red line editing:

For this editing, I searched red line/ stitch on the internet and found an image that I was satisfied with and uploaded it onto Photoshop. In Photoshop, using the objection tool on the left, i selected the red line and moved it to the tab where the image, seen above, was. I placed the red line on top of the people seen in the image and decided if i need to make the line bigger or smaller or where the line needed to be positioned.

I selected the layer which the red line was on and used the rubber tool seen on the left side, to rub out the parts of the red line I did not want to be seen. I wanted it to look like the red line was going through the people seen in the image. As if they were connected by the red line, the ‘bloodline’.

Update 1:

This is the first update for the photo book I have. In this update I had the front cover done and started adding images onto my book.

Update 2:

In this update, loads of things were changed. Photos was changed, structure of the book was changed. This is also where I started playing around with picture framing and positioning.

Paper editing:

For this image, I searched in the internet for a yellow and old paper and uploaded the image that I was satisfied with onto Photoshop. After the image was uploaded onto Photoshop, I copied the image that I wanted to edit, found in my documents, onto Photoshop and applied the image on top of the paper, creating a second layer in Photoshop.

pressing the layer where the image is in and using the objection tool on the left side, I selected a person from the image and cut them out. I moved the selected section from the image, away from the image to reveal the old, yellow paper under it.

I moved the selected section from the image, away from the image to reveal the old, yellow paper under it. This was all I did for this edit.

Update 3:

In this update, I started adding text to my images and playing around with the color of the text. This is also where I was trying to figure out where to put my text and how to smoothly add text in my book. I also started to add more images in my book and different frames to my images. I also started to figure out whether I wanted to have images that have a border of full bleed.

Update 4:

In this update, I started to be happy with the structure of the book and kept it constant throughout the book. I figured that I would start with a house of my grandparents and then and image of them in the next page. I also did this when I introduced images of my parents. After showing an image of my parents further into the book, I added an image of our house. This is where I started to find a more stern structure in my book and used different techniques like juxtaposition and match cut.

Full overview of final Photo Book:

Conclusion and evaluation:

In conclusion, I think that I did really well in terms of editing. I was clear and strong with my editing and even showed repetition within my editing to show a clear inspiration found because of my two artist I studied. The use of red lines and aged paper was a clear inspiration from Carole’s work and the nostalgic editing seen in some of my images implies a clear understanding and innovation towards Jo’s work.

My overall editing was simple but effective. I didn’t do a big amount of editing in my images but I did enough to enhance my images and show inspiration.

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Evaluation and conclusion

Mood boards:

Carole Benitah:

Jo Ann Walters:

Overall Mind board of both artists:

Carole Benitah:

Jo Ann Walters:

Presentation (virtual gallery):

Evaluation:

Overall I’m really satisfied with my final outcomes and virtual galleries. I believe that my portrayal of what windows and mirrors mean to me is strong and clear. This is seen by the use of natural and posed images.

when it comes to editing, I believe that I have strong and weak editing within my images. This is because as seen above, some images are quite blurry and have texture, although this was because of the setting used on the camera which caused it to produce really blurry images, which is something I really like and couldn’t get rid of on photoshop. I could’ve retook the images but I really liked how candid the blurry images looked so I had to keep it. This is one of my weaknesses however a strength is how some of my images are clear and precise. The editing on some of them is really good and really enhances the images.

Moving on, when it comes to creativity, I lack of it. My images are mostly black and white and has the same people in almost every image. I could’ve used to photoshop to make my images more colourful and outside of the box. I could’ve also photographed different people which would mean that I had variety.

1st image: before and after

editing:

For this image, I increased the exposure just because the image was quite dark and I also decreased the shadows to make the two girls more present. I also increased Dehaze to increase contrast and finally I decreased saturation to make image black and white.

2nd image: before and after

editing:

In this image, I increased exposure to make image lighter and increase detail, contrast to create an energetic feel to the image, highlights to compel the image, whites to increase the clarity within the image, blacks to create contrast between the black and whites. I also decreased shadows to enhance the image, vibrancy to enhance the black and white after decreasing saturation.

3rd image: before and after

editing:

I decreased temp to make image a little colder, vibrancy to make image less orange and saturation to make images black and white. I also increased tint to enhance the color of the image, exposure to unleash details lost within the darker parts of the image, clarity to make image lighter and dehazed it to create contrast.

4th image: before and after

editing:

For this image, Increased whites to make image lighter and I also increased clarity to make lost details appear in the image. I also decreased blacks to recover detail lost within the darker parts of the image, vibrancy to enhance the black and white after I had decreased saturation.

5th image: before and after

editing:

for this image, I increased exposure to make recover lost detail, contrast to create contrast within image, shadows to lose some detail that doesn’t need to be shown in the image, whites to enhance the white parts in the image and finally dehaze to boost low frequency contrast. Finally, I decreased highlights to slider the darker parts of the image, vibrancy to enhance the black and white after I had decreased saturation.

