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125 HOURS: JERSEY MUSEAUM TAKEOVER
On Friday 23rd October the whole of year 12 and 13 photography students headed down to the Jersey Art Museum where we were delivered an opportunity to get our creative work exhibited within the Jersey Museum. This was created to celebrate 125 years of the Jersey Evening Post [originally named Evening Post]. This would be a really great opportunity to get our work out there within the Jersey community as well as actually being a part of an exhibition.
The film cameras were great, as I’am fond of vintage cameras, it really brought the whole exhibition into perspective that people actually used to use these to make photographs for the papers and looking around at the images they were all so amazing without any editing being done at all. I personally was unable to attend the exhibition but from pictures and research i have done i have a clear imagery of what the room and presentation looked like. I do not like the layout of the exhibition and thought it could have been done a lot better. The very bright red background was too intense and set off the view to the images. However the contrast of the black and white images onto the red was very complimentary. The captions of the photographs were too high up the wall and very small so they were unreadable from a low level. The actually quality of the prints at the exhibition were very poor also.
The space that the exhibition was in the Jersey Museum and the space was also very small for the images shown. Ceilings were relatively low and makes the space feel cramped and small. The lighting was very harsh and did not compliment the photographs well at all, On a whole i thought the exhibition was very poor and could have been done ALOT better. This is a shame because the conceptual idea is a good and if done well could have been a successful and well perceived.
Contact sheet reviews – COMMUNITY
After gathering these images for my community study, I went through all 53 images and selected my favourite ones. ![Screen_Shot_2015-11-03_at_09.02.44[1]](https://hautlieucreative.co.uk/photo16a2/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/11/Screen_Shot_2015-11-03_at_09.02.441.jpg)
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I chose the following images as i felt these were the most interesting and artistic. This is because of the angles, colours, and context of the images. All of the above images were taken on disposables, i took 6 disposable cameras to Reading festival as i love the style the cameras produce. They give a rough old look which i feel matches this topic perfectly. The below images are the images I have chosen as my favourite –
Out of these images there are a select few that I feel are the best – The above and below image I picked as they both were actually intended to be the same image. This did not happen as i dropped and wet the camera multiple times, I believe these mistakes cause the split image and the damage that can be seen in some of the images. The above image uses the rule of thirds as it has something interesting in each section of the photograph, however there is a lot of negative space as the majority of the right side of the image is black, with a few splashes of red, spot lights and some water marks. The right side of the image was taken at the main stage of the festival and the left side in the camp with friends. I think the ‘mistake’ of the damage actually benefitted the image as I feel it made it very arty. The below image is similar as it is split, however i do not know where the left side of the image came from. The right is the other half of the previous image in camp. The below image I like as I feel it looks more laid out, The black block line down the centre of the image splits the two time periods and scenarios in two and joins them together. I also enjoy the image due to the emotional message behind it, the left side shows the mud, litter and dirt that is produced by the festival and the right side show the more intimate and emotional side that is also a big part of festivals. These two messages are on opposite sides of the festival spectrum but due to some freak mistake are shown in the same photograph.
The above image was taken in the arena of the festival while waiting for another act to come on a stage. I like the layout of the image as the main subject is in the centre. However surrounding her is a lot of negative space as it is just black. This image also has a lot of water marks which I feel makes it artistic. This image has also been damaged by a sort of split, as the subject is missing her arm. In real life her arms were spread apart like a star fish and in the produced image her arm has been removed and replaced by darkness and moved vertically. This is not very noticeable but I feel adds to the roughness of the image well.
The above image was taken in camp of a friend who had just woken up after passing out for 8 hours. Water marks again make the image look rough and dirty, and the poor angle and positioning too. However the subject still remains roughly in the centre of the image. This image also looks better on its side or upsidedown. This is because when it is upright and normal, it looks ‘too normal’ and not arty enough.
The above two images also have watermarks and were taken in camp aswell. The angling is quite straight on which I feel makes the images quite clear. The thumb print in the second image is the reason I chose it in a select few. The first image has a range of colours i feel contrast each other well, aswell as the odd act of two gas balloons in ones mouth, the blue contrasts well with the red tent in the background and the rubbish on the floor.
Family shoot – The box
Ian going to do a family shoot, using my idea of “The box”. I have done a previous post on this idea explaining how jam going to conduct the shoot –
“For my Family study i have decided on an idea called ‘The Box’, This idea comes from a ‘special box’ that i was given when i was born. My sister was also given an identical one also. Throughout our lives, my mother has collected things from our childhood that have been of significant memory and has put them in the box. These things range from baby scans of us inside my mother, hospital bands from he day we were born, our first shoes, presents we were given as children and much much more. These objects in these boxes have become very special to us, and are restricted and hidden in chosen places in our bedrooms. My parents, imparticularlly my mother doesn’t like anyone who is not family looking at these boxes, I’m unsure of the reason why but i assume privacy reasons. I would like to study thing as my “Family” area of work as i feel firstly it is a very family related idea and very few people could tell this story as all of the objects in the box have sentimental value and memories related to them that nobody would understand apart from me.”
Iam borrowing a camera from school and taking the photographs with that camera so the quality is better than previous photos that were taken on a disposable.
To try an create the image i have in my head jam going to borrow some pieces of black card, to create a mini studio to place the objects on and take pictures. Ian hoping the images will turn out similar to the set up that Phillip Toledano used for his project ‘when i was six’. His project is what inspired my shoot and his setup is also something i would like to recreate as i felt it set the tone and mood for the shoots very well with contrasting lighting.
