Abstraction:
Documenting the DSLR camera:
Mode dial is the dial used on a digital camera to navigate different settings.
The main dial is the dial used to perform tasks such as changing the aperture or shutter speed. ISO is the sensitivity on the camera, there can be low and high sensitivity of the ISO.The lower the ISO the cleaner the photo will be. The higher the ISO the brighter the photo but it would also be more noisy and grainy. Shutter speed is the length of time that the digital sensor in the camera is exposed to light for. A fast shutter speed creates a quick exposure, and a slow shutter speed creates a longer exposure for the photographer. |
Task 1-the white paper test:
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Francis Bruguière:
Francis Bruguiere is an American photographer born on the 15th October 1879 in San Francisco and died 4th may 1945. He was also a painter and musician. He was the youngest of 4 sons, born into a wealthy banking family and was privately educated. in 1905 after studying painting in Europe he became acquired with photography and modern art promoter Alfred Sitegliz. In 1918 after his family fortune declined he moved to New York City where he made his living in photographing for vanity fair, vogue and so on. Soon after he was appointed the photographer of New York theatre guild. Throughout his life he experimented with multiple exposure, solarisation, original processes, photograms and more. He later had a pone man show in the art centre of New York in 1927.
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Ordinary to extraordinary:
Edward Weston was an 20th century American photographer born in 1886 and died in 1953. He has been called one of the most innovative and influential American photographers. His career lasted about 40years photographing landscapes, still-life, nudes and genre scenes. Some of his most famous work was close ups of vegetables and fruit, which he did to capture the essence of the object by taking them out of context. He helped bring photography out of the shadows of art and stand on its own as an art form.
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www- I liked these photos because you can see the shadowed effect from the artificial light very clearly and you can see all the different textures and patterns in the vegetables creating a very clear and sharp picture.
Abstract comparison: Body and nature
Alicja Brodowicz started photography when she would take photos of her daughter, she enjoyed it a lot and considers that's when her passion for Photography came about. Later on she registered for a photography course at the institute of creative photography in Opava in Czech Republic. Her biggest inspiration was Sally Mann, and loved classic black and white photography. 90% of her photos are in black and white because she finds it a lot easier. This series of photos was to make her feel more intertwined/ closer to nature. It was also to express her growing concern for the environment and the human impact on it. By combining the human body with nature she was trying to show that they are interconnected and that are separate existence isn't possible.
In this task we were required to take photos in nature/ of nature then find parts of the body that look similar and put them next to each other to show how nature and the human body are intertwined.
In this task we were required to take photos in nature/ of nature then find parts of the body that look similar and put them next to each other to show how nature and the human body are intertwined.
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Simon Phipps:
Simon Phipps is a photographer who does alot of "new brutalism" photography. This style was founded in the 1950s,It was then taken up by Alison and Peter Smithson. He was born in Leeds but is now a London based photographer. He is the author to 4 books which are mainly about brutalism. When he came across his brutalist shoots he imminently found something special about it. Phipps approached brutalism differently and a unique way.
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Johnny Kerr: Ambiguity
Johnny Kerr was an American artist and art educator, best known fort his abstract photography that reveal the colourful poetry hidden amid a seemingly mundane Arizona metropolis. He taught himself photography, with his dream of studying art. He has graphic design experience, and his appreciation for minimalism had a huge impact on his work. His imagery often uses/ explores the abstract qualities of his subjects placing them to variety of degrees outside of their context. He use of space reflects his thing for solitude, while his continued evolution of style represents his authentic pursuit of curiosity.
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Thomas kellner:
He was born on the 28th may 1966, he is a German fine arts photographer. He studied art, sociology, politics and economics at the university of siegen. His unique vision creates photographic works that deconstruct and reinterpret architectural masterpieces, rebuilding them, frame by frame, into animated and often whimsical works of art. In 1996 he received the Kodak Young Talent Award, which encouraged him to live as an artist. Since then he has been living in Siegen as a photographer and curator of photographic exhibition projects. Since 2004 he has been a member of the German society of photography. In 2006 he went extensively travelling to the US, Latin America, Syria and China, where he photographed famous monuments such as the Golden Gate Bridge and the great wall of china all in his special technique. Kellner works with a single-lens camera, with small image films.
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Alexey Titarenko: multiple viewpoint
Alexey Titarenko was born in Russia on the 25th November 1962 and is 59. he has been taking photos ever since he was 9.He graduated from the Leningrad Public University of Society-related Professions in 1978 with a degree in Photojournalism. In 1983 he received a Master's degree in Cinematic and Photographic Arts from the Leningrad Institute of Culture.To illustrate links between the present and the past, he created powerful metaphors by introducing long exposure and intentional camera movement into street photography.
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i think these photos turned out well because it shows the disfunction of the street in London. I also think that the end results looked good with a fuzzy look but being able to see all the people rushing about, showing the chaos of London.
However in these photos I thought I could have improved by going closer to where all the people were at the crossing to create a more chaotic vibe rather than a more Melo one.
However in these photos I thought I could have improved by going closer to where all the people were at the crossing to create a more chaotic vibe rather than a more Melo one.
