MON: Academic Sources

• bibliography/ night vision the art of urban exploration by troy Paiva
  
  Research and identify 3-5 literary sources from a variety of media such as books, journal/magazines, internet, Youtube/video that relates to your personal study and artists references .
• Begin to read essay, texts and interviews with your chosen artists as well as commentary from critics, historians and others.
• It’s important that you show evidence of reading and draw upon different pints of view – not only your own.
• Take notes when you’re reading…key words, concepts, passages
• Write down page number, author, year, title, publisher, place of publication so you can list source in a bibliography

In-text referencing:

..this is the point that Manaugh makes, when he writes that, ‘Paiva shows us what historical dead ends actually look like’. (Manaugh 2008: 7)

‘We have inherited a semi-toxic world of old military equipment and abandoned shopping malls’ Manaugh in this quote is talking about the abandoned parts of Texas in the middle of nowhere. (Manaugh 2008: 7)

Bibliography

Manaugh, G. (2008).’Desert Iliad’ in Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration. San Franciso: Chronicle Books LLC

• Essay question: How does Troy Paiva use the themes of isolation and loneliness in his work.
• Opening quote “I love the surreal feeling of wandering through an abandoned subdivision, alone, in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night”
• Introduction (250-500 words): What is your area study? Which artists will you be analysing and why? How will you be responding to their work and essay question? (The area of study that I am doing is abandoned things and night photography the reason I choose abandoned things is because as a child I always uses to go and explore and abandoned building and bunkers is where I would find myself exploring I use to go with friends and sometimes alone, the artist I am studying is Troy Paiva a night photographer who paints with light in his photos)
  
• Pg 1 (500 words): Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to your area of study. Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historian. (Night photography is a game of light – or, more accurately, the lack of light. Because of this, you’ll need to adjust your camera settings to capture as much light as possible. This means shooting in Manual mode and understanding the “Exposure Triangle” – the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.)
• Pg 2 (500 words): Analyse first artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
  
• Pg 3 (500 words): Analyse second artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
  
• Conclusion (250-500 words): Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between artists/photographers and that of your own work that you have produced
• Bibliography: List all relevant sources used

List all the sources that you have identified above as literary sources. Where there are two or more works by one author in the same year distinguish them as 1988a, 1988b etc. Arrange literature in alphabetical order by author, or where no author is named, by the name of the museum or other organisation which produced the text. Apart from listing literature you must also list all other sources in alphabetical order e.g. websites/online sources, Youtube/ DVD/TV.

Quotation and Referencing:

Why should you reference?

• To add academic support for your work
• To support or disprove your argument
• To show evidence of reading
• To help readers locate your sources
• To show respect for other people’s work
• To avoid plagiarism
• To achieve higher marks

What should you reference?

• Anything that is based on a piece of information or idea that is not entirely your own.
• That includes, direct quotes, paraphrasing or summarising of an idea, theory or concept, definitions, images, tables, graphs, maps or anything else obtained from a source

How should you reference?

Use Harvard System of Referencing…see Powerpoint: harvard system of referencing for further details on how to use it.

https://vimeo.com/223710862

Here is an full guide on how to use Harvard System of Referencing including online sources, such as websites etc.

Troy Paiva

My initial thoughts are to photograph abandoned buildings and night life in jersey the reason for this is because it links to my youth when I was younger I always went and explored abandoned places and old German bunks and castles I believe this could shows my curiosity to explore the unknow and look at places that haven’t been looked at in long time I also want to give the person who is looking at my photos the feeling of nostalgia.

narrative and design

Narrative: What is your story?
Describe in:

• 3 words Night, Abandoned, Forgotten
• A sentence photobook will be about forgotten things and places
• A paragraph the photobook that I will be making is suppose to be out forgotten places and things that have just been left behind its also about exploration and finding new things it relates to my childhood as I explored abandoned things in my childhood.