COMMUNITY PHOTOS
These photographs were all taken on a disposable camera over the summer in party and festival settings.
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Party shoot – Community
A friend of mine is having her 18th birthday party at a heritage site in Jersey. The party is going to be held at L’Etacquerel Fort on November the 14th. The party is also glitter theme so I have a few ideas for images. I especially think the glitter will look really effective in the photographs. This will relate to the theme of community as our friendship group is a big community, we are all basically like family so I am hoping to capture some images that reflect that. Iam photographing this party due to my recent study on community for Corinne Day. One of her shoots was based on the party scene, I intend to take some similar pictures for a shoot for community.
TRACKING SHEET
PHILLIP TOLEDANO – FAMILY STUDY
Attempting to learn more about Phillip Toledano online proved difficult, Toledano has little information on him specifically and what I found useful was a quote from his website –
“I was born in 1968 in London, to a French Moroccan mother and an American father.
I have a BA in English literature. My art education came from my father, who was a full time artist.
It would be fair to say that I learned by osmosis.
I consider myself a conceptual artist: Everything starts with an idea, and the idea determines the execution.
Consequently, my work varies in medium, from photography to installation, sculpture and painting. The themes of my work are primarily socio-political, although lately I’ve strayed into the deeply personal.”
When Phil Toledano was six, his sister died. His family never talked of her again. But when his parents died, they left a box of her belongings. He therefore made a photography book called “When i was 6” – he was 6 when she died and he tried to remember memories of her he has and also things he was interested in in that period of his life. When his parents died, Toledano discovered a case in the back of their wardrobe. It was full of Claudia’s belongings, and of pictures they had taken of her.
“When I saw the pictures, she seemed so grown up, and that was so shocking to me,” he says. “She was a real person. I guess it’s easy to think you’ve lost a baby than you’ve lost a person.”
A year elapsed between his discovery of Claudia’s belongings and finding the strength to begin When I Was Six. “It was almost hilariously miserable,” he says. “I’d take a picture, then I’d start crying. I’d go to sleep and then wake up, take some more pictures, and start crying again. It was just so exhausting, on a molecular level.”
Some of the images i find extremely interesting, also the idea that these belongings of a sister toledano has very little rememberance of intrigues me. Finding this box caused him to make a photo book of her belongings, here are some of the images from the book thati find the most interesting.
I love the way these images have been taken and presented aswell. A typical presentation would be just flat on a table and taken from a birds eye view. Toledano changed this and made the images of the objects interesting aswell, by using natural lights to create contrasting shadows and propping the objects up aswell as piling things up to increased perceived quantity but letting the eye only see the most interesting one. However the contrasting and strong natural light with created shadows makes the images look moody and mysterious, this I feel sets a great theme for the book.
FAMILY / COMMUNITY / FAITH SPECIFICATION IDEAS
FAMILY IDEAS –
For my Family study i have decided on an idea called ‘The Box’, This idea comes from a ‘special box’ that i was given when i was born. My sister was also given an identical one also. Throughout our lives, my mother has collected things from our childhood that have been of significant memory and has put them in the box. These things range from baby scans of us inside my mother, hospital bands from he day we were born, our first shoes, presents we were given as children and much much more. These objects in these boxes have become very special to us, and are restricted and hidden in chosen places in our bedrooms. My parents, imparticularlly my mother doesn’t like anyone who is not family looking at these boxes, I’m unsure of the reason why but i assume privacy reasons. I would like to study thing as my “Family” area of work as i feel firstly it is a very family related idea and very few people could tell this story as all of the objects in the box have sentimental value and memories related to them that nobody would understand apart from me.
COMMUNITY IDEAS –
My community study i feel is going to be the most interesting and intriguing to conduct. This is because the idea and plan of the study is based on unexpected behaviour and events. My community idea is based around my community of friends. Your friendship community are the people you surround yourself with and tend to do everything with, bad and good. I would like to therefore document my community of friends to study and capture the behaviours and events that happen when you are in company with each other. Typically at this age alcohol is a bit part of social occasions, due to 18th birthdays and social party events. Behaviour that is present at these events and gatherings depends on the company and degree of comfort you feel when you are around them. You therefore allow behaviour that is not accepted or performed in front of others e.g: Family. My idea for this area of work is capturing and photographing these events and to catch this behaviour and intoxication on camera swell as memory.
FAITH –
I have no ideas for Faith so far, however will update this post when I do.
SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI
Alec Soth is an American photographer, based in Minneapolis, who makes “large-scale American projects” featuring the Midwestern United States. The project Iam looking to study is his project ‘sleeping by the Mississippi’. SBTM is a photography book made from Soth travelling down the Mississippi and taking photographs in the areas around the river. 
The project contains many fascinating images, all of these images somehow relate to ‘sleeping by the Mississippi’. Some of the images more so than others, the following are some of my favorite images from the project – These images mainly focus around beds and occasionally death, which can be interpenetrated as sleeping beyond life.
My two favorite images are the photographs where you can see bed/mattresses in the water itselfs. This relates extremely closes to the title ‘SLEEPING by the MISSISSIPPI’ as it has bed posts and mattresses which are used for sleeping. Therefore the images show quite clearly a representation of ‘SLEEPING by the Mississippi’. Here are my two favorite images –