Photography
Exploring Jaanus Ree’s Mind-Bending Shoot
Exploring Jaanus Ree’s Mind-Bending Shoot
Red Bull Illume photographer Jaanus Ree enjoys taking brain-teasing images. If you closely examine his Top 50 New Creativity shot of athlete Gard Hvaara (in the gallery), you will discover that the shot is not taken from directly above – instead the athlete is riding a wall at a 90-degree angle.
Ree has now produced another mind-bending shot:
“I wanted to create a photo where the viewer has to think where the photographer is and how the rider is able to do something in an impossible place. So I created a room where all the stuff that is usually on the floor would be attached on the wall and vice versa.”
Good preparation ensured everything went smoothly:
“We ran a test shoot that night before – as we didn’t want to ruin the set, the assistants helped by running bare footed and jumping over the bookshelf to get the best light. The final photo came out even better than I imagined thanks to Simon Stricker whose performance was out of the box for those hard conditions – there was minimal room for riding!”
Jaanus Ree
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