My aim is to create 2 altered landscapes which can be presented together that feature all of the industrial areas in Jersey.

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(I took these screenshots after doing some experimentation with my images.)

Editing Process

Edit 1

To create my base image, I merged the following:

This is the result:

I opened this image in photoshop and, although I liked the stream, I felt like it wouldn’t have went with the theme I was going for so I used the Content Aware Fill feature to remove it, as well aa the fence, house and building. This was my result:

As you can see, it is not the best standard, however, this floor won’t be seen when the montage is completed. By removing this stream, it gives me a lot more space and opportunity to be able to make this piece even better.

After this, I added my first layer, the quarry. I cropped this part from a different image and pasted it onto this then used the eraser tool to clean it up a bit. I then aligned it where I would like it and lowered the brightness so the colour was more similar. Once I was satisfied with it, I used AI to merge the quarry into the hill and, at first, it created trees so I then told it to remove them.

Next, I cropped out a pile of waste and a pile of gravel which I took at La Collette and aligned them where I would like them. I then decided here that I think it would look good to make the floor of the entire image gravel so I played around a bit with the generative fill until I was happy with it.

I then cropped some cyclinders from Bellozanne and a pile of granite from St Ouen from photos I took and pasted them into my edit. After doing this, I put them where I would like them and slightly distorted the cylinders so they looked more in place.

One I had done this, I tidied up the parts which I cropped then used Generative fill to create tyre tracks in the floor.

Finally, I added the tower from La Collette behind the hill and flipped it horizontally, changed the perspective and skewed it. To finish off, I increased the brightness and this is my finished product:

In B&W:

Edit 2

I have done this edit during our mock exam and during my first few steps the blog was down, therefore, I couldn’t record my progress. This is what I have done so far:

Within this time, I used an image of the dam and added two buildings from Bellozanne on one side and a random ploughed field from St Peters on the other. For the field, I distorted and warped it to match the slope then used AI to make it blend in at the bottom. Finally, I also used AI to remove the building at the bottom of the dam and the flowers which were on the grass.

In addition, I used AI to replace the grass with a road, however, doing this inspired me to try make it a river.

I have played around with AI and made the sides of the river muddy.

After a bit more playing around with generative fill, here is my result:

In B&W:

“Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), a French photographer who is considered to be one of the fathers of photojournalism and masters of candid photography. He sought to capture the ‘everyday’ in his photographs and took great interest in recording human activity. He wrote,

“For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to ‘give a meaning’ to the world, one has to feel involved in what one frames through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.”

The Decisive Moment, Henri Cartier-Bresson’s influential publication, is widely considered to be one of the most important photobooks of the twentieth century. Pioneering for its emphasis on the photograph itself as a unique narrative form, The Decisive Moment was described by Robert Capa as “a Bible for photographers.” Originally titled Images à la Sauvette (“images on the run”) in the French, the book was published in English with a new title, The Decisive Moment, which unintentionally imposed the motto which would define Cartier-Bresson’s work. The exhibition details how the decisions made by the collaborators in this major project—including Cartier-Bresson, French art publisher Tériade, American publisher Simon & Schuster, and Henri Matisse, who designed the book’s cover—have shaped our understanding of Cartier-Bresson’s photographs.

The Decisive Moment, Henri Cartier-Bresson’s influential publication, is widely considered to be one of the most important photobooks of the twentieth century. Pioneering for its emphasis on the photograph itself as a unique narrative form, The Decisive Moment was described by Robert Capa as “a Bible for photographers.” Originally titled Images à la Sauvette (“images on the run”) in the French, the book was published in English with a new title, The Decisive Moment, which unintentionally imposed the motto which would define Cartier-Bresson’s work. The exhibition details how the decisions made by the collaborators in this major project—including Cartier-Bresson, French art publisher Tériade, American publisher Simon & Schuster, and Henri Matisse, who designed the book’s cover—have shaped our understanding of Cartier-Bresson’s photographs.

