Benoit Courti

Benoit Courti is a French photographer, who has had a passion for photography
since his early years. Although before becoming a photographer he embraced a
career as a music composer and the influence of music can be seen through
some of the themes of his work.

This first image by Courti uses a close up of a model in a low-key setting,

featuring soft exposures and interesting light and shadows. However the main
focus is set in the bubble in the foreground, and mainly the collection of texture
around the lips and bubble stick, as this area is most in focus. Therefore the
background and some elements of the foreground have been allowed to blur,
bringing a viewer to focus on the unique texturing, providing a view not seen in
everyday life. In addition the background of the image is much darker than the
foreground, suggesting that the synthetic lighting used is focused on the bubble,
as that area features reflections. Furthermore the obstruction of the facial
features is a technique that appeals to me in my own work, as I feel it gives a
more mysterious and out of the ordinary tone that makes the image more
dramatic. Courti uses a direct camera angle that highlights the shape and soft
texture of the bubble it seem out of the ordinary, ergo making the imge overall
mire dramatic.

This is another image produced by Courti using a dark low key setting to
highlight an out of the ordinary tone. This image focuses on only the hands and
not the portraiture headshot, which is more commonly seen in studio set up like
this. This image highlights the position and shape of hands to suggest a musical
and classical theme to the image, running alongside Courtis music tonal
background. This image does show texture but doesnt focus on it as much as
Courtis previous image as this shot uses a zoomed out focus. However this
image does use light and shadow to highly the shape of the hands and blackout
any other body features, give a naturalistic feel to aid the dramatic effect of the
image. The image has been captured in black and white much like Courtis
previous image to allow the viewer to focus on the range of tones on the shape,
and give a smooth texture to the image.