Favorites: Joel Robison

Joel
His name is Joel Robison and he is a conceptual portrait photographer living in Cranbrook, British Columbia Canada. He creates whimsical worlds where size, scale, movement, and function don't play by the rule that we know. He puts so much positivity into his work and I really admire that. "I became a more positive person and I've noticed that when you emit positivity, it returns back to you." He said. He used to be a really depressed and negative person and there was nothing in his life that he felt passionate about, and I totally relate to that. So when just a regular ol' photographer says how much positivity changed his life, it gives me hope that it can change mine too.

Conceptual Photography
Concept photography is a type of photography that illustrates an idea, and is focused on the concept of the photo. There is some abstraction, but in a conceptual photo the image isn't a blunt example of your idea, it's an expression of it. Often, conceptual photography is used to convey a certain emotion or imply something about a person or society. It is heavily enhanced by programs such as Adobe Photoshop. More and more photographers are taking a dip in this type of photography as photo manipulation software has advanced.

Examples

These were from when he collaborated with Coca-Cola! He sent a picture he took of a glass Coke bottle into their company. A Year and a half later, Coke messaged him back asking if it was okay to post his picture on their twitter page. After the picture was posted, he got a phone call from them saying they had developed a project for him to moderate their flickr page. He did that for about a year and a half and when it was done, Coke offered him the role of photographer for the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour. This gave him the opportunity to quit his job and pursue his dream of being a full time photographer, spending every second doing what he loves.









And this is just adorable. Not really conceptual, but very cute! That's actually him in the photo! He is his most used model! He sets his camera all up to the right settings and just has someone else take the picture.

This is very interesting to me. Like maybe it's saying his words aren't meant anything. Someone isn't allowing him to talk as if his words were poison.  This is the thing about conceptual art, you can create a main focus but everyone is going to interpret it differently because it's an expression.

This means to me that time is fragile and it's escaping. Which I totally agree with and live with.

Joel is one of my personal favorites for his stepping out of the box ideas. I only wish I could be half as creative and successful as him. 

Here are some of his links! Y'ALL SHOULD CHECK HIM OUT. Please and thank. 

http://www.flickr.com/joel_r

http://joelrobisonphoto.wordpress.com/  

http://www.facebook.com/joelrobisonphotography