Eirik Johnson

Biography

Birthdate: 1974, Seattle

Education: BFA, MFA

Creation: 2007-2010

Significance

Most recently known for his work in a collection Sawdust Moutain, Eirik traveled across the pacific northwest taking photographs of landscapes. These range from forests to abandoned trains. His focus is environmental insomuch that it shows the relationship between natural resources and the communities they support.

Composition

Nearly all of his photographs were taking during the daytime and range from portraits to just landscape. He composes his pictures to capture natural lighting and what seems to be a relatively peaceful environment. As far as the subject matter, that varies greatly as well. He emphasizes natural colors and lighting in all of his photos.

Aboutness

All of his pictures seem to capture natural scenes which seem largely untouched. This even carries through with pictures that have animals and humans.

Method

Not too sure about this, but my guess would be that he uses a relatively fast shutter speed and small aperture. Most of his pictures have everything in focus and are also flush with lots of natural light.

Motivation

Hes really trying to depict the fragile relationship between the environment and the people who live in it and take from it.