After my tutorial on Wednesday the 26.10.11 I found that my images of Abandonment and human Intervention were not represented or photographed correctly to portray this idea. Due to photographing greenery found in London for my original idea my tutor showed me the works of Eva Strenram where she photographed greenery found in central London and have now diverted away from the idea of Abandonment and Human Intervention and I am now looking at Nature in the City and how it has become ordered and has to look a certain way in parts of the city centre of London.
Research : Eva Strenram
I am really fond of her work I love the way she has positioned the camera in a way that makes the viewer think she is observing this style of life. I feel her work portrays the idea I want to portray minus the animals. The fact that everybody represents the town houses with cities and the use of the controlled greenery and how beautiful it looks. Strenram's images appear to be surreal as if this view is not possible in London.
Andreas Gursky
Gursky's work also has the idea of nature surrounding man's made structures. As if this isn't a real scene. I am really fond of Image one I like the fact that you can see that this structure is in the middle of nowhere unlike Strenram's idea of nature in the City centre Gursky has photographed structures in the middle of nowhere people having to drive for miles to find this hidden location two different idea's linking nature and structure together.
The above images were taken using a digital SLR camera. I wanted to test out my idea first with digital as I didn't want the films to be wasted and also get an idea of how my photographs we look visually. I used an aperture of f.22 a shutter speed of 400th of a second and an ISO of 160.
I have moved away from photographing the tablets as a scattered object and instead have decided to include an element of hospitality by placing the tablets in tumblers. Also I have used a shallow depth of field of f.8 to allow the tablets to be the focal point but area there stored in will have an importance as keeping tablets in a cupboard where you keep your personal objects is pretty strange and anybody looking in would find this ad normal but to my mum it seems to be the norm.
These two negatives are two shots that I took for my final print for the Object project. Image one is my favourite out of the two it was taken at an Aperture of f.8 a Shutter speed of 400th of a second and a film speed of 160. What I like about this negative compared to negative two is that my assistant was able to block the light with a flag bouncing on to the shelf and instead focusing on the tablet holder. I decided to use a shallow depth of field as I wanted the front set of tablets to be in focus and the rest out of focus to make sure the camera represented what I am trying to portray the importance of the tablets in the Image.
This image is the drawing of the layout of my set in the studio. I decided to do a drawing as I thought this would be the best way to re-create the set if my negatives didn't turn out the way I wanted them to visually look. I am not the best drawer as you can see but this image is basic and will be helpful if i need to re shoot my objects.
These four photographs were captured in my home town of Dulwich. The area is abandoned but people take walks through this area and take in the view of the trees. I used long exposure with flash photography I wanted to capture the idea of Abandonment but combine it with another area I have looked at Man's Intervention on the Landscape. The use of the bright lights really emphasises this idea of human intervention which works effectively on this set of photographs.
These three images are from my first idea of looking at human intervention on the landscape. Image One's photographic settings are an Aperture of f.32 the film speed is ISO 100 and the shutter speed was 0.6th of a second. Even though I am incredibly found of photographic one I feel that it doesn't portray what I am trying to get across this idea of Human Intervention due to boating the effect it has on the water.
Image three is the correct photographic settings I was looking for in order for the whole image to be correctly exposed I used an Aperture of f.13.
Even though these photographs do not portray this idea of Human Intervention I have decided I am not going to peruse this area any further as i do not feel i will create amazing photographs under this theme. I have there fore branched out and decided to look at the theme of Abandonment of the landscape through various forms. Even though I may not pursue this area I still thought it was important for you to see my photographs and the development throughout my project.
After Attending the studio workshop on Depth of Field I decided to go back over my notes and I Came across Gareth McConell's name which I Googled. I really loved his work and I am now thinking this is a style of work I am going to test out on my Images. Prior to looking at his work I was dead set on this idea of my images looking clean and crisp suggesting hospital-ism, I now feel if I carry on photographing with bright white lights it may become or be portrayed as less personal something which I do not want the viewer to feel. Using a shallow depth of field will portray the darkness of the narrative and will focus on the tablets which my Mum is addicted to and draw the viewer into the image.
