Adeline Mai is a French photographer who is celebrated for her ability to capture her subjects in a uniquely graceful light -- something that's even carried in a more recent project that shows people falling down. For the images, Adeline Mai makes use of multiple different styles, swapping between black and white and muted full-color.
By showing her subjects in front of a backdrop of urban buildings, Adeline Mai gives the series a bit of a disturbing edge, as one is led to assume that the subjects are jumping from the windows. However, the people falling down fly through the air with an elegance that's much less sinister, making the images more representative of freedom than anything.
Elegant Falling Photography
This Project from Adeline Mai Artfully Depicts People Falling Down
Trend Themes
1. Graceful Urban Falling - Opportunity to explore combining urban backdrops with falling subjects in a graceful manner, perhaps in advertising or fashion photography.
2. Contrasting Styles - There could be potential for experimentation with mixing contrasting styles, such as black and white with muted full-color photography in various projects.
3. Disturbing Elegance - Exploration of how to create visual art that portrays dark, potentially disturbing themes with a sense of elegance and beauty through photography, possibly in contemporary art exhibitions.
Industry Implications
1. Advertising and Marketing - Trend could be useful for creating advertising campaigns, particularly those focused on fashion, luxury, or travel that use photography to represent a sense of freedom.
2. Contemporary Art - The use of contrasting styles and themes in a graceful manner could be explored to create unique visual art installations.
3. Fashion Photography - Opportunity to experiment with combining urban backdrops and graceful falling subjects to create unique fashion photo shoots.