INITIAL OUTCOMES

Here are some initial outcomes/edits which I have produced with my initial ideas and thoughts in mind. I believe that for a first effort these have come out rather successfully, therefore I plan to take this style of editing and composure forward in this project. I believe that they are a good initial response to the exploration of Maha Malluh’s work and the idea of the x-ray aesthetic.

This was my first outcome in which I used some photographs from earlier in my coursework, as I wanted to see how this style of editing/composure worked visually before using any of the photographs that I purposely took for this project. I was very satisfied with this outcome, therefore I decided to go forward with this idea…

…I believe that these images are well balanced with textures, tones and shapes…

…The way that the objects/subjects contrast with the dark background is also something that I believe is successful with these images…

…Overall as an initial response to my idea which was ‘to photograph individual objects and then use Photoshop to compile and overlay them in order to create images with a similar aesthetic to a mix of the X-rays and of Malluh’s work. However this will require me to find alternative objects which aren’t obvious in order to give the pieces individuality and visual interest within each piece itself. This will be a response to development in technology and the everyday objects that are found around us, and how this development is causing a loss of security and privacy (which will be symbolised by the security X-ray aesthetic as it something that breaks the line of privacy.)’ I believe that they reflect this statement.

I will soon follow up with a blog post on my editing process, so that the way I have edited these images is explained.