After creating, experimenting with, and evaluating my final presentation plans for my documentary outcomes, I next moved on to deciding how to portray my chosen symbolism results. Below I have taken all the outcomes I had decided to use in my previous ‘selections post’ and organised them as well as slightly narrowing them down. These designs are mock-up versions and experimentations of my favourite symbolism outcomes and how I want the final printed versions to appear when presenting my project. From my knowledge of printing final images in previous projects, I will be asking for my A4 and A5 prints to be on gloss paper and my A3 on matt. The red cross’ below indicate that I will definitely not be using this version of the display to physically recreate and the question mark means I am still unsure. To create these I simply used layering tools in Photoshop to make black and white backgrounds give off the illusion of window mounts, triptychs, and diptychs…

Symbolism – Final Prints – Presentations :

My first symbolism presentation above depicts the problem of cigarette waste and represents the message of ‘man vs nature’. These computer generated displays depict how I am intending to display my results in a classic black diptych window mount. Because of the dramatic black background of these pieces, I will be requesting they are printed off size A4 so that they can appear on gloss paper. Although I am fond of my symbolism piece using a human hand as the subject matter, I have found that the more simple mirroring effect of the two flower images looks much more dramatic and stylish. To create this display above I actually had to go back and re-edit these two images in order for both to appear in colour with the same tone and lighting effect. To make the window mount simulation above I used a very thin frame of white background before the black to create the illusion of the black frame having a bevelled edge.

For my next pieces presenting my creative ocean pollution symbolism finals, I will be presenting two sets of diptych images backed onto large white foam boards. Because these will all be A3 prints I originally thought about backing them onto foam board and simply displaying them as four separate pieces. However, because the images are quite similar in colour and subject matter I decided that they are best off displayed together in the hopes that they will compliment one other. I particularly like the two examples on the left together because they are a simple/abstract version of the same jellyfish-like creature. As well as this the fish and wave outcomes also work well together as it is an obvious symbol of ‘under the sea’. To re-create the Photoshop examples I have displayed above I will be first backing them onto black foam board separately (giving them more visual weight) to then arrange them side by side.

Lastly, for my surreal and abstract outcomes above, taken during my documentary ocean pollution shoot, I have decided to put together my most complicated window mount so far. This presentation will be paired up with my black and white documentary outcomes depicting the pollution I used to create these images. As with those outcomes, these were taken on an iPhone and therefore will also have to be printed off on A5 and A4 gloss paper. The reason I am unsure whether I will be using the five image window mount on the left or the smaller one with four is because I first want to judge the quality of the top abstract piece to see if its good enough to display. When recreating one of these examples I will most likely crop the A5 pieces to the same size in order for them to appear more professional. To create this complicated window mount will take a lot of planning, however, when finished, the end result will accentuate my photographs and present a visually stimulating collection.