Image 1

I have chosen this as one of my final images to come out of my anthropocene project, because I think it clearly incorporates one of my artist case studies ‘Lucas Foglia’ this is due to the way he uses natural earthly lighting to create a raw natural imagery effect, as to show the world how it is. He also incorporates a depth of field by having his model close up to the camera compared to the rest of the landscape behind them, I think he uses this to create a conceptual idea of the destroyed vs the destroyer. His images are often 3D, including a lot of textures caused by weather, for example in his images you can see raindrops on peoples clothing, so I have incorporated this by using the wet sand to portray how the tide has just been up and that it is raining. His images are often very conceptual and I think I have portrayed this, by showing a sort of ‘ghost town’ something that may happen in the near future, and how destruction needs to stop.

Photo 2

I have chosen this image as one of my final images for basically all the same reasons as the first one, the use of depth of field, 3D texture, and a contextual meaning. But I really like this image as I think it portrays something more, I think it portrays a type of group of people, like no one knows what to do but they all know that about each other, they all know they need to do something. I think this is influenced by the contrast of the moon against the sea, the moon often tends to create a different feeling within peoples heads than the sun, the moon often tends to bring more peace to people’s minds and more comfort. I wanted to use this image as it’s not as harsh as my other ones, and not as much of a blame to humans, but rather a sign and green flag that we are trying to move forward.

Photo 3

The reason I have chosen this image is because I was inspired by Naomi White, Naomi Whites images are of objects, plastic bags under bright lighting, the reasoning for this is because she wanted to turn something familiar into something strange, this is what I also wanted to do. I wanted to take something as familiar as a plastic bag and change it into something strange, I wanted to create an image that people generally don’t want to look at, one that exposes the harsh truth that plastic won’t only end up killing all our wildlife but also us. I have used texture and studio lighting to portray how we will be choking on the plastic bag, or even choking on our words that ‘everything will be fine’.

Photo 4

The reason I have used this image is because in a way it relates to lucas foglia’s work, but I have also used it because I wanted to portray the history of the Island compared to now. I took this image up at plemont, where we spotted an old bunker, and they went in and explored while I took images. I think this portrays a massive contrast, of what that bunker would’ve been used for compared to people just using it to explore now. I think that this image is the definition of anthropocene,  ‘humans have had a substantial impact on our planet‘, something made over 100 years ago is still standing, showing how much of an impact we have actually had on the planet.