for my first image i wanted to create a combination of both colour and black and white using harsh lines and shapes to truly demonstrate what i intend illustrate throughout the zine
in this image i wanted to create the impact of an optical illusion
My focus for this zine was not to tell a story with word but in fact let the images speak for themselves using vivid colours, sharp lines and complex editing to create interesting images. i intended to create symmetry with in the layout and images in order to create optical illusions and a sense of da-ja-vu when viewing.
What was the involvement of Jersey mariners in the Canadian cod-fisheries and the Transatlantic carrying trade?
It has been more than 400 years since the first Islanders crossed the Atlantic in search of work. They went to raid the cod-rich seas of the American and Canadian coast.
When the first Europeans reached Canada is unknown, but it is thought to be Italian explorer John Cabot’s descriptions of ‘new found lands’ and a sea swarming with fish in 1497 that attracted fishermen to the north of the continent.
By the beginning of the 16th-century Basque fishermen were travelling to the region to fish and, by 1580, around 10,000 European fishermen were making the transatlantic voyage to the area each year to fish for cod.
Channel Island fishermen were among these and by the 1750s they had set up lucrative trade routes between Canada, Europe and America, establishing bases on the Gaspé Coast where they could salt and prepare the cod for selling (merchants).
Which ports did Jersey ships sail to and trade with
A Collective effort to build harbours did not begin until the late 17th century, when work began on building a pier on the islet where St Aubin’s fort stands. During the 18th century St Aubin’s harbour proper was constructed and work began on developing St Helier as a port, although the capital had to wait until the 19th century before it really began to develop as a port.
It was during the early 19th century that stone piers were built at La Rocque, Bouley Bay, Rozel and Gorey, to accommodate the oyster boats. The harbour at Gorey also took passenger traffic from Normandy. The primary purpose of these harbours was the movement of cargoes and not people.
jersey fishermen voyaged to coasts such as Gaspé, here was where they salted and prepare the cod for trade and travel. All year round Fishermen could travel and fish, seas held large amounts of fish, nearer the coast proved itself hard for most fisherman who were unfamiliar with shallow waters, changing tided and rocky shores however Channel Islanders had plenty experience with coastal fishing and made use of their skills. Other ports included that on the Newfoundland, South America and others. Main ports which ships travelled to during their trades consisted of Bristol, London, Liverpool.
What type of goods did Jersey merchants exchange for cod-fish?
In Mediterranean countries cod was in high demand so was traded for: wine, brandy, dried fruit, citrus fruits and salt. There was also a demand in Brazil where the cod was traded for coffee and sugar.
To what extend, has the island of Jersey benefitted from its constitutional relationship with Britain and the legacies of colonialism based on a slave plantation economy during the first Industrial Revolution (1760-1840)?
No 9 Pier road, is known as the ‘Merchant house’ and is a Victorian townhouse which was built by Philippe Nicolle in 1818 using money he inherited from his great uncles involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The building is now part of the Jersey museum.
John Frederick Gibaut was a Jersey man who owned one of the largest sugar plantations, ran by slaves, in El Salvador during the mid 1800s. It ended up going bankrupt around the time slavery was abolished.
TW: Peter Pierre, Thomas Mallet and Parry were jersey men who sailed with the captain John Kimber, in 1797 from Gold Coast to Barbados with 409 Slaves. Sadly one of the Slaves passed away on the boat and the captain was accused of killing her because she refused to dance naked.
In conclusion Jersey benefited economically from the slave trade due Jersey men who had businesses involving the trade and ship masters whose boats were used to capture slaves.
mood board/inspiration for up and coming harbour photoshoot
Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines that can think like humans. It can do things that are considered “smart.” AI technology can process large amounts of data in ways, unlike humans. The goal for AI is to be able to do things such as recognize patterns, make decisions, and judge like humans. AI-powered tools can analyse photographs and calculate optimal exposure, correct colours, and adjust shadows, among other enhancements. These tools aim to streamline the photo culling and editing process, offering faster and more customized processing and adjustments.
How do you use it?
Ai has recently been introduced to adobe photoshop in the form of generative fill, this not only allows photographers to add elements to their images that elsewise would have been difficult or impractical to accomplish, this makes a photographer much more able to accomplish what they envision
but it also allows photographers to remove unwanted aspects of an image to create for example a better composition for your already taken images
cropping to sizeimage is too busyremoving unwanted people/scenery results using photoshop circular crop toolresults Use this image to combine with the one above results of combination Before and after editing
cropping an image can drastically change an images impact. it allows the photographer to entirely effect the composition or an image in order to frame elements more effectively.
Photo stories are a means of visual storytelling. Photojournalists use photo stories to narrate a series of images so that they give better insight into an event or topic. These stories range from photos of an event that describe what happened, to long term or long-form stories following things like wars and elections.
Types Of Photos Typically Used In Photo Stories
Establishing shot
Person at work
Relationship shot
Detail shot
Environmental Portrait
Formal Portrait
Observed portrait
These images are typically used in picture stories, this is because they help display the whole story with enough detail and show a selection of emotive intentions and contextual situations.
Establishing Shot
An establishing shot in photography is a wide or extreme wide shot that sets up the context of a scene and shows the location where the action/events occur. It can include buildings, landscapes, or other obvious signals of place and time. Establishing shots help convince the viewer of the images background and validity.