Design: Consider the following

• How you want your book to look and feel I would like it to be a hard cover with glossy pages, most likely a rectangular book
• Paper and ink for writing I will probably be using black and paper as I said glossy
• Format, size and orientation I haven’t decided this yet
• Binding and cover hard cover and normal binding
• Title exploring lost places
• Structure and architecture
• Design and layout mostly pictures and not to much writing I want the person looking at the book to focuses more on the photos
• Editing and sequencing I might try and use Ai generating to alter the image
• Images and text as I said mostly images and not a lot of writing

photobook deconstruction (Night Vision The Art Of Urban Exploration)

The subject of the book is abandoned night photography Paiva went to California, Navada, Arizona, Utah and finally Texas to take all the photos in the photobook. I would say the genera of the book is documentary and the way the photos are taken is in a style documentary however Troy Paiva “paints with light” in his photo making them unique to him

Tue: Essay Plan
Make a plan that lists what you are going to write about in each paragraph – essay structure

• Essay question: How does Troy Paiva use the themes of isolation and loneliness in his work.
• Opening quote “I love the surreal feeling of wandering through an abandoned subdivision, alone, in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night”
• Introduction (250-500 words): What is your area study? Which artists will you be analysing and why? How will you be responding to their work and essay question?
  
• Pg 1 (500 words): Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to your area of study. Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historian. (Night photography is a game of light – or, more accurately, the lack of light. Because of this, you’ll need to adjust your camera settings to capture as much light as possible. This means shooting in Manual mode and understanding the “Exposure Triangle” – the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.)
• Pg 2 (500 words): Analyse first artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
  
• Pg 3 (500 words): Analyse second artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
  
• Conclusion (250-500 words): Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between artists/photographers and that of your own work that you have produced
• Bibliography: List all relevant sources used

Troy Paiva

with my photoshoots I am planning on doing night photography so I will be going out during the darker hours of the day I will be going around the island talking photos of urban and abandoned buildings and objects I will also try and paint with light. how I will be painting with light I will up how long the photo is taken for and then go around the photo shinning lights on different objects and things the light I can get a filter for to make the light a different colour.

Locations

there are loads of abandoned building and unusual places to visit and take photos of however I do not know the names of some of them so I will try my best to describe the locations of them. The abandoned building behind Waitrose in St Clements, a abandoned places near a car park near fort regent, bunkers, a abandoned hotel near the coast of Jersey. I am not to sure of many other locations at this time however when I do photoshoots I will make a blog post talking about the photos and how I took the photos and also the locations of the places.

WEEK 11: 20-26 Nov
1. REVIEW & REFLECTION > overview of past projects

WEEK 12: 27 Nov-3 Dec
1. RESEARCH & EXPLORE > ‘NOSTALGIA’ – produce mindmap & moodboard
2. STATEMENT OF INTENT (500 words)

WEEK 13: 4 – 10 Dec
1. ARTISTS REFERENCES > case-study 1
2. PLAN & RECORD > creative responses

Week 14: 11 – 17 Dec
1. ARTISTS REFERENCES > case-study 2
2. PLAN & RECORD > creative responses

Week 15: 18 – 19 Dec
1. LITERARY SOURCES > select 3-5 key texts for essay

• What you want to explore? night photography and abandoned or rundown buildings and places
• Why it matters to you? when I look at photo of this genre I get a feeling of nostalgia
• How you wish to develop your project?
• Which form you wish to present your study (photobook, film, prints etc). photobook
• When and where you intend to begin your study? I believe I will try and find some other photographer and see what they have done and try and do something that’s different and what I consider better

Make sure you describe how you interpret the theme of ‘NOSTALGIA’ and any specific subject-matter, topic or issue that you wish to explore, including references to artists, art movement and any other inspiration. Revisit your mind-map and mood-board and hone in one or two ideas. For example, you may wish to consider:

• How you wish to photograph places, people, objects – carefully selecting your point of view (framing), composition and lighting. places and objects I will try and get a sort of landscape photo
• Will you be making images outside or inside, shooting on locations or use the studio. I will be shooting on different locations
• Will your images be documentary (observational), or tableaux (staged) in your approach, style and aesthetic look? my photos aesthetic will be sort of adventurous, mysterious I don’t really know the them but something that I believe looks good
• What will you include?
• What will you leave out? I probably wont have people in my photos maybe a couple however I wont do it unless the photo needs it
• How will you present these images to the viewer?
• In a book, a film, or prints on the wall? book
• With or without accompanying text? I probably write a bit why and where i took the photos however I don’t want to write much as its a photo book not something people pickup to read they want to look at good photos
• In a grid, typology study or a linear sequence?
• Will you be manipulating images using montage/ collage techniques or apply AI technology? i might consider ai however I wont set out to use it but I might play around with ai
• Will you be using any specific photographic technique, process of software (Photoshop, Premiere, Audition, Blurb online book making) photoshop
• What difference do these decisions make to the meaning of your images?

