My best edited photos
These are my best photos because they capture the theme of Anthropocene the best and they showcase what her work is about. I think the contrast between the coloured plastic object and the black background makes these images very strong and makes the plastic object stand out. The colour in these images also makes these photos strong as they draw your eye into the photo.
Mandy Barker Edited Photos
Mandy Barker Photo Experimentation
To create this montage of plastic rubbish I found on the because I used many different images and layered them up to create this colourful creation of plastic. The meaning behind this is to show how much plastic there is in the oceans and that we need to be aware of just how much is ending up their. The brighter the colours of the plastic the more birds and fish will want to eat it.
Mandy Barker ~ Biography
Mandy Barker is an international award winning photographer who is British. She is mostly known for her work with marine plastics from the ocean, and has worked alongside scientists to try and bring awareness to the amount of plastic that is being used. Mandy Barkers photography consists of plastic marine debris transformed into alluring pieces of art and the photographs taken make the viewers discover an underwater world.
What inspired Mandy Barkers Photography?
The ever growing problem of plastic on the UK coastline and just how much of an issue its causing for the environment. She was inspired to use the plastic from the oceans in her photography to create a montage of images from the plastic that she collected.
How does Mandy Barkers photography relate to the theme of Anthropocene?
Mandy Barkers photography relates to the theme of Anthropocene as the use of plastic and materials found by the beach is making people aware of the problem of Plastic Pollution and is giving a solution to clear it off the beaches to turn it into something beautiful.
Image Analysis
The colours in this image are quite bright but there is also a mix of dark colours which make the lighter brighter colours stand out more and attracts your eye to the image. The texture of this image is rough and the textures are all different which makes the image look more appealing. The layout of this image also draws your eye to the photo because of the size difference in the objects that are used, this makes your eye follow the lines of the photo.
Editing experimentation
I increased the contrast on this photo to enhance the colours in the sunset and make them brighter and stand out more but by increasing the contrast in this photo it also made the buildings in the foreground of the image stand out more. I also increased the whites in the image to make the string of lights become brighter which act as leading lines as they guide your eye to the photo.
In this image I increased the highlights in the photo to make the area around the focal point of all the lights darker in shadow and all the lights in the centre of the image brighter so that the lights stand out and look stronger.
Further Experimentation – AI
For this image I added clouds to the sky in my photo and the clouds took the colour from the sunset.
With this image I added to plant pots with flowers in them and made sure to put them at the bottom of the image to make sure the plant pots created the shadow from the fence.
With this image I added a Hotel to the background of the photo to make show what could happen to the landscape over time.
I then added a Flag and a flag pole to the top of the hill, to give the image a more historical look.
I then added seagulls to the sky which contrasts against the white clouds in the sky giving more definition to the image.
After that I added a man walking dogs along the beach to complete the image. The new generated image has more old and historic buildings than the image before I generated new things on to the image.
For this image I added lots of tall buildings to the background of the photo to make the area look more built up and busy and then I added the road to the right side of the image and then put the street lamp to the side of the road.
After I added a brick wall in front of the buildings and hotels and then I added some smoke to the top of the building in the middle, to make the image look like its a busy place. The smoke coming from the building contrasts against the solid blue sky which makes the smoke stand out more against the background of the image.
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What aspect of Anthropocene am I taking photos of ?
I’m going to take photos inspired by light pollution and the amount of light that is emitted from buildings and large areas that overlook town, I’m also going to get photos of sunsets over buildings and over St Helier.
Where am I going to go ?
I’m going to go to high advantage points that overlook large area of land. For example I’m going to go to Fort Regent and walk all the way around the Fort to get views from all different angles so that I get photos overlooking Havre de pas but also overlooking town as well and then around by the car park on pier road at a high advantage point so that I can get photos looking down on to the car park and I’m going to use artificial light to brighten areas up on the photo and to highlight certain areas. I’m also going to go to the other side of town by Peoples Park and walk up the hill by the park so that I can get a better view of the bay and also that overlooks the other end of town. My final place that I will go to take photos is over dale hospital as there is a big drop right behind it that overlooks St Aubin’s bay and the other side of the island. I will do two areas per photo shoot.
What time of the day will I take my photos at ?
I’m going to take my photos at night time and then use exposure bracketing if I want to make my photos darker or lighter or make it look like there is more light pollution. I’m going to take photos from all different times of the day ranging from the morning to mid day and then at night to get different perspectives of light pollution throughout the day.
Anthropocene ~ Artist Study ~ Liu Bolin
Liu Bolin is a Chinese photographer and performance artist known for using chameleon style methods to immerse himself in the environment. The meaning behind Liu Bolin’s photography is that he blends in with the environment and this links to the way that the Chinese society is ruled as the people don’t have a voice and just blend in and don’t stand out.
What inspired Liu Bolin Photography?
Liu Bolin ~ At the end of 2005, I was living in Beijing and working as an artists assistant. Beijing’s art world at this time was thriving. All 140 artists in Suo Jia Cun were exclusively making art, and this is what I knew I wanted to do.
Image Analysis
The colour that is painted on Liu makes him very camouflaged with the rest of the image so he blends in with his surroundings. The texture in this image is very rough and uneven which suggests that he wants to fit in. The meaning behind his photos is that he is stuck in a controlling society and that in his country the people don’t have a voice and don’t have access to speak what’s on their mind. Liu Bolin says in a Ted Talk that he is sometimes called “the invisible man” because the Chinese government treats the population as a whole rather than giving people their individual voice. The invisible man also suggests that he is seen as just someone in the background and he doesn’t stand out just like nobody else stands out in the population. The surroundings of the photo add no value to him as a person as the image is in a public place that has no meaning which again has connotations that the people in China are treated like they are worthless and have no meaning or value.
