Contact Sheet For the Background

I believe this photo shoot was effective in collating what I needed for my photos to be aesthetically pleasing. I simply ventured around town and took pictures of interesting walls straight on which would make it easier in post production to edit graffiti on. I tried to refrain from photographing plain walls with little texture as i wanted to enhance the concept and meaning of the images other than the graffiti once added in by having these interesting backgrounds.

Edited Images

The two images above have been constructed to show a narrative about a girl in a 3rd world country/war zone that has very little about her life due to the upbringing in a poor area. Therefore, due to her unfortunate place of home, she has to make use of what is around by using a grenade as a ball and a slanted wall as a slide.

The image above could be interpreted in many ways. An interpretation of this could be about the political issue of migration and the extreme extents that people put themselves in to get across the boarder. This makes the audience aware of this situation and may influence them to change the way they think about migrants and the reasons they are coming to a new country.

The two images above relate to negative environmental issues and how people don’t care about how we are treating the planet. The top image of the biker shows an avoidance of cleaning up because instead of removing the litter he is using it for a BMX stunt. The photo below clearly shows how society are inconsiderate and will vandalize buildings which also reflects the way people treat the environment.

I believe that all of these edits show significance and political meaning with issues inflicted such as war, migration and environmental issues too. Each individual image can be interpreted in a variety of ways conveying their own politicized story and each viewer can interpret the story in ways that may relate to them. They can be interpreted in a variety of ways linking to the individual as my images show diversity as the stories aren’t immediately visible which I think helps to engage with the audience as they can bring their own experiences to the images and narrative.

I think the above image is my most powerful and effective image due to the narrative created and thoughts that it can stimulate to the viewer. The image reflects the conditions in war and how the younger generation are innocent yet suffering. I believe the composition works well to draw the audience to the focus points of the photo such as the girl, grenade and sign. The texture of the wall works well in conjunction with the concept of the image as it reflects a rather torn up area like a war zone would be like. The photo manipulation method is similar to Alice Wielinga’s work and the graffiti style and concept relates to Banksy’s work.

Editing Process