6th image: before and after

Editing:

For this image, I increased exposure to make the image a little lighter and highlights to make images more compelling. Finally I decreased whites to make images darker , shadows to eliminate any lost details, vibrance and saturation to make images black and white.

7th image: before and after

editing:

For this image, I increased clarity to make image lighter and then I decreased Exposure to make Images darker, temperature to make images colder, vibrance to make image colder and saturation to make image more calm.

8th image: before and after

editing:

For this image, I increased highlights to make images more compelling, shadows to hide some detail, and whites to make image darker. Then I decreased temperature to make images colder, vibrance and saturation to make images black and white.

9th image: before and after

editing:

For this image I increased contrast to create an energetic ambient and highlights to make the image more compelling. Then I decreased, exposure to make image darker, shadows to recover any lost detail and vibrance and saturation to make image black and white.

10th image: before and after

editing:

For this image, I increased contrast to make image more dramatic. Then I decreased exposure to make image darker, highlights to make image more compelling and shadows to recover minimal detail.

11th image: before and after

editing:

For this image, I increased contrast, to make image more dramatic and highlights to slightly compel the image. Then I decreased exposure to make image darker, shadows to recover any lost details, whites to make image darker, vibrance and saturation to make image black and white.

12th image: before and after

editing:

For this image, I increased Exposure to make images lighter, contrast to make image more dramatic and highlight to compel the image. Then I decreased shadows to recover any lost detail and vibrance and saturation to make image black and white.

13th image: before and after

editing:

For this image, I increased highlights to make image more compelling, clarity to make image much more clearer and firm and dehaze to make image more detailed. Then I decreased exposure to make image much darker, shadows to recover any lost details, whites to make image darker, blacks to illuminate any dark areas on image and vibrance to make image much more colder.

Selection and colouring:

Photo shoot 1:

Selection and coloring:

Photo shoot 2:

Selection and coloring:

LaToya Ruby Frazier

LaToya Ruby Frazier is a talented American photographer known for her style and documentary like work which often explores race, social justice, class, and the impact of industrial decline. Her most famous project is called The Notion of Family, produced between 2001–2014, where she documents the lives of her mother, grandmother, and even herself in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a town that was and still is devastated by the sudden collapse of the steel industry.

There is definitely obvious themes within her work and these themes include:

Key Themes:

1. Family and Identity: Frazier’s work obviously centers on her family’s experiences and revealing inter generational trauma and resilience amidst economic decline. The project also highlights the idea of family as a cultural and historical construct.
2. Social and Economic Displacement: Her portraits and images of Braddock, highlights the connection between the destructive industrial collapse and the social decrease of working-class Black communities.
3. Health and Environmental Issues: Her famous project foregrounds environmental racism and healthcare imbalance, engrossing on how industrial pollution and inadequate healthcare have affected diminised populations.
4. Portraiture and Intimacy: Frazier’s raw, and personal portraits question stereotypes of Black and working-class life, handing out a refinement representation of struggle and resilience.
5. Cultural Context: Frazier provokes the erasure of working-class, Black, and female experiences especially in mainstream narratives. This offers a window into a community that is often ignored in discussions about industrialization.

Reception:

The Notion of Family has been praised and is still being praised for its emotional depth and constant questioning of social constructs, earning Frazier an international recognition. Her work has been exhibited in major museums and is part of collections at MoMA and the Whitney. In 2015, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her contributions to art and social justice.

So in summary, The Notion of Family is an exploration of race, place, class, and blending personal narrative with broader social issues which offers a powerful, empathetic view of a undervalued community’s struggles.

Kürşat Bayhan

Kürşat Bayhan is an extraordinary Turkish artist and photographer who is known for blending themes like history, memory, identity, and contemporary socio-political issues. His interesting work combines conceptual and documentary photography, often exploring themes like migration, the urban environment, and the thick tension between tradition and modernity.

While he is not widely known especially internationally, Bayhans work is an important figure when in comes to contemporary Turkish photography. His projects challenge how personal experiences intersect with larger socio-political landscapes, often contributing to the discussions of visual culture and identity. He has exhibited his work both in Turkey and internationally, gaining recognition for his unique storytelling approach.

One project that is eye catching is the project callled “Away from Home” It is a photographic series which explores themes of feeling of displacement and migration. The work focuses on individuals who have been forced to leave their homes due to conflict or hardship which captures their emotional and psychological experiences of this difficult and unwilling exile. Through intimate portraits and documentary-style images, Bayhan humanizes the migrant experience, and reflects on feelings of mislaying, identity, and the search for belonging in foreign environments. The series also delves into the complex notion of “home,” highlighting the tension between the past and the present for displaced individuals. It also offers a personal and empathetic perspective on migration, beyond political or statistical stories.

Reference:

larubyfrazier.com

www.instagram.com

www.artforum.com

Whitney Museum of American Art

Just a moment…

Wikipedia

People: Kürşat Bayhan | The Floating Magazine

Kursat Bayhan – PhMuseum

internationalphotogrant.com

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