Richard Mosse is a 30 year old Irish photographer. He was born and raised in Ireland, however he currently resides in New York, USA, where he pursue's his career as a photographer. The last project he was working on was based in Congo, where he not only captured phenomenal photographs, however managed to create a documentary as well. During his three year stay in Congo, Mosse decided from the beginning to use an infrared film on his camera, which would conclusively give of a very unique effect. By using an infrared film, Mosse was capable of producing photographs that were pinkish/reddish colored. For example, he captured a lot of landscape images of green hills and mountains, however, with the red film he was using, these landscapes shifted from being green to pink. In addition to landscape photographs, the Irish photographer produced a documentary/film, one which was one of a kind in the market. Instead of physically holding the camera and walking around, Mosse chose to alternatively use a remote control drone, one with a camera fixed to it. Therefore, the outcome of the captured footage was absolutely perfect, as the drone flew smoothly and at different heights and angle's, hence giving the audience a soothing sense. Nonetheless, even the drone's camera had a red film on it, in order for his project to be consistent and related. Through the use of the drone, Mosse captured footage of mountains, lakes, soldiers from the Republic of Congo, children playing and rural villages on the country side. I personally admired Richard Mosse's exhibition, it was surely one of a kind. The use of a filter was intelligent and very effective, in a sense it made the scenery look like it was taken from an imaginary world, where mountains looked like cotton candy.
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