Here the decisive moment is described:

“If a photograph is to communicate its subject in all its intensity, the relationship of form must be rigorously established. Photography implies the recognition of a rhythm in the world of real things. What the eye does is to find and focus on the particular subject within the mass of reality… In a photograph, composition is the result of a simultaneous coalition, the organic coordination of elements seen by the eye. One does not add composition as though it were an afterthought superimposed on the basic subject material, since it is impossible to separate content from form.”

Image analysis:

This image taken by Cartier-Bresson is composed as a dejected image with a clear subject of a person. I believe that this image is successful as it focuses on a natural, common everyday scene, which draws the viewer in forcing us to question why the photo was taken and which message is the artist trying to get across. From a first glance I can gather that Bresson is presenting a mood of sorrow, which is also inferred through the black and white filter and the use of a puddle also adds to the melancholy. This is because the puddle reflects the man in the foreground’s shadow, which essentially exaggerates his loneliness. Similarly, there is also a man in the background who is also by himself and looks as if he is looking at nothing, implying he is deep within his thoughts. In addition to this, the size of the puddle could also suggest misery as it implies that it has been raining, which we can rightfully associate with sadness. Another effective element in the image is the ladder as it is lying down and not standing up, which shows that there has clearly been a storm, perhaps suggesting people should not be outside.

In addition to this, the way Bresson has taken the photo is practical because a slow shutter speed has been used, giving the image a candid effect. This is an important technique in street photography as it tells us that the subjects behaviours are not changing for the purpose of the image. This helps the outcome look more realistic and believable for the viewer, which makes us feel sympathetic towards the subject. I like how the background is in focus, as we can assume that Bresson’s attention was drawn to the background rather than the foreground.

These photos were taken in st Malo, and the aim of this photoshoot was to get a perspective of what French people look like on a busy day, what they get up too, it also shows us how differently they are dressed. Most of the time you wouldn’t see anyone in Jersey or England wearing this type of style as it is quite European. However, it also gives us an insight of what st Malo looks like in general and how different it can look to where we live and what we see on a regular day. There were flags all around the towns which is something we could see in jersey, but they are places differently and represent different things, but in jersey we do have some string lights around the avenue which lights around the places. 

The aim of these photos are very different as some of them have many people scattered around the photo and some tend to have less or no people, I really like have some of these photos turned out, for some of the photos I used different angles to see if I could get a difference in perspective an how different the photo would look to the rest, we have a hip angle which would make the photo look lower, I also tried to put my camera further u to try and get a birds eye view perspective which didn’t turn out too well as I couldn’t really see what I was taking but it was fun to try and experiment with and see what different views people tend to see on a daily whether they were higher up looking out a window and just walking through the town. 

These photos were taken in France, st Malo. The aim of this photoshoot was to take candid photos of strangers roaming the streets, it was to captivate what st Malo rally looked like without making it look staged. These pictures are very different to what we would see in our everyday life in Jersey, as we don’t have access to everything. Here we were changing the shutter speed lower and higher when cars and people were walking and some photos turned out better than others, for this photoshoot we tried to get a close up of people to see what they were doing, some of these photos were taken of only buildings with no people in the surroundings. Both those photos give a very different effect and create a sense of humanity, how the world is seen. I turned some of my photos into black and white to show that I have included some of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s ideas and his decisive moment. Henri has a theory of the decisive moment which meant that every picture he took had to be perfectly positioned and timed. Henri would always search for the perfect people to take a picture of, as they would most likely be walking or moving slightly making it challenging, therefore Henri would have to change the shutter speed to capture the perfect photograph. All of these photos are candid and not staged which helps to get a perspective of the real world around us, although these photos don’t define the whole world as there is war around us but there are still peaceful places which need to be kept and preserved. 

Final Images –

For my Final presentation of images from Anthropocene, I covered a variety of examples of how time affects environments of war.

In my images I covered the difference of technology over time, how areas of heavily fortified positions are now tourist attractions and how much they’re environment surrounding them has change.

