Urban landscape photography is the practise of taking images in urban areas e.g industrial buildings. I was inspired by the work of Stephan shore who’s nostalgic photographs of signage around America in the 70s really resonated with me. On this shoot I walked around the school campus finding areas of industrial build-up and also coming across graffiti from the video game Mario which I felt reflected Shores work.
For my photo shoot, I walked around the grounds of highland college as well as oak-field sport center and took photos of urban images that caught my eye. I saw a lot of colorful signs around the area and, on walking to Highlands college I found a lot of Mario graffiti that I feel added more character to my images. Based on this, and my study on Stephan Shore, I decided to focus on these signs and drawings for my project.
I used adobe Lightroom to create a more pastel toned colour palette which more closely resembled the work of Stephan Shore, the photographer my work is focusing on. This colour palette also created a feeling of reminiscence with its faded look.
I chose to display my photos in this grid format as it replicates the uniformity of industrial areas. I purposely centred the sign of the community centre as it is the central idea. The Mario graffiti is positioned surrounding the sign and complimenting each other with the directions moving.
On reflection I am pleased with this outcome but would make it sharper by doing more cropping to make the photos look more uniform