I really enjoyed looking at Daniel Eric Weiss’ work for a number of reasons. I find the technical aspects of his photographs to be incredibly successful; his use of light, strong tonal contrast throughout the images and the overall composition is very strong. Also, the fact that the majority of his work adopts the street photography approach is incredible alluring. I really love this method, which provides documents of the power of the camera to capture fleeting moments that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. In his work, Weiss exposes the nuances and oddities of everyday life. I particularly like the photograph of the silhouetted figures with the lit-building in the background- its simplicity and “pureness” is extremely aesthetically pleasing, I also like the lone helicopter and single bird in the sky photograph for similar reasons- it is a very simplistic photograph and captures the ironies apparent in our world. The juxtaposition of nature with a man-made machine is rather interesting and thought provoking. The fact that this photographer is our own age is pretty remarkable as well.
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