In Response to Edward Burtynsky

Contact Sheet of Industrialisation and Litter photos

The images that are highlighted green and blue are the images I have chosen to edit, because they display the theme of Anthropocene in the best way, and they relate to my chosen artists in the best way. They also have the best composition and lighting. The images that I have highlighted purple are the images I have chosen to use for my panorama, because I have panned across the landscape taking photos.

Edits

Industrialisation

For this photoshoot I visited a construction site near St John, Fort Regent and La Hougbie.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the lighting would be better and the image more clear.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the colours would be more vibrant, especially the yellow and green.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks, so that the lighting is better.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the tower was more visible and the lighting and sky was better.

How do these Images Relate to the Theme of Anthropocene

These images relate to the theme of Anthropocene, because they are of larger buildings and things that are used to build these buildings. I wanted to include the items used to build these, so that I could present the different materials that need to be used to build these. The images of these buildings relate to the theme of Anthropocene, because they often result in deforestation, habitat loss, and the extraction of freshwater from the environment, which can decrease biodiversity and alter species ranges and interactions.

Fort Regent

I went up to Fort Regent, so that I could get a higher up (almost birds-eye view) for these photos, because Edward Burtynsky tended to take photos from higher up, or a birds-eye view.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the lighting and landscape was more appealing.

I took these two images from further back, but then decided I needed a better view of the landscape, so I moved further forward and placed the lens of the camera between the gate openings.

Exploring Older Industrial sites

La Hougbie

I visited La Hougbie, because I was interested in the change in Industrialisation, because Industrialisation has grew and changed drastically.

Katie and me first looked noticed how much smaller different Industrialisation sites were. They also used less materials that are man-made and instead used resources they could find in their natural environment.

I edited this photo by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the vibrancy of the colours were more vibrant.

We then decided to have a look inside, and realised just small it was, as it kept getting smaller and smaller.

I edited this photo by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so the colours were more vibrant.

We explored this hut, which was made of naturally found resources in the environment, instead of man-made resources.

We then had a look at the more modern side of industrialisation. These modern buildings and cars present the theme of Anthropocene, because these buildings often result in deforestation, habitat loss, and the extraction of freshwater from the environment, which can decrease biodiversity and alter species ranges and interactions.

I edited these images by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so that the landscape was more vibrant.

Panorama

I used these images to create a panorama photo. I scanned from right to left of the landscape taking photos. This image shows industrialisation within a natural landscape, because of the huge tower on the other side of the water.

I created this image, by selecting my chosen images on Lightroom and then clicking photo merge and then panorama. Finally, I cut all the jagged edges off.

I also decided to experiment with less of a natural landscape for my Panorama. I used the three photos below to create my panorama.

I then repeated the same process and cut off the jagged edges.

Final Panorama Image

How Industrialisation Relates to the theme of Anthropocene

Urbanisation often results in deforestation, habitat loss, and the extraction of freshwater from the environment, which can decrease biodiversity and alter species ranges and interactions. Urbanisation has also caused lots of air and water pollution, due to waste disposal problems, high energy consumption etc. as well as insufficient water availability.

How does this photo shoot relate to Edward Burtynsky?

This photoshoot relates to Edward Burtynsky, because he also took images of industrialisation, but mainly from a birdseye angle, which is why I wanted to experiment taking photos from fort regent, from above town, looking down onto it, so some of my images would compare to his.

Top 9 Final Industrialisation photos

Litter

For this photoshoot I visited Harve de Pas beach and searched for rubbish left on the beach. I took photos of it all and then picked it up and put it in my plastic bag, so I could help the environment, and so I could use the discarded plastic for my response to Barry Rosenthal.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks, so that the littered coke can stuck out more and so the white surface it was sat on was a truer white, rather than a very light grey colour.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks, so that the image was brighter and more visible for the viewer.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks, so that the red litter was much more vibrant, as well as the seaweed around it, which could be a habitat for many sea animals.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks, so that the blue litter was much more vibrant, as well as the seaweed around it, which could be a habitat for many sea animals.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so that the image has more colour and so there was less exposure, so the clear litter was much more visible.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks, so that the green litter stands out more against the seaweed, which could be a habitat for many sea life creatures, such as crabs etc.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so the coloured rope, which I think was discarded from fishing, would stand out more against the natural environment.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so the purple twirl wrappers are more prominent against the natural environment.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so the red litter is more vibrant against the natural environment.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so the clear bottle cap is more visible against the sand, because they are very similar colours.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so that the green plastic bag would be more vibrant.

I edited these images by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so that the colours in the plastic bottle would be more vibrant and so the sand all inside the bottle could be seen more clearly.

I edited these images by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks, so that the white colour is more vibrant against the sand colour.

How does littering relate to the theme of Anthropocene

Littering causes thing, such as water pollution, which depletes aquatic ecosystems and triggers unbridled proliferation of phytoplankton in lakes. It also causes many animals to die, which could cause extinction, which can decrease biodiversity and alter species ranges and interactions. Litter can also kill land animals, if they try to eat the litter and choke, or eat it successfully, because it is non bio-degradable, or if they get caught in the litter and cant escape.

How does this photoshoot relate to Edward Burtynsky?

This photoshoot relates to Edward Burtynsky, because he also took pictures of litter/ dumping grounds from a birds eye view, which is what I have tried to do while finding rubbish from the beach. However, he took images of lots of rubbish together together on a much larger scale, which was not possible for me to do.

Top 9 Final Litter images