I will be using photos I took for this project and also some industrial photos from the Harve des pas walk to la Collette. This is because the photos from that project link to what I am doing here, with building sites and industrial sites.
Using Lightroom’s flag feature, I selected around 110 photos from the Anthropocene and industrial project that I thought were best to use. I then edited the pictures so I could export them and start working on my ideas.
I have been to ronez quarry and took photos from sorel point which I will use in my exam. I think these photos show the industrial impact of humans on the Jersey coastline. There was also a lookout point that had been graffitied. I photographed this because I think this shows the impact of humans on historical buildings. Around this area I also went to a farm. I think the photos I took link to my artist reference, Ed Burtynsky. This is because there was tires that had been dumped on the farm, something that Edward photographed a lot in his career.
I will photograph the greenhouses near my house as they have been abandoned and are not being used anymore. I think these photos will show the impact of humans on the agriculture environment. I will also photograph the abandoned store which used to be Holme Living. It is now overgrown with plants. There is also building work going on behind Holme grown which I will also take photos of. The origins of Holme Grown was some successful tomato growers opening a store and eventually having a lot of land to grow on. However, in recent years these greenhouses have become unused and the owners are looking to sell the land so that urban buildings can be built. I think these photos will show the area of time between agricultural growers and urbanisation.
Ed Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of industrialization and its impacts on nature and the human existence.
In this photo, Edward Burtynsky portrays the amount of rubbish being dumped in this world. It makes you think about how every discarded tire in the world will probably end up in a place like this. This photo shows Anthropocene in the aspect that humans are destroying the world gradually, and how these tires are covering up the beauty of the land around. This looks like it would be a nice valley, however due to the impact of humans it has been masked by these discarded tires. This photo makes you think about how if this carries on, in 100 years not just tires but any rubbish could cover up historical landmarks to never be seen again.
Jem Southam was born in Bristol in 1950. He studied at the London College of Printing for a Higher Diploma in Creative Photography from 1969 to 1972. He is now Professor of Photography at the University of Plymouth.
Robin Friend (born 1983) is a British-Australian photographer. His book Bastard Countryside brought together “15 years worth of exploration” the British Landscape with a large format view camera. Included in this publication by Loose Joints is an essay the landscape writer Robert Macfarlane.
Anthropocene is the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. The Anthropocene Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time. Examples of Anthropocene include littering, global warming, habitat loss and animal extinctions.
Photographers use their ability to show the world the damage they are creating. People may not realise the situation, so it is important for photographers to use social media and other sources to broadcast images that represent Anthropocene.
I experimented with this background making photomontages in the style of Raoul Hausmann.
I started by removing the background and then adding images onto it.
These were a mix of images I took or found off the internet. I focused on Philippine newspapers from the time.
I also used it as a background for some of the photos I took and edited
I used my grandads old belongings for this, like his golf scores and passport.