuit of a strong purpose and the impatient retrieval mentality, since it is easy tolead to ignorance of the original appearance of the terrain. Therefore, putting aside the pursuit of all functions and replacing them with "useless viewing" can avoid the loss of aesthetic values such as the texture and artistic conception of the terrain to someextent.
When viewing the Earth's surface from an angle perpendicular to the ground, I discovered that the surface became flat like a piece of paper. Hence, I tried to "paint" on it, avoiding or even changing some intuitive, topographical and hydrological displays that can be used in practical ways. Human eyes can only focus on one place, but our psychology is not. Even if the eyeballs are tense, we will still be distracted. This alluring information comes from images and also from ourselves.
Furthermore, black and white breaks the common understanding of the terrain, restores the terrain to a pure aesthetic object, and guides people to pay attention backto the aesthetic characteristics of the terrain. This collection of photography attempts to show the feasibility of "useless viewing" with the help of Google Maps, in order to achieve a true aesthetic experience of the terrain.
Compared with the daily perspective, the overlook provided by Google Maps makes it possible to transcend and reflect on the terrain. The biggest advantage of this perspective is that it puts aside the practical pursuit of the map so as to avoid the pursuit of a strong purpose and the impatient retrieval mentality, since it is easy tolead to ignorance of the original appearance of the terrain. Therefore, putting aside the pursuit of all functions and replacing them with "useless viewing" can avoid the loss of aesthetic values such as the texture and artistic conception of the terrain to someextent.
When viewing the Earth's surface from an angle perpendicular to the ground, I discovered that the surface became flat like a piece of paper. Hence, I tried to "paint" on it, avoiding or even changing some intuitive, topographical and hydrological displays that can be used in practical ways. Human eyes can only focus on one place, but our psychology is not. Even if the eyeballs are tense, we will still be distracted. This alluring information comes from images and also from ourselves.
Furthermore, black and white breaks the common understanding of the terrain, restores the terrain to a pure aesthetic object, and guides people to pay attention backto the aesthetic characteristics of the terrain. This collection of photography attempts to show the feasibility of "useless viewing" with the help of Google Maps, in order to achieve a true aesthetic experience of the terrain.
