Tristan

Photographer: Tristan
Reviewed by Reno Hekkonens
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karello/sets/72157626777790851/

My first impression was that Tristan lives in the countryside, not in London. As I have less knowledge of London’s suburbs, I assumed that Tristan lives in Brighton – as the seashore is visible on one picture. However, the boy doesn’t seem very fond of the sea – we see only one photo taken on the beach. On the other hand, what he seems really fond of is nature and its creatures.For a child, Tristan has taken very beautiful nature shots – some at the sunset, some by the river and some from park life. He already has an exquisite taste for the details – photo of the lonely bench in the park can tell the whole story. He is indeed a very poetic soul and a good observer. There are no pictures of other people, so we can expect that he’s spending a great deal of the time alone. His glimpse of park life – a squirrel, caught in the act, tell us that the boy loves animals and is interested in their life.The one and only photo showing the actual town conjuncture is a street photo - a well-combined picture with an entire gamma of details. There is a line of cars, a great angle of the street itself as well as the seriatim of houses. Again, a leisurely photo without people around.As we can see Tristan loves the twilight. The best photos are taken when the sun is setting. He has good spots for playful light between day and night. Two photos are just fabulous – Tristan has photographed the old iron gates leading from alley-way to the park and red-brick decorative gates somewhere in the park, half-hidden under uncared flora. Just like the lonely bench photo, mentioned earlier, these gates are real story-tellers.The boy has an eye for details. And not just for the random details – he loves decorated and beautiful pieces. Some photos with garden-pedestals are taken from a good angle and combined well. Photos are taken probably in February or March, so we can’t see flowers or any green florals on the pillars and columns. Deserted embellishments of the garden seem as a set for a movie.With all that I have seen on Tristan’s set, I am impressed. Special moods, the colours and places that we see on the photos are more likely to belong to a grown-up person rather than a boy. His intimate, yet not revealed world, tells a different story and it is an interesting one.