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New Topographics

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Today, I experimented further with the New Topographics movement by updating my knowledge and understanding of it; refreshing my memory then taking a trip out in the playground/car park of the school as I was aware this had many opportunities for me to capture the ugliness and dullness of the mess which is hidden behind the school but attempt to find it’s indirect, inner beauty.

CS NT 1 CS NT 2This shoot focuses particularly on the nuts on bolts of New Topography – capturing imagery of the man-altered landscapes of our world – landscapes which have no direct beauty or meaning to them, including objects like bins, glass bottles, broken fences and graffiti. I wanted it to be the simplicity of the each image, in the way it was taken that provokes the thoughts of viewers.

I took all of these images of my iPhone 6S and what I wished to achieve was a photographic contrast between natural landscapes and man-made features obstructing the beauty of them or perhaps vice versa – the natural landscapes adding another perspective to the inanimate, lifeless man-made features. The not-so-great quality of my iPhone camera compared to that of a professional Canon adds to the effect of dullness that is received on this windy and miserable day.

Experimentation, Recording

Certain Walk

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On the way to the Art Center for the Climate Change Exhibition, we had to take twelve images of the Landscape that we walked past. As we were walking through town the landscape that we saw was Urban Landscape, and therefore I mostly decided to capture the buildings. Here are the twelve images I took.

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Here are a few edits of the images that I took on the certain walk. I mostly chose to edit them into black and white because it defines the shadows within the image, and helps highlight the light areas.

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Analysis, Experimentation, Extension, Instruction, Planning, Recording

Using Photo Archives to explore Our Changing Landscapes

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What Are Archives?

In the course of daily life, individuals and organizations create and keep information about their personal and business activities. Archivists identify and preserve these documents of lasting value.

These records — and the places they are kept — are called “archives.” Archival records take many forms, including correspondence, diaries, financial and legal documents, photographs, and moving image and sound recordings. All state governments as well as many local governments, schools, businesses, libraries, and historical societies, maintain archives.

 

Your task

The images above are Archival Images from iconic areas of Jersey…and these areas have changed over time.

  • Find archival images that correspond to your own landscape photography and contrast and compare. Include any info you can find about the image itself / photographer / time period etc
  • OR…you may find that you are intrigued by a particular landscape image and want to respond to it and create a comparison / composite image. For this you must conduct a photo-shoot aiming to document the area from a similar viewpoint and edit your images accordingly
  • OR…you may want to explore the concept of JUXTAPOSING Old and new buildings / parts of Jersey…either by photographing them in situ, or creating a composite image using photoshopi-combined-old-and-new-photos-of-paris-to-bring-history-to-life-5__880
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Public archives in Jersey

Jersey Archives:  Since 1993 Jersey Archive has collected over 300,000 archival records and it is the island’s national repository holding archival material from public institutions as well as private businesses and individuals. To visit click here

Jersey Archive can offer guidance, information and documents that relate to all aspects of the Island’s History. It also holds the collections of the Channel Islands Family History Society.

Societe Jersiaise: Photographic archive of 80,000 images dating from the mid-1840s to the present day. 35,000 historical images in the Photographic Archive are searchable online here.

Societe Jersiaise also have an extensive library with access to may publications and records relating to the island’s history, identity and geography. Click here

Archisle: The Jersey Contemporary Photography Programme, hosted by the Société Jersiaise aims to promote contemporary photography through an ongoing programme of exhibitions, education and commissions.

The Archisle project connects photographic archives, contemporary practice and experiences of island cultures and geographies through the development of a space for creative discourse between Jersey and international practitioners.

Link: http://www.archisle.org.je/

Experimentation

Landscapes // Photoshoot 3 : Fort Regent

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For this photoshoot, I took a walk around the area of Snow Hill and Fort Regent to attempt to capture the more urban side of landscapes. The opportunities were endless for photos because the area was the home of the tallest building in Jersey; this being a block of flats. cs-fr-1 cs-fr-2 cs-fr-3 cs-fr-4

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7For this edit, I wanted to depict a sense of contrast between what we as the audience can see and portray from jus looking at the outsides of these two windows.

I chose very carefully to pair these two windows and make an image out of it. As the s, we can only see what’s on the outside and are limited to this view. From looking at these two windows, we can begin to develop an interest in the occupants on the inside and it provokes thoughts and the occupants inside.

As well as this, I like the irony that is the fact that I have framed two fames within my image and it crates an endless idea that our lives are perhaps held in a confined space, or perhaps ourselves are being framed.

However, my main aim I wanted to achieve out of this photograph us the evident contrast between colours and potentially lives; the top window is covered by a curtain with life and colour – it is a pink curtain. From this, we can begin to create thoughts that in this particular apartment, there is a family living inside with a little girl. There are also fun stickers plastered on the window which add to the sense. On the other and, the window below is a dark and dull, almost lifeless-looking frame – possibly framing the occupants life and the way he lives. The two flats are separated and differentiated by what we can depict jus from there windows; the top one looks fun and the bottom looks rather miserable.

I wanted to focus mainly on the context and what we can take form the image as a priority over the effects and the technicality of the images look.

Experimentation, Homework Assignment

Landscapes // Photoshoot 2 : Bel Croute

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For this photoshoot at Bel Croute, it was early in the evening therefore it wad getting quite dark and the sun had already set. Because of this, i could not capture the bright, fun colours of sun drifting behind the horizon, therefore had to focus on the dark colours that the sky and seascape provided me. However, I could also include several textures in this shoot as there was pebbles scattered across the beach, mini rock pools, the sea, and the land above the lower sea level. My favourite aspect of this photoshoot is the woods area which took full advantage of once it had begun to get very dark. I used the flash to allows the foreground to be brightly lit and in focus, however, it made the background to become very dark, giving a background for the trees and greenery to stand out against. When editing in Photoshop, I wanted to pay around mostly with brightness and contrast to show the use of flash.

I also experimented with close-ups and macros in this shoot because the textures available to me allowed me yo find little objects that looked great in macro form, such as the chains and padlocks keeping boats ashore. As well as seaweed and pebbles, I could find many different patterns.

There was also a blue tone that glazed the images that I noticed when looking back at the images which adds to the nautical theme and also brightens the look as well as the mood to each image.

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Experimentation, Recording

Landscapes // Photoshoot 1 : Fog

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For this photoshoot I produced over Christmas, I wanted to experiment with different camera settings in this unappealing set up as it was very foggy. Due to it being winter time, the fog was very heavy ad thick so it was difficult to see very far, however, this made for an interesting set up because the photos I captured looked very mysterious and chilling. Because of the weather, things such as street lights and house lights stood out very prominently. On the other hand, because the shoot is based in the countryside, things like tall trees, hay barrels, huts and horizons were very distant and difficult to make out but when editing, I used this to my advantage to add to the chilling mood.

There are several grey and black tones to the images, and because the sky was very misty and grey , this provided a great backdrop for darker objects such as the bare branches of trees to stand out against.

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