Mandy Barker ~ Biography
Mandy Barker is an international award winning photographer who is British. She is mostly known for her work with marine plastics from the ocean, and has worked alongside scientists to try and bring awareness to the amount of plastic that is being used.
What inspired Mandy Barkers Photography?
The ever growing problem of plastic on the UK coastline and just how much of an issue its causing for the environment. She was inspired to use the plastic from the oceans in her photography to create a montage of images from the plastic that she collected.
How does Mandy Barkers photography relate to the theme of Anthropocene?
Mandy Barkers photography relates to the theme of Anthropocene as she collects washed up bits of plastic from the oceans and creates something spectacular and beautiful out of something that is very negative and is ruining our planet. With these amazing montages that she makes she makes awareness of the plastic pollution problem. Mandy Barkers photography consists of using plastic objects from the beach and arranging them on a black background or a piece of black fabric and then she uses those edits to build up the objects into a montage and adds more colourful images that she has photographed of a particular object to make the montage more interesting and appealing to the eye. This relates to the theme of Anthropocene because it shows that when more of the edits that she photographed are added to the montage the more plastic objects and rubbish from the oceans is in her photography which is trying to show just how much plastic is in our oceans.
Mandy Barker Image Analysis
The texture of this image is very rusty and bumpy that shows the wearing of the plastic objects. This also suggests that plastic takes years and years to break down and decompose. The meaning of this photo is to show how much plastic there is in our oceans and also to show that something that is so ugly and disgusting can be turned into something so beautiful and eye catching. The colour in this photo makes the image a lot more appealing to look at and directs your eye to more of the phot as the colour is drawing your eye in. The idea of this photo is to also try and use up some of the plastic that’s in the ocean and to show the sheer amount that is in our oceans. The size of the objects in this image makes the photo seem like its deep in the ocean and that there are thousands of plastic objects in the sea and on the shore. By changing the size and the opacity of the objects it makes it look a lot more crowded and full and shows that the ocean is heavily populated with plastic.
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What is Anthropocene ?
Anthropocene is the impact humans have had on the world these are things such as pollution and overpopulation and using up the worlds resources until there is very little left for everyone else. People have been so emerged in social media.
What inspired Anthropocene ?
Anthropocene was believed to have started in the 18th century at the start of Britain’s industrial Revolution which created the first fossil fuel economy. Burning the organic carbon in fossil fuels enabled large scale production and drove the growth of mines, factories and mills.
What’s the importance of Anthropocene ?
Humans have become the most influential species on the planet, causing significant global warming and other changes to land the environment and water, and overall effecting the atmosphere .
Image Analysis
This lines in this image from where the truck has dug paths in the soil act as leading lines to point your eye in the direction of the focal point being the truck in the middle of the image. The lighting in this image has a lot of shadow from the sunlight from the end of the tunnel which creates contrast between the areas in the tunnel that have no sunlight reflecting on them and the areas in the tunnel that do have sunlight reflecting on them. The lighting on the truck also makes the focal point stand out more and directs your eye more clearer to the truck. This image shows the damage being done to the world and how humans are draining the world of its recourses and if the world runs out of its recourses then there will be no more in the future when the worlds population will have increased more leading to bigger and more complicated problems. The composition of this image is balanced between the shadows and the lighting coming from the entrance of the tunnel. The background in this image is large scale which almost shows just how big of an impact humans have had on the world and just how large the problems that we have caused have become and how much larger they will get if something is not done about the pollution of the world.
What I’m going to do for my Anthropocene Photoshoot ?
I’m going to do my Anthropocene Photoshoot on light pollution and how the amount of light that is admitted has an effect on the atmosphere. My Photoshoot is going to be on the light from buildings and from streetlights and I’m also going to use artificial lights like torches to help give more light to my photo. I’m going to use a tripod to get clear pictures and so that I can get the angles for the photos right for example if I’m photographing a multi layered car park and the lighting from it is only reflecting in one area the camera will need to be still to try and get that photo right. I’m also going to get images of buildings with lights reflecting from them and the different lights that they admit into the atmosphere. I’m going to go all around town and around the waterfront to get these images as the most amount of light pollution will be around town and amongst the buildings and the businesses that are around town. Another idea I had was to take pictures of cars when they are driving to photograph the headlights and the brake lights to show how much light they admit at night and the amount of gas emissions that come out of the exhaust.
This is my New Topographics virtual gallery. I chose these images because they represent The New Topographics style the best. And with the image in the middle, the buildings range from very old to extremely modern, which suggests that the surroundings have been built up over time.
Artist Reference ~ Stephen Shore
Stephen Shore is a Contemporary American Photographer, best known for his colour images of street corners and plates of food, suburban baseball fields and parking lots. Stephen Shore said “I discovered that this camera was the technical means in photography of communicating what the world looks like in a state of heightened awareness,” which made him take his photography seriously as his photos show a different side of the world.
Image Analysis
His images are recollections of experiences but they are taken in a careful and considerate way. His images are taken with a large format camera which makes his images a lot more precise and increases the quality of his images both in colour and in the form. The layout of this photo is very chaotic and there is a lot of things going on in the image which makes it quite confusing to look at. There is a petrol station and cars parked in a parking lot both in one photo which creates a more interesting concept. The rainbow in the sky creates a contrast between the dark colours of the cars and of the background of the image as its all very dramatic dark colours whereas the sky is a pale blue and white colour. The lines in this image from the car and from the reflection in the puddle act as leading lines to the focal point of the image.
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