An exploration of the Christmas Aesthetic

This is the Christmas aesthetic. The Christmas aesthetic is a mixture of white and red hues to create a festive look. One of the reasons I like this aesthetic is because it is very polar, because there are multiple very different looking aesthetics.

The aesthetic I decided to replicate is the minimalist white Christmas. The reason I like this image is because it has the lights alongside the busy street. I also think it would be relatively easy to replicate, possibly make the image look better than the ones shown here.

The other type of Christmas aesthetic is the very bright and colourful side. This is very different to the aesthetic that I have chosen, and the reason I did not choose to explore this aesthetic is because I believe it to be gaudy and there is too much going on in the image for any single part to be focused on and appreciated

Here is a list of the other Christmas Aesthetics:

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/my-top-ten-favorite-christmas-aesthetic

One image I took is from the Fishergate shopping centre. The image consists of large white Christmas lights to create a modern snowy look. The reason i believe this fits the Christmas aesthetic well is because of the minimalist approach the designers have taken. Similar to Ingarden’s views on aesthetic images, these lights were already beautiful, but the act of me taking the image and editing it has made this image a separate piece of art from the lights themselves.

I have digitally edited the image to show more contrast between the background and the lights in the image. This has made the light globes have a much more spacey effect, especially the top right globe, which looks similar to a moon. These bright white lights work well in the Christmas aesthetic as obviously they are the same colour as first snow, but they also have the effect of expense, and draw well from the minimalist aesthetic. White is also associated with purity.

I also took this picture of the high street. I made the reflections of the light on the wet street much brighter by altering the saturation and contrast of the image. This makes the image seem much more bleary, and puts a lot more focus onto the lights. I find this aesthetically pleasing as, with the editing the image is almost blurry and has a much more surreal look to it. Most people walking down this road do not see the beauty of the Christmas lights above them. I personally think that without the digital editing to increase the reflection of the lights into a focal point, this image would not be aesthetic. One change that I would have made to the image is to somehow darken the sides of the image, as the bright orange lights emitting from Primark are not really necessary for the image.