Sinziana Velicescu

Sinziana Velicescu is a photographer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Film.

Her photography explores human intervention with nature in landscapes that have undergone political, social, or environmental change. Appropriating architectural vocabulary, Velicescu disrupts everyday topography via careful composition to develop an elegant and humorous narrative to tell the story of place.

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Emilia Kwiatkowska-van Dijk

Throughout the semester, I have been constantly taking photographs of buildings in New York City and below is a seven-photo-collection of my favorites. As a fan of minimalism, I am always looking for the best angles to take my shots; however, in New York City, it often seems impossible to find a clear shot because of the traffic, billboards, etc. Thus I began to aim towards the tip of everything since the sky can provide a clean and consistent background.  Having sky as the background provides me with the best opportunity to focus on the objects I am aiming for. In addition, each one of the photographs was taken from a similar angle in order to keep the theme even more consistent. 

After the shots were taken and selected, I began to start selecting different themes for photo editing. Both cool tones and warm tones were experimented on these photos; eventually I decided to leave what is the most suitable for each photo. 

For the three indoor photographs, I specifically chose to go deep contrasting and light color so that the structural details can be fully presented within each photo. This also leans to the theme of minimalism. By only keeping a small part of the building in each image, I am able to maintain a really systematic theme among all the works. In the future, I am planning to continue this work and keep looking for new and creative angles to catch.