Central Park in cotton candy mode
Pettigiani chose Central Park because for him it is like a small island within the city, “the place where people go to disconnect from their busy routine or where you can just sit back and have the feeling of entering a peaceful new world,” he writes on his Behance account.
For the photographer, Central Park is like an island
In addition, he needed very large spaces with a lot of green. And it is that plants with chlorophyll reflect very intensely the invisible infrared light. “With infrared digital photography, using a special filter for the lenses, I blocked visible light, capturing only the invisible” . The contrast between the newly acquired pink of the vegetation and urban elements, such as asphalt, bricks or other surfaces, was produced since the latter do not reflect infrared light and remain with their same colors.
That place where people go to disconnect
Passionate about photography since childhood, Pettigiani is interested in the possibility of showing the world from a different perspective account on his website. Hence, for two years he experimented with this technique “that makes something invisible visible. What I want is to show something recognizable with an unexpected and personal point of view” . In 2016, he launched into Central Park at Infrared NYC, which he considers his first major project with infrared photography.
Large green spaces were necessary for this project
It is possible to portray Central Park differently!
The photographer wanted to show the park in a different way
And Central Park became a story
Pettigiani has captured the invisible infrared light
Marvel at the contrast between the pink and the dark tone of the buildings
Shall we roll?
'Infrared NYC' is his first major project with the infrared technique