My initial thoughts are to photograph abandoned buildings and night life in jersey the reason for this is because it links to my youth when I was younger I always went and explored abandoned places and old German bunks and castles I believe this could shows my curiosity to explore the unknow and look at places that haven’t been looked at in long time I also want to give the person who is looking at my photos the feeling of nostalgia

I will also be trying to make the photos unique to me I don’t know how I will do this but I will try and do something for my final project I will be making a photo book.

Home

I took these photos along time ago one of the first projects I worked on with haulier I remember i enjoyed doing it however the photos are very basic.

Romanticism

this photo I really like however it only looks good in black and white and don’t really like using black and white I believe I should use more colour in my photos and I plan on using colour in my personal study

New Topographic

these photos I like I feel like these where my first proper good photos in photography however I don’t like using black and white but I believe the photos needed it or else they would of not looked good.

Constructed landscapes

I found this topic quiet weird however and I don’t really like the style of this type of photography I do believe my photo turn out alright.

Anthropocene

I really like these photos I believe i got the mood of the topic on point and the photos look good.

Studio Portraits

I like theses photo found it fun experimenting with the studio lighting and the photos turned out really good.

Femininity And Masculinity

I like these photo thought they turned out really good.

AI Photos

I really liked this topic and I most likely will be using AI in my personal study if not I will definitely be experimenting with AI to see what photos I can get and if they fit with the theme.

nostalgia/ St-Malo

I really enjoyed the st-Malo trip I got some great photos from the trip and St-Malo is a beautiful place with a lot to explore so I had fun going around taking photos of different thing and places.

Troy Pavia focuses on night time photography with mostly all of his photos he goes around the place he photographing and adds colored lights to his photographs he does this by lowering the shutter speed and walking around his photo basically painting with lights. I really like the way he paints with lights in his photos and I would like to try and do something like this in my personal study. Troy Paiva was born in 1966 and has been talking photo since 1989 he went to school at the university of Massachusetts Dartmouth hes written four books and helped with other had a dozen magazine appearances and has done photography workshops hes still alive to this day and is actively looking to do talks/ speaking gigs he also does freelancing and hes still doing photography. I want to make a couple of my photos the same way he makes his so i will be going around at night taking photos of things that remind me or give me the same feeling as the his work and then I will paint with light and see if I can get the same effect.

Elizabeth Castle FINAL.mp4
this is the Elizabeth castle film

Liam Wong is a Scottish photographer and games designer. He was Artistic Director of Ubisoft Montreal and was involved in the design of game series like Crysis and Far Cry. He is known for his cyberpunk, sci-fi style of photography. Wong is the author of the book To:ky:oo his book is a collection photo from Tokyo he says “I got lost in the beauty of Tokyo at night” To:ky:oo was published was published in 2019 and the photos look amazing. Liam Wong hasn’t done to much in the photography world however I really like what he has done and his night photography is very well done with the neon lights and all the vibrant colour really make his work I cant wait for his next pieces of work and I know it will be great. he got another book called after dark which was funded by crowdfunding which got 5x over the initial £40,000 target To:ky:oo focused more on the neon lights and bright colours but his new book After Dark goes for a more darker more depressed theme he travelled around the world visiting different city’s such as Seoul, Paris, London, Chongqing, Osaka, Hong Kong and his hometown city in Edinburgh. there are about 200 images in his photobook the photos in his book are a collection of photos from different city all over the world collected over years, Liam Wong decided he didn’t want to make a separate book for each city and decided to make a book with all of the best photos he got from each city