During the ‘variation and similarity’ projects I’ve taken inspiration from many different sources and developed my images over time to create a final piece that I am please with. Originally had looked at photographing front doors however I feel that it was not interesting enough so pursued car boots, taking inspiration form Huang Qingjuns ‘family stuff’.
My initial idea was to show just ‘Variation and similarity’ between peoples belongings and create a Typology such as bag belongings of individuals to give an insight to their lives. After experimenting with this I then decided to visit a car boot to take images of peoples belongings, however I decided to take pictures of each person with their stall as it would tell the viewer more and allowed a contrast of who they were to who they are now, by comparing them to their belongings they were hoping to sell. After this I decided to pursue this idea. At the start I was still planing on making a typology but I felt the photos were better suited to individual or a few prints displayed at a time. I took inspiration for this from Haung Qinjun’s ‘family stuff’. My initial response laid down the ground work for my project and my final pieces. I then experimented with GIFs, Typologies and Layering to further develop my work.
To conclude I believe that I have successfully followed the exam brief and the theme of Variance and Similarity’ which can be seen in my final outcomes. This is shown in the comparison between the photos with the common features of a car and a table. The comparison is aided by framing them together which allows the images to compared by the viewer. Therefore the projects follows the theme.
I feel all of my final out comes are Aesthetically pleasing, which I have created by capturing the images and editing them. All my images were taken outside with natural light, which ensured natural lighting which allowed the natural shadows and contrasts to show in the photographs, as well as a wide tonal range. The contextual idea behind my work was to provide an insight to people how they were compared to now. This shows through well in my work due to the images nature and allows comparison