Alliance Francaise-
The foundation Alliance Francais organised a photography competition withing the worldwide alliance Francis network every year since 2010, in partnership with the magazine ‘Courrier International’. Within this competition, the foundation gave amateur photographers the opportunity to display their work to a large audience. To mark the 21st Conference on Climate Change (Paris Climate 2015), held in Paris in December 2015, was the theme selected by the Foundation for its 5th international photography exhibition.
On 13th january our photography class went to the Climate State of Emergency’ exhibition were amature photographers from around the world entered this competition which involved showing the effects that climate change is having on places all around the world and how different places are being affected in a variety of different ways
The exhibition had a variety of different images which had different meanings and ways of getting across the effects of climate change. this set of image were my least favourite as the pink in the image looks really fake in the image. however as a group of images i think they portray the message really well of the bright colours showing the toxicity of the water in this certain location and the repetition of the colour in both images links them really well.
i liked these image because of the repetition of the trees and i think that it has a really hard hitting meaningful message of that the trees are being killed and it makes you think about the size of how big of a problem climate state is becoming. however it also acts as like a warning that this is what our generation is done to the landscape already but they are still standing so it shows that it is a time for change and the use of leading lines in both images is powerfully creating patterns and symmetry making it nearly an abstract photo.
what i like about these set of images: Shows impact of climate change, the contract between strong colours and gloominess fits well together to make the images dramatic and have more of an impact on the viewers.
The image that i really liked in this group of images is the top image as i find the use of warm tonal colours such as reds and oranges really emphasis the dryness of the environment and and also the use of texture in the image makes it one of the most life like images in the exhibition. i find the patterns take you on a journey through the image and impacted me the most that climate change is destructive and having a huge impact on our landscape.
This final set of images is my favourite for the exhibition. i think that it is my favourite shoot because it was the one that stood out to me the most and i had a really positive emotional responce to both images. the top image is similar to the other with the use of bold colours and highlighting th dryness of the environment and in this image even more that the other shows the little boy and how little water sources they have. the angle of this image in my opinion gives the message of the richer society looking down to help the boy. the bottom image links well with the above images in the way that it shows contrast of too much water that theyre surrounded by it and its making it hard to grow food. i think that the biggest factor of both these images is the striking vibrant colours which are used for on a negative image to make it more dramatic.