These edited photos here, aim to show the effects of Anthropocene of war, how despite Technology advances, Battlefields change, the image of war remains the same. In the case of these images that message stands strong as despite the original images being taken over 100 years ago, in comparison to the modern images in only recent years, the actions, jobs and methods still are the same.

These Images aim to show the ideological aspect of Anthropocene. Although time passes from these past periods of conflict, their marks on history remain today with use of these images from their time.

These images show the local effects of Anthropocene, from Jerseys wartime occupation, where these locations where of military value and heavily defended, to now, an industry that thrives of its history through tourism. Areas featured like Elizabeth castle, or Corbiere where chosen by me as I thought, how they both massively changed in environmental purpose and were a clear sign of human impact on the world, so locally to me.

Here is where we went and where I took all my photos. We walked all within the walls and focused on the environment and the historical parts of St Malo. We also spent some time looking at all the people within St Malo enjoying their days and we captured in the moment photographs.

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Best Images Selection

Here are what I would believe to be some of my best images, each individual one captures a different moment in time, some are of people and capturing what actions they are doing whilst going about their day however some others are images of the old historical architecture of St Malo which I had managed to nicely capture within my photoshoot.

Abandoned Buildings

Analysis

I think my final images came out well and they have been edited well. However, I prefer the St saviours hospital photos more, because they have better lighting. Next time, I would visit Bouley Bay again, but when its lighter, so that the images come out less dark. However, I did edit the images well, to increase the exposure. This was the lighting in the images before the editing:

I also like have I have sets of images that go together with both the St Saviour’s hospital and Bouley Bay.

Greenhouse

Analysis

I love the images of the smaller greenhouse, because it presents what’s inside the greenhouse very well and has a good composition. It also has good contrast between the green of the grass and the dull dirt on the greenhouse walls and the colour of the greenhouse.

The image at Trinity is a good photo, but it was quite dark when the photos were taken, so if I were to do this again I would visit Trinity again, but when it is lighter, so the lighting is better. However, I edited the image well, so it had more exposure.

The images of the larger greenhouse are very vibrant and there is lots of green colours, which pop and make the image much more eye appealing. These images also have good lighting and composition.

If I were to ever photograph greenhouses again, I would love to experiment with flash lights and different coloured gels more, when the sun is starting to set, because I think the images would turn out very good, but when I tried it this time it was very difficult to make it work, so I will have to be more prepared with a plan and bigger, more powerful flashlight.

Discarded Plastic

Analysis

I liked the discarded plastic photoshoot and thought the rubbish looked good against the black background and really stood out. However, if I were to do this again I’d want to collect more rubbish and place the camera further away so I can make larger patterns with my colour coordinated litter.

The single item images came out well, as it made them stand out lots and be more eye appealing, especially against the black background.

Litter

Analysis

I liked the photoshoot of litter found on the beach, because it really presented how much litter there is in these natural environments, which habitat animals. However, if I were to do this next time I would remember to put a card in my camera, so that the images had better quality. I would also experiment more, so there were no shadows of my phone or camera.

Industrialisation

Analysis

I really liked this industrialisation photoshoot, because it allowed me to explore different places, and it allowed me to explore how industrialisation has changed and developed over time. It also showed me how many built up places there are in Jersey, never mind the rest of the world. It also gave me an idea of how the world is developing and what it is going to be like in the future.

Fly Tipping

Analysis

My images showed fly tipping very well, as there were lots of furniture items that were just discarded. I also enjoyed this photoshoot, because I didn’t think that fly tipping happened that often in Jersey, but this photoshoot really opened my eyes.

Minimalistic Approach

Analysis

I really enjoyed this photoshoot, because these images show how there are smaller pieces of litter, such as cigarettes, which do effect the earth, because there are so many of them, but people do not really notice this, or worry about it, when it does actually have a huge impact and I think this photoshoot presents this. If I were to do this photoshoot again, I would use a camera instead of my phone, so that the quality is better.