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I took some of my best photos taken so far and created a virtual gallery photo with them. I took a picture of a template of an art gallery and copied and pasted my photos on top of where the original pictures where.

I edited each picture to fit the perspective of the angled view by using the transformation, perspective and skew tool.

Finished product:

What is Objectivity?:

Objectivity in photography, as a whole, is a genre that features more of the reality of life and focusses on objects that have no meaning of expression or emotion. They mostly consist of taking random photos of plants and buildings or rather just anything that you may come across. They are usually in black and white too.

Some people may think the Objectivity genre is bland and uncreative while as some people may think it is important to photography because it can teach us that not everything has meaning but at the same time we can still like it.

Albert Renger-Patzsch:

Albert Renger-Patsch was a German Photographer who was very well associated with New Objectivity. He took many photos in black and white which, of course, involved Objectivity.

Here are some photos he took for some inspiration:

You can even label the details in this photo (bottom one).

For example, the Lines are seen as diagonal and straight with the buildings structure, there is a lot of Space between the photographer and the building, Repetition is seen in the layout of the windows, the edges are Geometric (straight), the Framing is landscape, Focus is mostly on the building itself seeing as there is not much in the background. Speaking of which, the background is where most of the Light is and the contrast is very strong between the light and the dark building. The building is Man-Made.

Karl Blossfeldt:

Karl Blossfeldt was another German Photographer who was best known for his close-up photos of dried plants. The photos themselves came out very bland and dead, which is what makes it fit into the genre of Objectivity.

Some photos he made:

Lets take the middle photo for example, The Space is limited as it is from a close up view, There is Repetition in the spherical bulbs on the plant as they are dotted about, The edges are Natural, The plant is where the Colour in the picture mostly contrasts, maki9ng the background be where most of the Light comes from.

A photomontage is a collage constructed from photographs.

Historically, the technique has been used to make political statements and gained popularity in the early 20th century (World War 1-World War 2)

Artists such as Raoul Haussman , Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield employed cut-n-paste techniques as a form of propaganda…as did Soviet artists like Aleksander Rodchenko and El Lissitsky

Photomontage has its roots in Dadaism…which is closely related to Surrrealism

In our studio, we currently have two systems. The Continuous Lighting system and the Flash Lighting system.

Continuous Lighting:

The Continuous Lighting system is the system with the always-on lights. Also paired with the curved platform to prevent reflections.

It is a perfect system to use for when you want to take basic photos. You can even place films over the light to change the colour.

Flash Lighting:

The flash lighting system works slightly differently, the lights are programmed to flash just as you take a picture. And the photo will come out like as if you took it in normal lighting. You have a fainter light on the side to see what you’re doing when in the dark and to move things to as you see fit.

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We went into the studio to take photos of a musket ball, a gunpowder horn, a photo book and tap shoes. These weren’t my objects so unfortunately I cannot input a description of why they mean so much to me.

But I can describe what they mean to Nic Rolland, the owner of these items. He likes to have these as they describe his way of life in stage performing, including tap dancing. He is interested in history involving war. So he can connect with the gunpowder horn and the musket bullet. His grandfather was in the Royal Navy and the book contains photos of him during his service.