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knolling coins

            Canon EOS 6D - f/10 - 1/2 sec - 100 mm - ISO 200

- coins, from upper left to lower right:
* Denmark: 10 ore, 1954
* Switzerland: 5 centimes, 1919
* Ireland: three pence, 1953
* USA: 5 cents, 1959
* Switzerland: 1/2 franc (50 centimes), 1958
* India:  1 Anna, 1934
* France: 1 Franc, 1947
* United Kingdom: three pence, 1957
* Spain: 5 pesetas, 1957  

- Knolling is the process of arranging different objects so that they are at 90 degree angles from each other, then photographing them from above. Knolling creates a look that is very symmetrical and pleasing to the eye, and it also allows people to see many objects at once in a single photograph. 
Most photographs that feature knolling set the objects against a solid background. This makes it easy to see each individual object and allows them to be the most dynamic part of the image.

The first person to knoll was Andrew Kromelow, a janitor at Frank Gehry's furniture store. At the time, Gehry was designing for a popular furniture brand called Knoll, a company that was legendary for creating very angular furniture. At the end of his work days, Kromelow would go through the store and find any tools that had been left out. He would then rearrange the tools on a flat surface so they were at right angles to one another. He called this knolling, because it reminded him of the angles in Florence Knoll's furniture pieces.

Knolling eventually became popular through the work of Tom Sachs, an artist and sculptor who also worked with Gehry. Sachs saw the photographs that Kromelow was taking, and decided to create a piece about knolling. Sachs adopted the phrase "Always be knolling" (or ABK for short) as a motto for his work. By 1987, knolling had officially become a trend.

   

Taken on: September 30, 2019

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Canon EOS 6D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM « less

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/11.0, 5 sec, 100mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	5
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 21,00
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