image taken from: http://www.pbs.org/art21/images/maya-lin/untitled-topographic-landscape-1997?slideshow=1
While lighting from directly above is not advised for illuminating humans, Maya Lin's Untitled (Topographic Landscape) is a nice reminder that it can be a great choice for other structures. The top illumination of this piece highlights the peeks and dips of the land and focuses our attention on the very center peek. If I saw this type of light in a film it would be used to reveal the overall setting of the story and then zoom into the center of action. I love how the artists uses the alternating sizes of the the ridges in the landscape to help shape the piece by creating contrasts with shadows and how that gives the overall work a sense of life. Like waves on the ocean or rolling fields of barley.
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