These photos take inspiration from Aaron Siskind focusing on texture, line and visual rhymes.

These two photos are my favourite from the shoot as they display texture of the surface, using the Ansel Adams zone system. The stones in these photographs both contain a lot of detail like the moss and weathering, making the photos more interesting. Both images contain contrasts between light and dark, the first image has contrasts from the higher level of rock and the shadows which they create below them, and the second image contains shadows through the gaps in the stones creating varied tones in the photo. Editing the photos in the contact sheet black and white makes them more similar to Aaron Siskind’s style.

These photos show similarities to Aaron Siskind’s ‘Martha’s Vineyard’ photograph:

For this photoshoot I looked for objects that had been in the sea or near it so i could focus on the weathering and rusting, like Frank Hallam-Day did in his ship hull photos.

Final 5 Images from Shoot:

The photo which i think shows the most similarities to Frank Hallam-Days photography is image 5 as it focuses on the weathering and gradual deterioration of a man made object. It has horizontal lines, creating sections with the photo of different texture. To improve this   photo i would have photographed the entire ship hull so it showed more similarities to Frank Hallam-Days work.

I edited the original picture and altered the hue to create different colours of ship hulls and a more varied range of photos. I tried to capture the way Frank portrays the effect of time on works of man, emphasising the rusting and weathering.

Abstract photography concentrates on shape, form, colour, pattern and texture. The viewer is often unable to see the whole object. The subject of the photo is often only a small part of the idea of the image. Viewers may only know the essence of the image subject or understand it by what is implied. However, it could be argued that all art, including photography, is essentially abstract. I first set out to look for straight bold lines and found that the bright yellow works well.

I edited these photos in photoshop by adjusting the hue and increasing the contrast to create different coloured lines to achieve more interesting, abstract photographs. I also experiemented with different layouts, creating patterns and geometrical shapes by flipping the photos vertically and horizontally.

I tried to explore the contrast of colour between the yellow and black and the texture they presented. Using natural light and photographed different angles of the wall to create variety within the collection. To improve this photo shoot I would edit the photos to make them more abstract so the viewer would not be able to see that it was a wall and would emphasise the pattern and texture.

I edited these photos in photoshop to develop them further by turning them black and white and making the lines more bold. I like how the black and white emphasises the texture within the wall and the weathering that has occurred over time. I think it is now less clearer to the viewer that the photograph is of a wall and is now more abstract.

I think the photos I have taken are similar to this photo (Torn Poster II—Redbird) Ernst Haas photographed in 1960.  Both photos contain bold, straight lines and texture within that. The black lines frame the picture and are the points where the eyes are drawn to. Similarly, both contain horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.