URBAN LANDSCAPES

Urban landscapes is a complex structure which is a result of the interaction between human and his environment. It also involves a social dimension and an economic dimension, a cultural dimension and an economic dimension. Urban landscapes are formed and shaped mainly under the influence of human activities.

urban design is concerned with the arrangement , appearance and function of suburbs, towns and cities. It is both a process and an outcome of creating localities in which people live, engage with each other, and engage with physical place around them.

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MOOD BOARD

ARTIST RESEARCH

Nick Furo:

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Nick Rufo is a 25 year old Los Angeles based digital & film photographer. His work often captures the world with a sense of timelessness that is often contrasted by intense isolationism.

His clients are Adidas, Air Jordan, AT&T, Audi, BONDA SKINS, Dockers, Goldenvoice, Gymshark, Haagen – Dazs, Herschel Supply co, Lifetime, The rap fest, Tubi, red bull, warner music, Zero fatigue

Riccardo Magherini:

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‘Magherini takes multiple frames of the same location, and layers them to create unique images that distort the subjects within the picture, and create a sense of movement. Much like Hockney and Picasso, the pieces seek to capture the dynamic nature of the world and how it is never static. Even though the image depicts a building made of stone, a frantic energy is ever present.’
– THE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

Nick miners:

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Night photography

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Liam Wong

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Born and raised in Scotland – within two years of graduating, Wong moved to Canada – becoming the youngest director at Ubisoft, the video game company behind Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed. In parallel with his blossoming career in video games, Wong was teaching himself photography.

In December 2015 he purchased his first DSLR (a Canon 5D III) and his debut photo series: ‘Tokyo Nights (TO:KY:OO)’ – capturing the beauty of night through moments after midnight – inspired by sci-fi, neon-noir, cyberpunk and Japanese animation – gained over a million views worldwide, accumulating a following online and kickstarting his journey into photography. Wong has since collaborated with many high profile companies, artists, musicians and directors. His work has been recognized by media outlets such as BBC, Forbes, Business Insider, Saatchi and Adobe. Full press list available here. In 2019 ‘TO:KY:OO’ became the largest crowdfunded book in the UK. It is available for purchase at: TO:KY:OO. Includes words by game creator Hideo Kojima and visual futurist Syd Mead.

Wong is now freelance and working on unannounced projects across film, video games and photography. Available for collaborations.

A regular public speaker – Wong has spoken at events around the world and is always open for opportunities to share his expertise. Past public speaking events include the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Game Developers Conference and Canon.

Romanticism

Romanticism started off as an art movement in the late 18th Century that emphasized individualism, imagination and freedom rather than sticking to life. Due to the popularity of both landscape photography and romanticism at the time, it was only a matter of time until both combined to create romantic landscape photography. Romanticism in photography tends to focus on emotion, usually creating a ‘moody’ image in order to project how the photographer feels about the environment they’re photographing.

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Rural Landscape Photography

A Rural Landscape photograph is an image of a rural/countryside or natural area, which tend to be less built-up which gives the images a primary focus on nature.

Rural Landscapes Moodboard

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Ansel Adams

Adams was born on the 20th February 1902, he was considered one of the most important and influential landscape photographers of the 20th century. He worked as a photographer and environmentalist who used his photography to promote the conservation of untouched natural areas, he also worked to promote photography as a fine art to the general public. Adams was considered a talented and technical photographer who ‘revelled in the theory and practice of the medium’. He worked in several national parks over his life-long photographic career in order to promote their conservation and as a result, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980. Adams was a key advisor in the setting up of the photography department in the Museum of Modern Art, as well as various other awards for his photographic and conservational work, he also founded the Aperture photographic magazine.

Image Analysis

This image is in black and white (likely due to the restrictions of the technology at the time), which allows the darker and lighter parts of the image, namely the darker trees/mountain base and lighter river/sky, to have a greater contrast between each other. This lack of colour also gives the image a more ‘epic’ (perhaps ‘romantic’) atmosphere about it, especially in the clouds and jagged shape of the mountain. This image uses the river not only as a way to give the image more contrast, but also acts as a leading line towards the focal point: the mountain. This image also follows the rule of thirds, as the mountain (at around it’s highest point) is positioned on the top right of the image, it could also be argued that the river, which is positioned on the bottom left, acts as a focal point, as it is arguably the brightest part of the image. The sky in this image appears to be cloudy, this would mean that the lighting would be not as strong as if the weather was clearer. This gives the overall image a darker look, however there are little to no shadows apparent in the image, giving the image a clearer look. This image was likely taken from a high vantage point, allowing trees to appear in the foreground, while also showing much of the river, which leads into a mountain which, due to the high vantage point as well as distance, can be fully seen with enough room to breath.

Perhaps the meaning behind this image is to promote the conservation of the natural landscapes within the world by using nature’s beauty to inspire people.

the ideas behind romanticism became common after 1789, the year of the French Revolution that caused a significant social change in Europe. Romanticism, first defined as an aesthetic in literary criticism around 1800, gained popularity as an artistic movement in France and Britain in the early decades of the nineteenth century and thrived until the mid-century. Romanticism spread throughout Europe in the 19th century and developed as an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that embraced various arts such as literature, painting, music and history. Romanticism was also expressed in architecture through the imitation of older architectural styles.

According to the article titled “Romanticism and Its Relation to Landscape Photography & Painting”, romanticism was an art form that rejected classicalism and focused on nature, imagination and emotion. It crossed between music, painting, photography and many other art forms. Landscape photography was popular at this time, therefore, romantic landscapes were common. The landscapes focused on the beauty of nature and included a lot of running water and vast forests (Hirsch 42) .

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