“Motionless” by Melissa Webb

3 Sep

The photograph “motionless” by Melissa Webb is a fantastic image. It reminds me of a film photograph perhaps taken with velvia or some other beautiful saturated film. I love the off center focal point and the way the artist uses depth of field to her full advantage. The image is framed with subtle vignetting which makes this photograph feel both vintage and dreamlike at the same time. “Motionless” definitely has a retro air to the image and is part of why I enjoy it. The colors are both bright and muted at the same time which continues to lend to the dreamlike appearance of the photograph. The butterfly is in sharp, clear focus while the factory-like structures are blended and blurred into the background. Perhaps this photograph is challenging the idea of nature vs man. Maybe the butterfly is affirming that it has survived for thousands of years while the factory may be demolished in the next hundred years. What does this image communicate to you?