Homework buildings:
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Lee Friedlander: Mannequin series
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Saul Leiter: New york
Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter who was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. His interest in painting began in his teen years, in 1946 when he was 23 he left the theological collage he went to in Cleveland to move to New York to pursue his painting. Not long after he had moved to New York he met the abstract artist Richard Pousette-Dart, who was experimenting with photography. Henri Cartier-Bresson's exhibitions in the museum of modern art in New York in 1947 inspired/ influenced him. In 1948 he started to experiment with colour, his main subjects were street scenes and his small group of friends. His abstract work and his radically innovated compositions stood out in the new york school. He later died at his home in the east village in new york, on 26th November 2013.
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Stephanie Jung
Stephanie Jung is a freelance photographer based in Germany and born in 1989, she is 25. In 2010 she finished her studies in Visual Communications, where she stopped her passion for experimental photography. Since 2012 she has been working as a freelance photographer, focussing on fine art and portrait photography.Jung learned the craft of photography from her father. She usually finds what she is looking for in the warm tones of evening: a view, a lonely side street at dusk, a sidewalk crowded with pedestrians. She creates multiple exposure images that capture the vibrant and chaotic mood of cityscapes.
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I chose these as my final pieces because I like the multiple view point style and I like the way the photos looked with different layers to create a chaotic look which I think portrays London very well. For most of my favourite ones I slightly altered the saturation of every other layer to crate a more vibrance to some peoples clothes making the stand out in the photo.In my favourite one at wireless festival I like the way the layers made you be able to see everyones hands and arms from all different perspectives layered onto of each other.I think these photos all turned out really well, think that i used Stephenie Jung's technique very well and work out good for my photos. I like how it looks dysfunctional by the way that you can see everyone and everything in the photos through all the layers to show multiple viewpoints and the mood/vibe of the city. To improve on if i re-did this shoot would be that i could have focused on a specific person or thing in the photos to create a passing time effect/ show peoples pattern of where they had been, but have it with a big crowd around then to make them the focus point.
Stephen Calcutt: Bus stop
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Chemograms:pierre cordier
Independent development:
I have chosen to develop Edward Western as my first strand and Saul Leiter as my second strand. i chose Edward Western as one of my development strands because i like the way he creates an image close up of fruit and veg and makes you see a close up/ unusual defined look to them. I also chose to develop the work of Saul Leiter as my second strand because i like how he shows a different side of street photography thought windows/ shop windows but also show the people outside thought the reflection.
Saul Leiter developed:shop windows
Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter who was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. His interest in painting began in his teen years, in 1946 when he was 23 he left the theological collage he went to in Cleveland to move to New York to pursue his painting. Not long after he had moved to New York he met the abstract artist Richard Pousette-Dart, who was experimenting with photography. Henri Cartier-Bresson's exhibitions in the museum of modern art in New York in 1947 inspired/ influenced him. In 1948 he started to experiment with colour, his main subjects were street scenes and his small group of friends. His abstract work and his radically innovated compositions stood out in the new york school. He later died at his home in the east village in new york, on 26th November 2013.
Saul Leiter developed: Dougie Wallace
Dougie Wallace was a Scottish photographer who is most recognised for his long-term social documentary projects and his street photography. He lived in Blackpool for a few years in the 80s before enlisting in the army. He has lived in Shoreditch, east London for around 15years. He translates/ captures what he sees/ invasions through the lens with wit, criticism and humour to convey a distinct point of view.
I chose to develop from Saul Leiter to Dougie Wallace becasue i liked the way Saul capture people through a reflection in street photography and the way Dougie way so controversial and bold with his photos, so i decided to kinda combine both of there style to create a more everyday/ peoples day to day life from an outsiders perspective.
I chose to develop from Saul Leiter to Dougie Wallace becasue i liked the way Saul capture people through a reflection in street photography and the way Dougie way so controversial and bold with his photos, so i decided to kinda combine both of there style to create a more everyday/ peoples day to day life from an outsiders perspective.
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When taking these photos i think that the hard thing was trying to find the best place to take the photos due to it being street photography, this was a problem because it meant i would have to stay at some on the same spots for a period of time to be able to capture it best. However the best places i found to take these photos where by bus stops and crossings. I think some of this shoot went very well because i was able to capture people moving in there day to day life but it would show it from an outsiders perspective/ view.
Radu zaciu developed:
Radu Zaciu is a Romanian born photographer who usually take photos of people and places . Zaciu spent many years in Germany where he learned the german word for light bulb (gluhbirne), which in english translated top 'glowing pear'. So Zaciu decided that he would make a pear glow, this lead to him experimenting with light inside of all different fruit and vegetables. This started his series 'The Light Inside'. Zaciu came to realise each fruit and veg emits light very differently. He said the trick was to not carve too little or too much, but the best results occurred when the light source was placed in the centre of the product.This project was to show ordinary fruit and veg in a different light. At a young age when he became familiar with a camera he became interested in speleology, the scientific study and exploring caves where he would bring all his equipment with him.
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While doing this shoot a problem i faced was getting the light to be stronger/ more promenade though the fruit and veg. this was hard because i would have to move the object/ separate the object a lot to create light through it, also some of the fruit too much light was escaping thought the object which meant it was very had to see the definition of the thing. However i think that most of the images came out extremely well, especially when i put a red light on top of the light which created a different look to it. I also liked when i put a green light to the top of the pineapple to show a shaper look and highlighted top top of it to show off its colours more.