Exploration Of Secrets
Adjective/Noun
1.Something not known, seen or not meant to be known by others.
The word ‘secret’ evokes many thoughts in the viewer’s head, secrets may be verbal or physical; good or bad and in most cases, it is up to the person to decide on how they’re handled. Secrets could link to hidden identities – photographs can be taken of the same person in many different roles and such. Secrets could also explore landscapes – things such as a secret hideout.
When I initially searched for ‘secrets’ on google images this is the sort of thing that showed up; the images are predominately black and white – creating an atmosphere of suspicion and mystery. Most of the images are also rather plain and the focus is on one subject in each. A common theme is also the simplicity of the photographs; a lot is left the viewer to imagine and interpret.
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Exploration Of Codes
Noun/Verb
1.A system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy.
The word ‘code’ nowadays is mostly used for programming and computing situations, codes could evoke imagery of long complicated chains of letters and numbers; codes could also mean lines or simple patterns that translate into a message. Photographs under the theme ‘codes’ could consist of long chains of characters being projected onto people or different subjects.
These are the photographs that come up when I search for ‘codes’, unlike the ‘secret’ search results, these differ majorly from each other – some seem to be just general photographs of computer codes while others are focusing on making a bold statement about our lives and society overall.
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Conventions
Noun
1. A rule, method, or practice established by usage; a way in which something is usually done.
Conventions in photography could apply to the rules and guidance used to take ‘successful’ photographs, an idea for exploring this theme could be attempting to break away from these standards and take wonderful photographs that don’t follow these rules; in order to prove that the success of a photograph is not always determined by the basic rules. Conventions could also apply to social standards such as manners or perception/views on people based on things such as appearance or behaviour.
This is my favourite image that I produced throughout the whole of my coursework and each genre of photography we covered. I like it because it was during the landscape project that I realised the creativity in taking a photograph doesn't have to end once it is taken, yet a set of photographs can be fused together to make something ultimately better than one image. This photograph consists of many industrial buildings from around St.Helier. When some these buildings are seen standing alone they look dull and ugly with its only purpose is for practical reasons. But, when they are mixed with buildings of the opposite with architecture only created for the pleasance of its view, the ugly and the pretty compliment each other and create a grand fantasised superstructure.
The focal point of the image is the yellow telephone box I kept in colour. I did this because I wanted to target the attention onto an object that has been neglected by the uprising of mobile phones.
The image doesn't necessarily make sense in terms of lighting but I had to make use of the natural light I had on the day of the photoshoot. In a way however, it creates a deeper depth of field with the buildings further back darker than the buildings at the front. This doesn't destroy the illusion of the superstructure because of the choice I made to make it black and white, mirroring the work of Beomsik Won.
During the composition of the image was the most artistic I felt during the whole project I found out that my creativity wasn't limited in the actions of taking a photograph and printing it off.
