Solitude photography is simply taking photographs of a specific object i.e. a tree in an empty field, with nothing around, or a person on his possibly looking sad and lonely. These solitude images convey a feeling of loneliness and separation from everything else. A few excellent examples of these images are shown below:
I can say that there is an ocean of a difference between solitude and loneliness. Solitude is your own conscience choice to be alone, irrespective of whether you have a galaxy of friends or not. When your in solitude, you don't crave or think about others. Every human being needs a solitude, the time which he can spend for himself/herself, the time when he feels he is at peace. loneliness is something that you have no choice, you're alone because you don't have others around you.
Shy people for example are often victims of loneliness. On the other hand, there are people whose interest in something which makes them get withdrawn from their social life, for example scientists, artists of course many who are lonely end up seeking solitude.
Loneliness is a state of mind, you can be with thousands of people yet you feel, so secluded, isolated and different from the rest. Yet, I feel that loneliness affects your mind and solitude doesn't.
I've decided to go with "In Solitude" as the theme to my photography assignment, I wanted to keep a theme to my photographs, keeping most of them black and white or very discoloured, giving them a slightly old, nostalgia feel, which is something that jumps into my mind when thinking about solitude. I also wanted to play with the edit of the photographs and lighting, with bright fill lights to give the photographs a very deep look to them, especially if I take a few portrait style photos.
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