I had a number of different ways I wanted to present my work. I wanted to display my images either horizontally or vertically, like shown below. The reason for this is because I thought it would clearly and neatly display my images in a presentable way that would allow them to stand out. I finally decided on displaying my images vertically as I though that would be the neatest way for this specific set of images to be displayed. As the images where in black and white I then had the decision of displaying them on white or black card. The set of images that I had chosen had a lot of white patches which made me single out the white background as it didn’t really allow them to stand out. However, on black card the images really stood out in comparison. Furthermore, the black background and the images created a strong contrast which contributed to them standing out more. The layout of the images was chosen by the first image which I thought was the strongest image. The image with the people at the front, I thought, was the odd one out in this group of images which is why I placed it in the middle. This decision allowed me to separate the two man made images with some urban landscape. When displaying them I Created  window mounts for the images as I thought this was the strongest way of displaying them and I thought it reflected my final images clearly.

This was my final outcome.

My response to Richard Billingham

In response to Richard Billingham I decided to document my grandparents, the main focus being my grandmother who has Alzheimer's, I wanted to show the difficulties for someone who has Alzheimer's and also the effect it has on the people around them, in this case my grandfather who looks after her. My intention was to try and capture candid moments of their everyday life to show how Alzheimer's takes away memory of people and places, by capturing the constant surprised and dazed look of my grandmother who can see me taking her photo but does no necessarily know who i am or what i'm really doing, but also everyday functions such as eating, speaking and walking, as you can see in the photos she spends most of her day lying in bed because she simply doesn't know how to do anything else anymore.

These are a few of the images that I selected from my shoot as i think they best represent my intention.

When selecting photos and planning  for my final presentation I have been looking at how Miyako Ishiuchi (my original artist reference) displayed her work. The photos in the Frida series were taken for a catalog which we can see bellow.

I like how minimal the layout is with no writing or patterns taking away from the impact of the image. The background surrounding the photo is white which brings out the rich colours in the silk. the background in the actual photograph is an off white colour and has shadowed areas, if the photo was displayed without a pure white boarder we might not notice these small details. These two images were selected to be placed together because they both display the different parts of the same item.

The photographs in the last two images have been displayed in white frames and hung on walls in different arrangements. Again they have been displayed in a very minimal way to keep a focus on the colour in the image. I love how the yellow background in the second display matches the colour in the image perfectly and brings the two frames together. I took inspiration from this for my own edits and used the eyedropper tool to sample the colours in the image onto the background.

Final Images:

I took these two images of coin purses from the same shoot and chose to arrange them together as a set. Both the photos have a very similar colour schemes and I wanted to use this to link them together. I used the eye drop tool to select a red/ brown colour which matched both photos and made a new page, filling it with the selected colour. I then dragged the images onto the page and arranged them so that there was negative space in between filled with the colour.

I will cut out and glue these two photographs on to white foam board because I want the colours to stand out on their own, I also think this will give them the clean minimal look i was going for.

I chose these four photos of old coin purses for my final images because i think they show how how my ideas have developed through the project and display what i have learnt from studying my chosen photographers. The link to the theme of secrets, codes and conventions due to the  museum style and unknown history in the items I have photographed. I wanted the photos to display what the antiques look like in real life and show their imperfections rather than re touching them to look perfect.

Another photo I have chosen to print is this one of a radio repeated multiple ties on a yellow background, again this shows an old item which has a story and a secret however also links to the theme of code in the way signals are transmitted to radios. I want to frame this image in a black window mount which will compliment the black parts of them image.

For my final images I gathered together the best photos I had taken from each shoot to compare with each other, by comparing analysis with each one it would really allow me to understand the reason for each ones success. At the same time as I analyse these images I have sent out nine of my favorite images to be printed so that I can present them in the way I want. Here are my choices for my top five pictures: