Triptychs Research

Triptych - a set of three associated artistic mediums that are intended to be appreciated together.

William Neill

William Neill's triptychs are all photographed in natural settings, using natural elements. The images he uses are all very similar to each other in subject matter, composition and lighting.  The location is outside which allows natural lighting to brighten the image. In many of is images he uses a shallow depth of field which allows the subject of the image to stand out. Although in many of his images he uses the entire canvas to show his subject, in the images when he doesn't, he uses a plain white background to show of the subject.

http://www.williamneill.com/

Adde Adesokan

Triptychs of strangers is an ongoing series by Adde Adesokan, where the goal is to meet total strangers, get to know them and then take three matching personality shots and make them one. In his images he used a shallow depth of field to show off the subjects of his images. The location is always outside, the reason for this is because he approaches stranger to take their photographs; this allows natural lighting to brighten the image and he doesn't use any studio lighting. His images are edited to black and white, I believe this is because the audience can focus more of the persons feature instead of the colour. The black and white also creates a sense of mystery which is exciting for the audience. 

http://www.adde-adesokan.de/

Nicolas Grundy

Nicolas Grundy's triptychs are all of natural subjects, almost always in a location, again this allows for natural lighting to brighten the image. Many of his images are of a landscape which is effective because the audience gets to view the whole scene in the area.  He edits some of his images to black and white to who off the detail in his images. The image in his triptychs are always the same theme, but unlike the other artists they aren't very similar. He explores shapes in nature which is usually the focal point of his images.

http://www.nicholasgrundy.com/

Jack Macey

Jack Macey creates triptychs of landscapes, typically on the beach or exotic areas. His triptychs are made up of one image split up into three pieces. He focuses on the sky and beach mainly in his images, the composition is like a split screen because they different subjects take up almost exactly half of the screen. Like the other artists his photography is taken outside which allows the natural lighting to brighten the image. The way his triptychs are presented are very interesting and unique, he uses a think black border to frame his images; this is effective because it ensures that the photographs stand out. Another effect of the frame is that is very contrasting to the light, peaceful photographs.

http://www.jackmaceyphotography.com

Peter Funch

Peter Funch is a contemporary artist who's triptychs are full of action and chaos. He uses people in most of his images although they are not the focal point of the image. He uses abstract settings as you can see above with shady lighting. His photographs are very mysterious but they all tell a story. The way he produces his triptychs are through three different images with the same theme.

ttp://uk.lumas.com/pictures/peter_funch/triptych_iii/

Thea Penna

Thea Penna produces triptychs as a painter. Her style is realistic portraiture, the images she produces have an eerie feel as they portray sadness and suffering. The expressions on the subjects faces are depressing and sinister. Her artwork is detailed in the facial features of the subjects and the lighting and shadowing, indicating that the location of these sets of images are indoors, in a dark unlit room. The triptychs are all very similar and composition and angles.

http://www.theapenna.co.uk/

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon's triptychs are very abstract. Her paintings use only a few colours and few objects  which make her images look very simplistic.  Her triptychs are always located in a plain and simple room. They only have one or two subjects, usually including a pice of furniture and a person. The way he presented his triptychs was the classic 3 separate images in front of a white background with large spaces between them. The way his images are separated make it look like his triptychs are telling a story.

http://francis-bacon.com/

Shannon Grissom

Shannon Grisson produces triptychs as a painter. Her style is very pop-art like as it uses bold colours and it is very abstract. She uses the typical triptych style of three images next to each other in a frame. Grissom has done a lot of painting of the sock monkey shown above, creating colouring books and also producing other painting with the character in. The compositions in her triptychs are very similar. Although all of the images are different they flow together.

http://shannongrissom.info/triptychir_sm/