Henry Yau
Yau is a less-known photographer who excels in B&W and curve photography. His photos resemble those of futuristic or modern themes with a very overcast or professional feel to them.
The first photo of Yau's is of what seems to be an underpass below a built up area, which features a very modern and tiled interior. The tunnel's composition is of a curved roof-wall which is reminiscent of train tunnels. Furthermore, it features blurred people walking down at night along with a flash of light going past, most likely to be a bicycle. This photo is very pleasing due to the lack of colour found in the photo as well as how the contrast is quite significant between the light of the walls, the people, the outside and the ground. Moreover, the ground almost looks like it was pasted in in post because of how the photo was taken.
The second photo features a building with an abstract glass roof which branches out from a building at it's centre. The main focal point of the image is the place between the building and the roof, which is rife with curves and architecture. The photo is very multi-dimensional in the way that you can feel the depth between the pieces. It's quite interesting really, as it is almost the opposite to the usual foreground -> mid-ground -> background type of photo. It instead bends the background back into the foreground and the foreground ends up becoming the middle ground.
The final photo is of a pier from where Yau had taken it, which features two benches opposite facing in an overcast, wet scene. The curves on the bench create a symmetric full image which reminds one of the Rorschach test used in psychology. The photo itself is almost like a mirror image except for a few discrepancies, which is a very interesting look for the photo. Yau also uses the lighting very well getting the centre to be the primary source of where the light is coming from, while also having limited life elsewhere.
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