Something Different...

Russ & Reyn


I came across Russ and Reyn's work on the internet and I found it incredibly clever and interesting. I knew that this kind of shadow photography could be done, but they created these images to perfection; making them look really life-like.

Shadow Drama - Russ and Reyn

I absolutely love these images because they are so simple, yet so effective. The viewer is made to think that the mysterious hand shadows are real, and that is what makes the images so great. None of Russ and Reyn's images are really 'normal'. Each image is always taken with a simple background, and includes levitation, or strange costume, to make their work out of the ordinary. I really like their work because it does not fall into a particular category or genre. There is a snippet of every genre present in their work, and that is what makes me want to look at every single piece of their work.

The fact that there are so many different ideas in each and every photography makes the viewer want to go back and look at more and more of their images. They have definitely inspired me to look deeper into photography, and to look more at the things that aren't through the lens - but what I could add to the image in different ways. This is such a different way to approach photography, but is incredibly interesting at the same time. When searching for photographers in books and online, I have not come across another photographer who uses such bright colour, but so subtly. This is my main love for their images. The way that they are using everything that a fashion photographer would; i.e the colour, the clothes, the background - but to me, it is not fashion photography, it is deeper than that.