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Evidence Of St Helier Zone Photoshoot 1
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GREEN = SUCCESSFUL / USE FOR EDITING PROCESS
Photo Shoot 1 Plan
Percival Dunham – Photographer Research
Percival Dunham was Jersey’s first photojournalist, for a short two years in 1913 and 1914. During these two years of photojournalism Dunham worked for two local newspapers, Illustrated Weekly and then the Morning News. These newspapers were the Island’s main competitors for the now Jersey Evening Post, which is now the islands only daily newspaper and has been since 1959 following the closure of the French language newspaper Les Chroniques de Jersey. In time closely leading up to World War 1, the Jersey Evening Post hadn’t looked into alternative and new ways of including photographs in their newspapers, however the Illustrated Weekly and Morning News had and were therefore the pioneers of photojournalism on the island.
over 1,000 of his images are in the collection of La Societe Jersaise, a selection of these photographs can be viewed on the archive website, here is a link to this page… http://photographic-archive.societe-jersiaise.org/brief.aspx
Here is one of Dunham’s photographs that particularly stood out to me, so I have decided to analyse…
Technical – This photograph has quite a balanced depth of field as there isn’t much depth within the subjects of the photograph, meaning that all elements of the photograph are in focus, I am also presuming that from the outdoor setting that the photograph was taken using natural light.
Contextual – The photo is titled ‘publicity stunt for Michelin’ which is a well-known French organisation. As this photo would’ve been taken during Dunham’s two years of photojournalism for local newspapers, it would’ve been taken in either 1913 or 1914 in the years leading up to the Second World War in Jersey.
Visual – The photo has a slightly high contrast which allows for the individuals’ uniforms to stand out from the background. The subjects in the photo seem to know that they are having their photo taken which in this instance is quite effective as they are making eye contact with the camera. Evidently the photo is black and white, which visually implies that the photo was taken quite a while ago. The main visual focus of the photo is the Michelin man figure, without this I personally believe that the photo would be a lot less visually interesting.
The Future Of St Helier / What Is A Masterplan
According to definition a masterplan is a comprehensive plan of action. It is a look into the future plans of a certain area such as a town, city, country or island, in this case Saint Helier in Jersey, and how this specific place can be improved and worked upon in order to make it a better place for its people.
In this specific case looking at the masterplan revolving around the future of the parish physical advancements and work is currently being done such as the construction of Jersey’s new international finance centre and the construction of new accommodation complexes on the waterfront, amongst many other changes. Two main areas of Saint Helier that are currently being looked at specifically above others are The Waterfront and Gas Place, these two areas are undergoing intense planning in the near future, as I said before amongst various other aspects of the ‘Masterplan.’
The development of the new international finance centre is very significant to the future developments that are occurring in St Helier, due to the rapid growth in the finance industry, specifically on the island. Here are some sector statistics from 2016 which show the true extent to which the finance sector is becoming so significant locally…
Overall my views on the future of St Helier, as someone who has lived in the parish my whole life and works in the town of St Helier, are that I am very unsure and intrigued to see how the changes implemented over the years to come will develop the parish either in a positive or negative way, as in some ways I believe that the parish is moving forward in a good way but in other ways it could definitely be approached in an alternative nature. And most importantly of all how it will affect the people of St Helier.
COURSE DIVIDER (AS TO A2)
AS TO A2
Final Outcome – Light-box (Presentation 2 of 2)
LIGHT-BOX PRESENTATION
As part of my final presentation I have constructed a light-box with slides and a holder for these slides. My plan for the making of this light-box is 2 posts previous.
Here are some photographs of the actual presentation before the use of any slides…
Here are the 14 outcomes which I decided to have printed on acetate to be the slides…
I chose these 14 images to be printed on acetate, as I believe from a viewer’s point of view they are very interesting compositions of: colour, texture, shape, tone, layer and text. I chose the images that I had produced with the white background as once printed on acetate the white will be transparent, allowing light to pass through creating a layered visual of various images.
Below are 14 photographs of each individual slide in the light-box not layered with any other slides…
I believe that as slides in the light-box these images are very successful. Below are some photographs of the slides layered onto of each other in the light-box…
Overall I am very satisfied with the outcome of this presentation as it it very similar to what I expected it to look like when having the idea for it. The way that the slides diffuse the light in the box and cast shadows of the objects is something that I believe is very aesthetically pleasing. Therefore I believe this idea came out as a success in response to my initial ideas. It shows response to Maha Malluh and Jim Golden (the two photographers who I’ve looked at in this project) and my idea of the x-ray scan aesthetic. The images display good understanding and control of composition, contrast, colour, texture, shape, tone, layer and text.
Final Outcome – Prints (Presentation 1 of 2)
FINAL PRINTS
This post covers my final outcomes which i have decided I would like as prints and how I will present them. My following post to this will be looking at the light-box part of my final presentation. For my final prints I wanted to have a balance between white and black backgrounds of the images which I choose.
I have chosen this image as a final print as I believe it is very striking but with a large amount of detail. As a viewer your eyes don’t stop moving with this image because there is so much going on within the image. Although this could be seen as a negative aspect I believe it is successful due to the style of image which i have been wishing to produce throughout this project.
With the two above images I have decided to have them printed as i believe they are very successful pieces in terms of their balance of colours, shapes and text. Also the subjects/objects really stand out on top of the white background in order to create a very striking visual.
The three above images I believe are successful in terms of how they display layers and hidden elements. Hidden (secret) being something I have wanted to explore since the beginning of the project.
As I am also using a light-box as the main part of my presentation, I want to display my prints in a simple and minimal way. I will do this by putting each print individually onto a trimmed piece of foam-board and then place these pieces onto white mounting board. Here is the layout of how I plan to display these prints…
