Definition of Journey: A traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time.
Definition of Pathway: A track that a person can walk along.
Introduction to Journeys and Pathways
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Journeys and Pathways Introduction
For Journeys and Pathways I feel like there are two main paths I could go down with both the subject of my photos, as well as how I take them.
In the top left is one theme idea of motoring and cars. This would work well for this project as cars have large groups of enthusiasts and passionate people; which would make for great photo shoots and projects. They also fit the theme really well as they are literally used for journeys and travelling. Many sports cars and vintage cars also have bold shapes and lines in their styling, which helps strengthen photos of them.
In the top right are landscapes and roads. These fit the theme of pathways extremely well as they are routes which people travel on. They also provide strong shapes due to wide roads, and the surroundings providing great scenery.
In the bottom left is abstract photography; which is a method I could use for this project, although it would work best with cars it could be used for any subject. It helps capture the details of the subject as abstract photos are usually taken up close, as well as providing a new view on objects as we don’t usually observe things up very close.
In the bottom right is Wide-angle/landscape photography. Although it is still compatible with cars it is best suited to the subject of roads and landscapes. This is because it helps capture more in a single frame, and gives better results when taken from far away.
Moodboard-Journeys and Pathways
Journeys and Pathways – Mood-board/ Mind Map
Journeys And Pathways – Introduction
Of the several definitions of ‘journey’ I will likely either explore the definition originating from the old french word for ‘a day’s work’. or i may choose to explore the definition of journey, ‘a long and often difficult process of personal change and development’ as I much prefer these variations on the idea of journeys and pathways and believe that this will allow for more creative exploration of ideas. I will likely explore the idea of abstract in combination with possessions. I would likely only use possessions if I were to explore the personal change/ development definition of a journey.
Journey’s and Pathways
Journeys and Pathways:
1.a. The act of traveling from one place to another, especially when involving a considerable distance; a trip. b. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home. 2. A process or course likened to traveling, such as a series of trying experiences; a passage: the journey from addiction to recovery.
For my initial ideas to do with Journeys and Pathways I have started to think about the idea of aging in a development or journey and the idea of things changing is a journey and the development of things like buildings or fashion for example.
Journeys and Pathways – Introduction and Moodboard/Brainstorm
Architectural
Light trails
Public Transport
Technology
German Bunkers
Journeys and Pathways
For my original response to our stimuli of ‘Journeys and Pathways’, i want to focus on the idea how something has adapted or evolved. My ideas include:
The journey of an object-an antiques journey to where it is now
Coming of age-the journey of the gap between being an adult or a child
Comparing old portraits of people versus what they look like now
Older people reflecting their younger side for example: tattoos they got when they were younger or someone trying on their wedding dress/suit and revisiting the feeling they had on the day
Surf history of Jersey-showing how much places like the Watersplash and St. Ouens have changed and how the crowds have adapted
Inspiration : Psycho-Geography : An Uncertain Walk
Psycho-geography is a hybrid of photography and geography that emphasizes playfulness and “drifting” around urban environments. It has links to the Situationist International.
Psychogeography was defined in 1955 by Guy Debord as “the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals.”
Another definition is “a whole toy box full of playful, inventive strategies for exploring cities… just about anything that takes pedestrians off their predictable paths and jolts them into a new awareness of the urban landscape
The originator of what became known as unitary urbanism, psychogeography, and the dérive was Ivan Chtcheglov, in his highly influential 1953 essay “Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau” (“Formulary for a New Urbanism”).
It has roots in Dadaism and Surrealism.
The idea of urban wandering relates to the older concept of the flâneur, theorized by Charles Baudelaire…and is similar to STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
PETAPIXEL definition of PsychoGeography CLICK HERE
Q :How do you respond to this idea?
A : go on a walk and photograph what you see
Q: Where do I walk?
A: either somewhere you know really well…or somewhere you do not know at all
What to photograph and how
- Abstract visions…alternative, “wrong” photographs
- Formalism…line, shape, pattern, tone, colour etc
- Romanticism in the town / countryside…atmospherics
- The people : 3 x types of portrait (observatinal , formal, environmental)
- The objects | Ephemera (litter and debris)
- Make use of your senses : see , hear ,taste, smell, touch
- Old vs New vs Development
- Good vs bad…subjective approach
- Form vs function
- Gentrification vs dereliction
- Juxtaposition | contrasts | diversity
- Unconventional beauty
- Signage and facades
- Typography and graphics
- Movement / clutter
- Aerial Imagery / Satellite / Surveillance
- Angles | Viewpoints
SOME EXAMPLES TO LOOK AT…
The Boyle Family : The ground we walk on
http://www.boylefamily.co.uk/boyle/about/index.html
Mishka Henner : Aerial Imagery in the digital age
Luke Fowler: Two-Frame Film | Juxtapostions
http://www.photopedagogy.com/two-frame-films.html
Stephen Gill : “in-camera photograms”
Superflux : explore over-surveillance and the prospect of intrusion in our everyday lives…has the concept of psycho-geographies evolved into something dystopian-like and Orwellian (1984- “Big brother”)…governments, town planners and the authorities design how we live, where we live and essentially control popluations of towns and cities.
Marcus Desieno creates de-humanised landscape photography by hacking surveillance camera networks…but avoids privacy problems normally associated with urban and residential areas…
Initial Ideas Brainstorm
Brainstorm of intial ideas in response to ‘Journeys and Pathways’.