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1 Million People Follow This Photographer On Instagram, And After Seeing His Pics It’s No Wonder Why
They say practice makes perfect, so photographer Jason M. Peterson should be pretty close to excellence by now. During the last 25 years, Peterson has been taking black and white pictures, constantly pushing his limits, and his persistent artistic efforts have gained him a whopping 1-million-strong following on Instagram.
"To me, my photos aren't about black and white at all," Peterson told My Modern Met. "I am trying to capture human emotion, make the viewer feel something. Black and white helps focus on that emotion—color is one less thing to be in the way of seeing the feeling."
Peterson is an expert when it comes to bringing out the best in shadows, playing with angles and lines, or simply composing the shot. His portfolio has a huge variety of photos, including cityscapes and street photography. They're bold and graphic, and the strong visual storytelling that Peterson learned in the advertising world (he works as the Chief Creative Officer for Havas North America) blends with the aesthetics perfectly.
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Ingrid Tsai 8 years ago
Try scrolling up and down really fast, it creates a really nice effect.
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Quant 8 years ago
Don't worry about it, there are boat loads of photoshop in all of these and they're still awesome.
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Richard Petch 8 years ago
So cool, with all that c**p in the air you are breathing, that looks as bad as the air we were breathing in the 1950-1970's Britain.
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Michelle Dodson 8 years ago
For some reason this made me think of the movie poster for "The Exorcist".
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PyroarRanger 8 years ago
Reminds me of Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service, except a bike instead of a broom
Paul Longenecker 8 years ago
Th is is great , very neat ! And the clouds set it off very nicely .
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Thomas Es Thomas 8 years ago
Ah, Chicago. It's the City of the Eternal Fire. This is looking south, sometime after midnight, or the streets would be packed.
Kim Lorton 8 years ago
I looked out the window, and what did I see, just what my mother had said to me... all the cars and all the people, like little tiny ants, scurrying along, riding the highways like a leaf, until you land and then you see, your just an ant, like the rest of these. KLL
Colson Nesbitt 8 years ago
I don't see why people always put question marks after sentences that don't ask questions?
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Richard Petch 8 years ago
that idiot needs shooting, what a complete twat, thinks he is the only person alive on this Earth.
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Richard Petch 8 years ago
So would I now at the age of 72, and I used too build these 500 ft power station chimneys, and jump about on the scaffolding like young monkeys , I think If I had to go up there again and do the things we used to do 500 Or 600 feet up again with out any safety belts or restrainers like we used to do, it is a good job now they have these inspectors in checking the safety on these sites.
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Greg T 8 years ago
Nope nope nope, give me a bathtub full of snakes before I would stand out there! Also, isn't the point of those viewing things to look down?? He could be just standing at a normal window to shoot across haha!
Aaron Ling 8 years ago
I would definitely prefer standing out there than in a bathtub full of nope ropes !
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Kim Lorton 8 years ago
No more, stairway to the heavens, to find ourselves once more, we float amongst the cloud, with pictures that we see.. Humans through the looking glass, standing in air to see, the elevator up And down, but really static, as you can see...KLL
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Ok Ha-Neul 8 years ago
it would be so cool if the 2 beams of light aligned with the torch on the statue of liberty
Gayle Bynum Cardosa 8 years ago
Well I'm sure you're aware that they're where the Twin Towers used to be....
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Joval Mangalan 7 years ago
if you scroll up and down fast it looks like the person is on different floors
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Unsung Spatula 8 years ago
Based off of most of these photos, this photographer is based out of Chicago, which is really cool! Chicago provides a great place for pictures because of how different everything can be.
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Unsung Spatula 8 years ago
This is really neat, because in a sense, it feels like a Pixar movie. Different people, all living different lives.
Benicio del Pilitch 8 years ago
waldo is third row from the bottom, second window from the left
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Sonia Wheeler 8 years ago
This gridlock almost looks pretty enough to resemble links in a necklace.
Gayle Bynum Cardosa 8 years ago
that's funny. The image is repeated three times and it's just too much photoshop. Just waaay too much. Funny. So many people just enjoy pointing out that they know what photoshop is and when or where it's used. We ALL know. What does it even mean that there's "too much"? The image is simply repeated. Does this assault your eyes?
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Brian Hayes 8 years ago
That’s because it’s TWO images, one laid over the other to create what is known technically as a Composite. The top image (of the window) would have the “glass” part digitally removed to leave a “hole” and this would be overlaid over the cityscape image to create the final image. This is why the window appears to be unusually clear and clean! So yes, the image had been digitally manipulated – I refuse to use the the “P” word…
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Terri Rowland 8 years ago
Yeah, there's a little man sitting on the wing with a sponge and squeegee on long pole who cleans them just before the picture is taken..😋😁😇💞
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Lyone Fein 8 years ago
This is so much better of a photograph than some of his mirrored ones, or through the plane-window shots, or the other tricks he uses. Just really great composition, focus, contrast, and emotional content.
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Morten Legarth 8 years ago
He is a photographer. But it is more appropriate to call him a photo artist as much of his work is highly manipulated.
Kenny Kulbiski 8 years ago
Some of these pictures have been manipulated, (13 16 26 ) not that it makes any difference, they're still thought provoking and spectacular.
Gayle Bynum Cardosa 8 years ago
EVERY professional photographer "manipulates" their photos (most of them if not every). It's part of our world. I can't get over the people (not necessarily you Kenny) who feel compelled to constantly point it out as though it's some kind of brownie point for them or a negative (no pun intended) for the photographer. If the entire photo was drawn in, OK, but the photo still has composition and beauty. People don't seem to realize that if YOU see it, WE see it. You're not smarter than everyone else.
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Melody Lanzatella 8 years ago
ANOTHER photographer that proves you have to have skill/talent! Most are pics of very ordinary things. You have to have a photographers eye to know what will make a GREAT photograph!
Zori the degu 8 years ago
This guy must be going places! If I had an Instagram, I would've followed him by now!
kathryn stretton 8 years ago
This photographer really knows how to play with the light. Fabulous artistry.
Morten Legarth 8 years ago
He is a photographer. But it is more appropriate to call him a photo artist as much of his work is highly manipulated.
Kenny Kulbiski 8 years ago
Some of these pictures have been manipulated, (13 16 26 ) not that it makes any difference, they're still thought provoking and spectacular.
Gayle Bynum Cardosa 8 years ago
EVERY professional photographer "manipulates" their photos (most of them if not every). It's part of our world. I can't get over the people (not necessarily you Kenny) who feel compelled to constantly point it out as though it's some kind of brownie point for them or a negative (no pun intended) for the photographer. If the entire photo was drawn in, OK, but the photo still has composition and beauty. People don't seem to realize that if YOU see it, WE see it. You're not smarter than everyone else.
Load More Replies... Melody Lanzatella 8 years ago
ANOTHER photographer that proves you have to have skill/talent! Most are pics of very ordinary things. You have to have a photographers eye to know what will make a GREAT photograph!
Zori the degu 8 years ago
This guy must be going places! If I had an Instagram, I would've followed him by now!
kathryn stretton 8 years ago
This photographer really knows how to play with the light. Fabulous artistry.
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