For an trip with the school photography department we visited the Havre Des Pas / La Collette area of St Helier in order to take some landscape photographs.
Here is the route that we took marked in red…
And here is the photo-shoot from the visit which I have visually annotated in order to assist me picking out my favourite images for editing and putting aside…
From this photo-shoot I have edited my favourite images, I believe that the images from this photo-shoot have some very effective shapes and textures within them; and here are the outcomes…
Here are my favourite outcomes from my urban and altered landscape photo-shoot, these pieces have been done with inspiration and influence from The New Topographics.
With these photographs I have aimed to present my raw camera skills and display the pure aesthetic pleasure of man made landscapes and how man made structures can impact natural landscapes.
Here is my raw Urban & Altered landscape photo-shoot. I have visually annotated the contact sheets of the shoot in order to help myself when picking out my favourite images to edit or put aside. My favourite outcomes from this photo-shoot will be presented in my following blog post.
Here are my favourite outcomes from my natural landscape photo-shoot, these pieces have been done with inspiration and influence from the landscape photographers Michael Boniwell and Ansel Adams.
With these photographs I have aimed to present my raw camera skills and display the pure aesthetic pleasure of natural landscapes.
Here is my raw natural landscape photo-shoot. I have visually annotated the contact sheets of the shoot in order to help myself when picking out my favourite images to put aside or edit. My favourite outcomes from this natural landscape photo-shoot will be presented in my following blog post.
My approach to this unit of work ‘Landscape photography’ will consist of finding and presenting a balance between Natural, Urban and Altered landscapes, whilst limiting the alteration of the raw photography as I aim to present my raw camera skills along with minimal editing.
This approach to the unit will take influence and inspiration from Ansel Adams (Natural landscape side) and the New Topographics (Urban/Altered landscape side).
This approach I am taking is my way of creatively focussing on the issue of man made developments covering up beautiful natural landscapes. But whilst exploring this issue, also showing that there is however still beauty in our man made surroundings, and which can be enhanced when in harmony with nature.
It was a term brought around by William Jenkins in 1975, this term ‘The New Topographics’ described a group of American Photographers whose photographs had a similar aesthetic, as they were formal, mainly black and white and of the urban landscape. The main photographers that are associated with the new topographics are: Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Nicholas Nixon, John Scott, Stephen Shore and Henry Wessel.
These photographers focused on urban and altered lanscapes that were fixed with man made structures and buildings such as suburban housing, warehouses and parking lots set or barren bare areas of land. These structures gave the areas a open and industrial feel whilst making the alteration the main focus of the pieces. This work was a response to the growing unease about how the natural landscape was being impacted by the industrial development happening in America at the time.
Here are some examples of the new topographics’ work…
From the work that makes up The New Topographics I hope to display the idea of the contrast between natural and urban landscapes in my own work.
From this photo-shoot I have edited my favourite images, I believe that the images from this photo-shoot have some very effective shapes and textures within them; and here are the outcomes…
From this short photo-shoot here were my favourite outcomes…
From the work that makes up The New Topographics I hope to display the idea of the contrast between natural and urban landscapes in my own work.