In this set of test shots I wanted to portray to my audience the fact that these tablets are for medical use and not drug abuse. For this test shot I have played around with the use of lighting and exposure to decide on the effect I want to use for my final Image. I especially am fond of image three I like the fact that pile of tablets shows the amount of tablets my Mum has to take to stay out of pain but the lighting portrays the idea of clinical use.
I have started this project by developing my idea of Addiction. I am looking at the addiction my mum has in counted due to her disability. I have photographed the cigarettes that she smokes the reason the butts are scattered is because the amount of cigarettes she smokes is not consistent in the way she takes her tablets. My Mum has to take her tablets at a certain time each day or she will be in chronic pain something I do not understand.
The Image I have decided to re-create is of Jem Southam's Sea ford head 1999. Southam captured the photograph in East Sussex,using a large format camera to allow the negative to capture detailed representation of this view.The darkness of the rocks surrounding the Cliff allows great emphasis and draws the viewers to the Cliff's face.The use of the tones and shadows brings a natural view and feeling to the Image and portrays a British seaside feeling.The Positioning of the camera has been situated low to the ground and situated close to the Cliff to give us an insight into the size of the Cliff.
A large depth of field has been used in this Photograph which allows the whole image to be in focus portraying that everything in the image is of equal importance.
The above photogaphs are by Andy Warhol, Irving Penn and Richard Misrach. I have decided to look at their work as I want to position my objects in my photograph in a similar way that the above artists have done so. From looking at the way the above atists have positioned their subject enables the viewer to enter the photograph and observe and see the subject in detail. Arranging my objects and having the camera looking down at the objects will allow the viewer to see my still life to the full and will enable them to feel what I trying to portray as they are able to view the whole subject.
Looking at the Idea of mans intervention on the lanscape. Will look at the idea of vast Intervention buildings combined with the traditional landscape. Building sites new life in progress. Small scale Intervention like the work of Jem Southam ' Rockfalls River Mounts and Ponds' not notable intervention by man. looking at maps where and how much land is in use in the Medway area. Experimenting with digital and medium format final image will be medium format. Final 3 images will portray this idea of different landscapes in the Meday Kent area and how different intervention has caused different problems to the land.
I Started off this project by looking at the work of Rut Blees in Luxembourg and looking at the idea of Abandonment of the landscape She specifically looks at the Abandonment of the City something that I am not looking at. I have tried to find artists who look at the neglect of the land. I was unable to find artists and photographers who create this type of work. I have decided to move on and look at Human Intervention on the Landscape. I have found many artists that look at this subject in depth I have found four artists that I especially like and I'm intrigued by their work and how they created it.
Robert Adams
Robert Adams is a photographer that has influenced and inspired me to look into the subject of Our intervention onto the land. Adams is truely inspired by the F.64 group and particually Ansel Adams which is notable in his landscapes through the use of forms in his images. I especially like image two I like that fact how different image this is and depicts the idea of human intervention on the land so easily and gives the viewer this idea of what where doing on our land building and re building homes and decreasing the idea of space.
Stephen Shore
Stephen Shore is an American Photographer he took his photographs whilst on a road trip. These two photographs are my favourite out of Shore'swork I like how different they are but both represent this idea of Human Intervention on the landscape. Photograph One gives this insight into a surreal moment it doesnt seem realistic. Shore has used an obvious way of represneting te theme by photographing people surrounding this lake at a National Park. However I really like photograph two like how he has photographed a petrol station for this theme as it portrays this idea of the Western Worlds love for oil.
Joe Deal
Joe Deal was an American Photographer speacilising is depicting how the landscape was transformed by people. I feel that Photograph two portrays his speacilism perfectly this idea of human intervention on land. I feel this image portrays what you think of the deep American south and how they live in the middle of know where nothing for miles. Looking at the image in the 21st century gives the viewer and ifferent feeling than when it was created in the 1970s. The feel you recieve from this image is a ariel view due to the use of balck and white photography even though this was all what was available at the time.
Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian Photographer who works with Large Format Photography. Burtynsky looks at the manufactued Landscape. He creates images that will go through the whole life cycle for example his process of oil he starts photographing from the rig Image one to the oil in pumps in petroleum stations. I am really fond of his way of creating photograhy and the way he represents landscape. I feel his work particually shows true human intervention on the landscape and how much land space we use up to produce oil.
