As an experimentation I decided to see what effect it would have on my current images if I was to merge them with urban landscape photographs which I have from my coursework.
Below are the outcomes of this experimentation (Originals Left, Edits Right)…
Although this experimentation is interesting and gives the images another element, I personally think that it makes the images too complicated and possibly over-done.
I have decided to refine down on my ideas for the overall course of my ideas for this project, I have been inspired by the work of minimalist photographers, such as Micheal Kenna. When looking back at the image that I had taken for the codes photo-shoot, i felt overall more satisfied when looking at them and that I could take that idea further on and develop it greater that what i could do with the other ideas i have had previously. So to carry on this project i have decided to look at minimalism and abstract photography and have that as the basis of my project and eventually final ideas.
Minimalism Photography
Minimalism is a style employed by many 20th C
entury artists, using a minimum amount of components such as colour, shape, line and texture. Within the art world it is considered an extremely subjective concept, leaving interpretation and meaning up to the viewers perception of the work. Minimalism emerged in the late 50′s when artists such as Frank Stella, whose Black Paintings were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1959, began to turn away from the gestural art of the previous generation
Abstract Photography
Abstract photography, also known as non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials. An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or impression. The image may be produced using traditional photographic equipment like a camera, darkroom or computer, or it may be created without using a camera by directly manipulating film, paper or other photographic media, including digital presentations
These are the final two photographs that I want to use for my final piece in the externally set assignment. I chose these two photographs as they both reflect the abandoned theme within Gregory Berg’s work and both contain long pathways that lead the eye of the viewer from the front to the back of the photograph.
For the presentation of my photographs I will be looking at either presenting it on a black or white board or a combination of both. I think that because of the dark nature of the photographs I will be used a black background to compliment it and to not create too much contrast with the background but a white background along with the black may create some aesthetically pleasing contrast
On black board then white board
On black board
On white board
On white board then black board
For my final presentation I have decided that I will present the two photographs on white board then then on black board. I have decided this as it will provide contrast whilst helping to separate the photographs from the background which makes the photographs and the shadows/colours within them more emphasised.
These are the final three images that I have shortlisted for my final presentation for the externally set assignment. I definitely want to incorporate all three of these photographs into my final presentation but I like the landscape images better and don’t think that the portrait photograph will fit in very well. Because of this I want to photoshop the photographs in order to incorporate it into one of the landscape images.
I decided to incorporate it into the photograph with the gates in it as the shape of the photograph fitted the shape of the gates suitably. I started off by placing the portrait photograph over the gate and then I changed the opacity of the photograph from 100% to 45% so that the gates behind the photograph would show through and the portrait photograph would merge into the landscape photograph.
Below is the final composition of the edit, to me this reflects how many different paths and areas there are to the subway, and the different secret passages that are unknown/out of bounds to the majority of people.