Levon Biss: Mind-blowing, magnified portraits of insects
레본 비스(Levon Biss): 넋을 잃게하는 초근접 벌레 사진의 매력
With his "Microsculpture" series, Levon Biss photographs the incredible details of insects. Full bio
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I had shot global ad campaigns,
저는 국제 광고 캠페인을 찍고
some of my generation's icons,
that I dreamed of getting to,
원하는 목표에 도달했지만
I still felt a little bit unfulfilled.
느낌을 떨칠 수 없었습니다.
I was shooting and experiencing,
a little bit ordinary to me.
had started to feel in the digital world,
떨어지는데 불안을 느껴
that had a sense of worth again.
이미지를 만들고 싶어졌습니다.
that felt extraordinary.
I had the eyes of a child.
눈을 가졌으면 하고 상상합니다
I wish I could look at the world
제가 어린 소년일 때처럼
when I was a small boy.
as we get older,
우리가 갖고 있던 호기심을
slightly muted or dulled by familiarity.
위험을 안게 된다는 것과 같습니다.
one of the challenges for me
익숙함을 새롭고 매력적인 방법으로
in a new and engaging way.
I've got two great kids
세상에 호기심이 많은
about the world, and in 2014, in spring,
세바스찬은 2014년 봄
from the garden.
한 마리를 데려왔습니다.
about this insect --
특별한 구석이 없습니다.
딱정벌레를 신기하게 여겨
under his microscope.
그 녀석을 들여다보았습니다.
작은 과학 키트를 받았는데요.
it blew me away.
저는 완전히 빠져버렸어요.
of the ground beetle.
it reminded me of a galaxy.
은하와 비슷하다고 생각했죠.
been outside our window.
창문 너머에 계속 있었죠.
for this extraordinary subject,
to bring it in to me.
발견할 수 있도록 도와준 것입니다.
and this is what I produced.
사진을 찍었는데 바로 이 사진입니다.
two simple questions.
두 가지 질문을 던졌습니다.
of photographic lighting
that's five millimeters long?
적용할 수 있을까?
creative control over that lighting
창의적인 방법을 찾을 수 있을까?
on some other found specimens,
이용해 연습하고
Museum of Natural History
국립 역사 박물관을 찾아가
to their collection,
살펴볼 수 있는지 알아봤습니다.
that I'd been shooting,
사진 일부를 보여줬습니다.
the kind of detail I was able to get.
찍을 수 있는지 이해했죠.
anything quite like it before,
보지 못했을 거예요.
they gave me open access
their entomologist.
도움도 받게 되었죠.
37종의 곤충을 촬영했습니다.
up into multiple sections,
like a small still life.
촬영하는 것입니다.
the eye of the insect,
돔 형태로 둥근 눈을 찍는다고 하면
and dome-shaped,
that is large and soft and diffuse,
빛을 널리 퍼뜨리는 광원을 사용하여
on that surface.
집중되지 않도록 하는 것이죠.
turns over to a hairy leg,
will change completely.
look as beautiful as I possibly can,
아름답게 촬영한 이후
different sections.
at high magnification
a very shallow depth of field.
낮아진다는 것입니다.
자동으로 10미크론 씩
to move 10 microns in between each shot.
of a human hair.
머리카락의 7분의 1의 두께죠.
with a deep stack of images.
많은 사진을 얻을 수 있습니다.
all the way through.
that is fully focused from front to back.
하나의 사진을 얻게 됩니다.
25 sections that are fully focused
모두 초점이 맞춰진 채
between 8- and 10,000 separate shots.
이 합쳐져 탄생했습니다.
weeks to create,
3주 반 정도가 소요되고요.
are about four gigabytes.
평균적으로 약 4기가바이트 정도입니다.
to play with when I'm printing.
are around the three-meter mark.
이미지는 3m나 됩니다
in Milan two weeks ago,
전시회가 있었는데요.
that were nine meters long.
in the digital world.
500픽셀 짜리 이미지에 불과하다면
all my blood, sweat and tears
500 pixels on a screen.
and Will Cookson,
to immerse themselves
all that microscopic detail.
세세히 뜯어볼 수 있습니다.
and I encourage you,
to the Middle East.
이번 달에 코펜하겐에서 열릴 예정입니다
and goes to Copenhagen this month.
from all over the world --
선생님으로부터 받은 메일도 있죠.
who are using the website in school.
생각지도 못한 멋진 성과예요.
of the project.
I like to do at the exhibitions
정말 보고 싶은 것은
the kiddies' reactions.
in front of a three-meter insect,
경이로움에 가득차죠.
미동도 없이 5분간 서 있었습니다.
for five minutes, motionless.
열린 날의 마지막에
at the end of the day at the exhibitions,
the lower third of the big prints --
깨끗이 닦아야 했습니다.
all those sticky handprints,
손자국이 가득했거든요.
is touch those big bugs.
with one final image, if that's OK.
더 보여드리고 싶은데요.
that I photographed
상자 안의 벌레를 봐주세요.
in the box, not my cat.
HMS 비글호를 타고
brought back from Australia
이 녀석을 관찰했습니다.
and stared at it for about 20 minutes.
푹 빠졌다는 걸 믿기 힘들었죠.
of this beautiful creature.
느낌같은 것을 받았습니다.
허락한 일 자체가
was willing to risk me playing with this
보여주는 거라 생각했어요.
that my images had worth --
이런 생각을 하곤 합니다.
when I look at this:
뭘 만들어냈을까?
make of these images?
을 좋아했을까요? 그랬기를 바랍니다.
of his shield bug? I hope so.
독특하다고 생각합니다.
창의적인 사람이지만
I'm a creative person,
여전히 아이들의 눈이 필요합니다.
to find my extraordinary subject.
탄생시킬 수 있었죠.
고맙다고 말해주고 싶어요.
thank you very much, Sebastian;
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Levon Biss - PhotographerWith his "Microsculpture" series, Levon Biss photographs the incredible details of insects.
Why you should listen
Levon Biss is a British photographer who works across many genres, including reportage, sport and portraiture. His passion for nature and photography have come together to create Microsculpture. For the project, a unique photographic process composites thousands of images using multiple lighting setups to create the final insect portraits. Each specimen was mounted on an adapted microscope stage, allowing close control over the position of the specimen in front of the camera lens. Most insects were photographed in about 30 sections, each section lit differently with strobe lights to accentuate the microsculpture of that particular area of the body. Each insect portrait is created from more than 8,000 separate images. In between his insect projects, Biss continues to photograph humans.
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