For my second collage, I wanted to use images of eyes to go with the context of how people are blind to what goes on around the world, and in our society. Here is the contact sheet for that shoot below. I did the shoot in a studio, so that I could use the studio lights to achieve the best images with the most detail.
Here is the studio shoot that I did to collect more images for my collage.I used a studio light to highlight the models face and to make sure all the details were visible to I was able to get a good image.
As well as doing simple edits, I wanted to try some really dramatic, graphic design style images. I would use these edits for the collages that I wanted to create, using Photoshop and practically, by hand.
The dramatic style links to the artist and photographer who I originally started with, who is Robert Rauschenburg. He uses bright colors and abstract shapes, which also links to Abstract expressionism. I want to use both of these as influences for my collages, and therefore am editing a few of the images in an artistic way.
The images below are a few from the dramatic edits that I did. I wanted to achieve a wide variety of images and edits so that I could express and show a wide variety of, angles, perspectives and styles in my collages.
Each of the images contains bright colors and different perspectives which ensures the collage contains a variety of images to make them more interesting.
The images look slightly cartoonist, and artistic because of the graphic design style that’s used to edit them.
Once I had done the edits of the images using Banksy as inspiration, I decided that the images looked best left as simple edits because leaving the images in their original form highlights the context of the image, rather then the dramatic editing of it.
Throughout my project I have challenged certain views within society. I started by using my images to show how women in society are viewed and portrayed. I also tried to show the differences between women in our society compared to those in other cultures and countries such as Syria.
I really liked the idea of going further with showing the differences between our society and people in developing countries. I started by using the images I took in the street photography shoot to show the normal day to day routine of people in our society. All the images have been edited into black and white to express how boring and unattractive our lives are.
For one of my final images, I’ve chosen a selection of the best photos from the street photography shoot to portray the simple day to day routine of our lives. Our display the images in a similar way that I’ve done below. I’ve displayed in a organised manor, so that it links to the word structure, so that it is showing the structure of peoples lives.
Here are some of the best images from the selection.
I really like the image above because of the angle and framing of it. The way the three men are positioned in the center of the frame makes the image look really appealing to the eye. I also really like the way the image flows because the man in the center is angled straight towards the camera, whereas the men beside him are slightly angled away. The image contains a lot of character because you are able to see the men’s personalities within the photo. The image also contains some humour because of the expression which is on the men’s face, and also because of the environment which they are in.
The image above is similar, yet different to the other image with the three men. It is similar because of the positioning, angle and framing of the person within the shot. It is also similar because of the environment in which the photo had been taken. However, the context and emotion of this image is different compared to the other image. Rather then the man being in a group, he is the only one in the shot, which creates and impression of loneliness. I also like how the man is looking away from the camera because its adds more depth and perspective to the image.
Here are the original images from the shoot. For the shoot i needed a fast shutter speed because I was moving in a car whilst taking the images of the people walking past. If I had a slow shutter speed then the images would be blurry and I wanted to capture a still image. My ISO was high because I had such a high shutter speed, and therefore not as much light was captured.
I’m really happy with the results of my shoot, however It was hard to get a good image while moving in a car. So, next time I try this shoot, I will walk round town when taking the images.
The point of the shoot was to capture the structure of people’s everyday lives, and to try and capture the persons character and personality within the image. The framing of the image and how it was positioned is important because it effects how appealing the image is. Here are a few simple edits from the shoot. I wanted to vary them so some are in colour and some are in black and white.
The image below is my favorite edit from the shoot because you can see the mans character and the way he is captured shows his personality.
