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project ideas // research

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The idea for my project is to capture insignificant events and objects and show the spirituality within them. There’s a lot of different things that I plan to capture throughout the project. The photographer Rinko Kawauchi is my main inspiration for my idea and I really like her concepts and the subjects that she captures. The different thinks that I plan to capture are things that we see everyday but ignore because of there insignificance. Things such as light and shadows, abstract shapes and objects, different angles of the body and fragmenting everyday scenes.

I wanted to name the project something simple, catchy and something with a deeper meaning. The photographer Rinko Kawauchi has inspired me a lot through the process of coming up with ideas. She is a Japanese photographer so I started searching up different meanings of words in Japanese. My project is based on finding the beauty of everyday things and situations. I intend to focus on the purity and depth of things that we claim to be insignificant. The saying that I came across that I liked the most was ‘Wabi-Sabi’. The definition behind this word works really well with my project. Wabi-Sabi means “a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.” This is what I aim to explore in my project and is why I decided to name it Wabi-Sabi.

The images above is a mood board of different objects and scenes that I plan to capture within my series of images. The different things include images of the human body ranging from old people to young people, but fragmenting them so that I focus on particular parts. I want to capture images of shadows ad light and the different ways we see it throughout the day. I also want to collect a range of images to do with nature, such as the sea and flowers, trees, however I plan on capturing them in an unusual way. I also plan on taking image of animals such as insects and insignificant creatures.

Once I’ve done all the shoots I will choose a collection of the very best images to display as a group. I also plan on creating a video studying the light and the way it changes throughout the day.

 

Analysis, Research

spiritual images and connotations // research and analysis

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https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Rinko_Kawauchi

For my project I want to research and learn more about spiritual connotations within photography. I started by researching some photographers because I wanted to annotate certain images that contained a spiritual connection. The word spiritual means relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things such as the body. The word spiritual creates religious connotations however I don’t plan to lead into religious aspects. The spirituality that I intend to focus on in my project is the purity and depth within insignificant events and scenes. I aim to capture the small details of everyday that people perceive as insignificant and portray them in a more detailed, beautiful way. All though these objects and events may seem insignificant they lead onto and contain a much more deeper sentiment.

The images below are by Rinko Kawauchi and they are examples of images that contain spiritual and deeper connotations. Although the images captured are events and objects that happen and are seen everyday, the way that Kawauchi frames them makes them unique and pure. Her series of images are bright and highly detailed which helps emphasise the spiritual elements.

Analysis, Experimenting

Disposable shoot project // response shoot

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After researching about the Disposable Camera Project I decided to do one of my own because I wanted to experiment with my freedom of expression and see what scenes would catch my eye more. I really liked the way I didn’t have to think of the technical side of the image by making sure the camera settings were right because I was using a disposable camera. This allowed me to focus more on what I was capturing. The images and the shoot below was my final outcome of the project.

These are all 24 images from the disposable image camera shoot. Not all the images turned out the way I was planning but I am happy with the overall result. I took the images over a period of 24 hours. I wanted to capture different scenes and objects that weren’t necessarily perfect images. I wanted to take images that would create a story, and something with unusual  aesthetics.

After collecting the images, I scanned them into a jpeg form so that I could edit them. I edited the images very simply because I didn’t want to manipulate the images too much. I know the images aren’t perfect but I really like that natural imperfect look.

As an experiment I also wanted to do some contrasting edits of the same images. I choose one of my favorite images and edited it in contrasting ways to see what style suited the image better. I first edited a colored version which I really  liked, and then I created a black and white version. I like both versions because of the variation between the light and the dark within the image. I really like the movement within the image and the way the light reflects of the water is captured really well. The image as a whole contains a spiritual atmosphere which was what I was trying to create.

The image below are light spill images because the scene or object I was trying to capture didn’t turn out the way I had planned, however I like the effect that they created.

Overall, I am very happy with the shoot and the final outcome of my images. I know that by doing this experimental shoot I have learnt more about how to perceive the world in an unusual and original perspective. I learnt about how to be more creative with what I am seeing and taking.

 

Recording

Creationism – Light

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This shoot was all about capturing the experience and spirituality of the one of the elements – light.  I was trying to create the physical and also the metaphysical in my images, the idea that there is something extraodinary that can be seen beyond the normal object.  These images link to the idea of creationsim because I believe they not only appear similar to how when light first became introduced to the world, but they also appear similer in appearmce to the consatntly changing world that is occuring but poeople don’t seem to realise as dramatically and as quickly as it is.  Similarly to the work of Alexander Mourant, I wanted to capture the atmospheric tones that try and reaweken many of society’s lost connection with the continual processes of change that our own relationship holds with this planet, something I believe science has allowed us to do.  This in itself explores the relationship of freedom and limitations because what can be seen by some, can’t be seen by others.  And for those who do see, theere is a sense of awe and wonder that I am trying to invoke and express within these images.  In order to do this, I am trying to communicate my own spiritual interaction with my faith and am trying to implement the idea of why not how change occurs in reference to science and the theory of creation.

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Chapter 1 – Genesis

[1:1] In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
[1:2] the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
[1:3] Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
[1:4] And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
[1:5] God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

 

Overall I believe my shoots were succesful despite how initially I felt it hard to gather inspiration in what to physically take, as light (which isn’t an object) is intangible.  I experimented with different sources that reflect light but eventually decided to focus on the single light source that lights up everything – the sun.  The spiritual significance associated with the sun, I felt was important to capture.  In the bible it talks of light seperating the darkness.  In today’s world, there is so many areas that I believe link the two and so therefore I tried to include light and darkness as a binary opposite in my photographs.  Areas that include the darkness is the idea that people are starting to miss seeing the light, and the ever wonders of change and freedom involved in this.  Therefore in these images I wanted to explore the notion of change, reecording it, and why I feel it is importan to recognise how as humans we can use this to reignite our relationship with the freedoms of nature.  However in this regard, I believe it is also important to consider the limitations of this in that we essentially don’t know what the causes of where we are going with thss livelihood of spiritual interaction in this world is taking us