While he’s known for his music and acting careers, Lenny Kravitz is gaining recognition as a successful photographer. His work has a unique aesthetic and artistic quality.
Throughout his life as a performer, he spent much of his time in front of the camera. Now he’s picking up one in order to create new art. Many of his fans were surprised when they recently discovered that his father was a photographer and that Kravitz would be following in his footsteps. This process has been documented by Tatiana Hopper’s new video where she examines how the creative process occurs when musicians decide to create photography. The video displays many of his works and the artist himself discussing why he’s motivated to develop creativity through a different medium. One of his quotes regards life as being about moments and that photography can capture them, which gives observers the opportunity to discover something vital on an continues basis.
Hopper describes the works as a cross between creations by street photographer Joel Meyerowitz and photojournalist Walker Evens. She notes that a pivotal point in his life was when his father gifted him a camera when he turned 21. Music was his main priority in those days, but he practiced photography when he wasn’t on stage. After examining one of his collections, it appears that one visual technique he likes to apply is capturing a moment in time from a variety of perspectives and organizing them in a way that causes observers to do a comparative analysis and make up their own minds about the composition and meaning of the photography.
Kravitz has received excellent arts criticism from a variety of media outlets. They expect him to announce gallery exhibitions soon.
