Light Leaked

Rob Amberg - 7 October 2013

This week we are reviewing the photography website entitled Light Leaked. The structure of the site is simple, with four hyperlinks at the beginning of the column for ease of navigation. It seem as though blogger.com has granted domain privileges to the owner, Ashley Kauschinger. Ms. Kauschinger's enception of the site was to provide a photo journalistic link between the photographer, allowing dialog for conception and promotion of business/fame. This is a great medium to promote and display up and coming photographers. 

I chose to give a review on the specific artist, Rob Amberg. Mr. Amberg is a North Carolinian who focuses his Light Leaked compilation on rural communities, title ShatterZone. This name conceptually came from post World War 2 attitudes towards certain political agendas and the resistance that farmers had toward a new capitalist society. The subjects all gave similar responses during their interview on why they chose to live a non-mainstream life, "this is our refuge" and "we live off the grid". This specific portfolio has been in development since 1975. I enjoyed his work, and wonder how long he immersed himself in this subculture to capture the right amount of photos.