response to shadow

My response to shadow is pretty straight forward, where first things came into my mind when we talk about shadow is something always follow us. Where everything exist in the world has a shadow as their companion all the time.
Shadow aren't pretty, they're unconscious, simple, a word without sound and colour, a dark object, seamless. They've always been treated as a mimic/minor character of everything. They shared the same intention as the mirror (reflection) but in an unconscious, colourless way.
In this project, shadow is going to make a twist, as where we are now giving more attention upon them. I've written down some questions as a guide for myself of how to explore the beauty of shadow.

- Is shadow always act as a mimic/ minor character and we are always the main part?
- Can it actually be more interesting than being a dark no detail object?
- Could we apply some colours onto the shadow?
- How to make the shadow look more interesting and alive?
- How shadow could attract more than a glance from us?
- Can shadow dressed up as well?

My intention in this project is to make the shadow looks stronger and is able to take over as a main character in our life, to attract the attention of the viewers.

And i am amazed from a series of photos taken by 'Russ and Reyn' a New York based photography team, where they've smartly applied the beauty of shadow onto their pictures. Making the extraordinary shadow out of the ordinary shadow. They created real life shadow puppets and mix of real people and shadows makes for a really interesting composition.