Paula Riff

Blue is not the sky

Blue is not the sky, is an exploration of color, form and design through experimental and camera-less photography. I use the historical processes of cyanotype and gum bichromate to imagine the universe through the world of abstraction, as a place where all possible shapes, forms and colors coexist.
I am inspired by abstract painters and the experimental photographers of the early 1920’s who created abstract images with the intention of moving beyond the medium’s ability to reproduce reality. My vision is to create a different reality by letting go of any preconceived ideas of photography. I seek to consider art in its purest form by looking at the fundamental elements of shapes and lines while giving homage to the beauty and simplicity of abstraction. 

Shades of Blue

Lost in Tokyo

Orange Delight

Sunshine Break Up

Night Fever

In Pink & Green

Blue on Green

Because of Blue

Straight Up

UnDone

Shades of Blue

Lost in Tokyo

Orange Delight

Sunshine Break Up

Night Fever

In Pink & Green

Blue on Green

Because of Blue

Straight Up

UnDone