Person At Work
A person at work shot is helpful when establishing a person. This is an image of an individual at their job/occupation It demonstrates them in their everyday ordinary life allowing the viewer to relate to the individual.
a person at work shot must include a +Who – the image should show who is working +What – it should be clear in the image what the individual is doing +How – the viewer should be able to infer how the individual is completing their job/task +Context – the contextual clues should allude too the individuals occupation
Relationship Shot
there are relationships of many kinds, familiar, platonic, romantic and the relationship between and individual and there pet, these shots can even illustrate the relationship between strangers or mild acquaintance’s
Detail Shot
A detail shot is a close-up photograph or artwork that focuses on a specific part or element of the subject, highlighting its intricate details and textures.
Environmental portrait
An environmental portrait is a type of portrait photography that:
Includes more than just the subject, capturing them within a broader context.
Is executed in the subject’s usual environment, such as their home or workplace.
Showcases the subject’s personality and connection to their surroundings.
Combines a meaningful setting with basic portrait photography skills
Formal Portrait
Photographers who take traditional portraits aim to capture the essence of the person they are shooting. That’s most iconic figures in popular culture, politics, and history have traditional portraits taken of them. formal portraits tend to focus entirely on a persons face in a posed position with a controlled environment and specified lighting.
Observed Portraits
observed portraits are candid images aiming to capture the individual with out their knowing.
French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography. Bresson revolutionised photojournalism and is lovingly called the ‘grandfather of street photography’ because of his theory of the decisive moment, Bresson believe the camera to purely be an extension of of his eyes and as natural as breathing.
Born: 22 August 1908 Died: 3 August 2004 (aged 95) Alma mater: Lycée Condorcet, Paris Spouses: Ratna Mohini · (m. 1937; div. 1967) · Martine Franck (m. 1970)
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a ground-breaking force in The early developments of street photography. He was born in 1908 in France and was considered to be a master of candid photography. His approach to photography was treating his camera like an extension of the eye and photographing things connecting humanity. Henri grew up in a wealthy family, to begin with Henri’s passions lay with traditional art. He started to paint at just five years old. In1927 Henri took on the challenge of boarding school(the Lhote Academy) This institution was ran by André Lhote a famous and re-nouned cubist painter and sculpture. Henri Described André as his teacher of “photography without a camera.” In 1929 Henri Cartier met Harry Crosby who had an interest in photography and gave him his first camera and they would take photos together, which was the awakening of his photography legacy and gave him an interest in it.
Henri used the Lecia Rangefinder camera which had a 50mm lens. He used these cameras as they were more compact and smaller, making them easy to use and take candid photos with, in comparison to a large camera. He also used to the 50mm lens as it has a similar view to the human eye so the photos felt more natural.
What is the decisive moment? The exact instance when a unique event is captured by the photographer – when something that may never happen again is frozen in the frame.
this photo depicts a man helping a women across a puddle, which ordinarily would be considered a very normal moment, but a very difficult one to capture completely undetected, which was Bresson’s specialty.
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. Composition must have its own inevitability about it. But inside movement there is one moment at which the elements in motion are in balance. Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it. [emphasis mine]
Cartier-Bresson’s “The Decisive Moment”
The decisive moment is a property of vantage point, framing and timing, and not about how ideal the external event is. Cartier’s point is that in the mixture of humanity and nature, all surrounding us, there are occasional brief and fast moving moments where moving objects align naturally into a frame.
however, when all those compositional elements align, the thing average ‘thing you’re photographing can reveal something intimate and heartfelt. This is a result of the composition. And capturing it really cannot be accomplished through organized thinking and forced structure— it happens through instinct, of pressing the shutter release at an instant based on intuition.
Image Analysis
This image has captured a perfect balance of ordinary and unordinary, the photo captures all but the human figure in the foreground in perfect stillness, the human figures reflection creates symmetry throughout the image along with the harsh, sharp lines of the gatepost in the background of the image also reflecting the in water coated ground. Unlike the gate posts in both reality and reflection the human figure is distorted and blurred. When attempting to consider what strikes me most about this image the fist element that comes to mind is the stark difference presented between the foreground and background, perhaps illustrating how unlike inanimate objects and the industrial world around us humans are forever changing, evolving and moving forward. Despite my original thoughts towards this photography being a positive commentary on how humans are evolving fast to the benefit of all around us, upon further consideration I think its more likely this photo is illustrating the forever rush we as humans are perpetually in, the stress and anxiety of being rushed, pushed forward and swept up in whist remaining in the midst or unexpected peace that can be found in simple stillness.
i went around the jersey annual boat show taking pictures of the very large crowds of people in order to demonstrate the overpoppulation of the island i live on and the uglyness of it.
I do not intend these images to be final images, i do intend to use these images to cut and stick with and combine with higher level and more thoughtfully considered images taken in the studio the create images with an overwhelming sense to them to comment on the destruction of beautiful surroundings that’s comes fundamentally down to the impact of humanity.
although these images by themselves aren’t impactful and thought provoking I will use them as vices to reach my goal and the results I have envisioned.
-the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. “some geologists argue that the Anthropocene began with the Industrial Revolution” The Anthropocene is sometimes used to describe the time during which humans have had a substantial impact on our planet. Whether or not we are in a new geological age, we are part of a complex, global system and the evidence of our impact on it has become clear.
Mood board
I particularly enjoy the image circled
Mind map / ideas
i will attempt to create a high fashion inspired garment out of waste products and photograph it in natural environments, i also particularly find inspiration form the photographs of women wrapped is clear plastic, as is packaged making a comment about consumerism and the effect of it on wildlife from a human perspective.
Artist Inspiration
during this project i intend to create photos that create a feeling of shame and guilt about the destruction of the world around us and put humans in situations that are reminiscent of the situations we put animals and nature in .
