PORTRAIT TRANSFORMATION
David Marinos
David Marinos was born in 1998, he was interested in colour from a young age and continued to pursue it in art for three years in the US and now in Europe. He often uses basic/plain portraits and transforms them with the use of blurring and colour. He frequently uses colour in a form that strongly resembles the patterns of spray paint. He tries to give the viewersomething that will 'influence their perception of life' and wants his art to be vibrant and 'infinite in the eyes of anything that moves'.
Jessica Wohl
Jessica Wohl was born and raised in Minneapolis where she received her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute in Illustration and Art history. After this she found herself gradually progressing from illustration to wanted to make work that investigated her own experiences rather than those of an art director". Her work explores the dark underbelly of Suburbia, and often tries to represent the connection between how we show ourselves to others versus how we actually are.
Alana Dee Haynes
Alana Dee Haynes is a Brooklyn based artist 'destroys' her seemingly simple portraits with patterns that mirrors 'doodles' and smeered paint. This helps her achieve her goal of blurring the line between photography and illustration. Sometimes her doodles 'mimick veins and musculature' and others appearing as tattoos. She tries to not think of an aim to her pieces and let her subconscious tell the story.
RANKIN 'DESTROY'
To gain an understanding of Rankin's Destroy project and use this knowledge and understanding to create a series of destroys.
To start the new unit we studied the work of Ian Rankin. His idea was to bring 70 musicians and visual artists to 'destroy' their own portraits. They were allowed to do whatever they wanted to their portrait, some chose to represent their personality/character and some hose to merely do what looked good. Rankin has said that he 'wanted to hear the voice inside that the camera doesn't always catch'.
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celebrity
Self analysis
I quite liked the coloured dots around the subject however I didn't have a solid idea when I was creating the piece and so the final project was a bit messy. I should have had a solid idea/plan. I would have liked to do something with cutting and collaging.
DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Produce a series of double exposure portraits to show both man and nature in the style of Christoffer Relander.
Christoffer Relander
my images
editing process
In order to achieve the 'double exposure' we: took two photos, one portrait and one landscape. We then layered the two photos on top of each other, once that had been done we adjusted the opacity of the landscape, in order to make the portrait underneath more visible. Then depending on the goal outcome we flattened the image and edited the background to white (in my second piece).
final images
Jasper James
Jasper James was born in 1957, he is an English photographer based in Beijing, Shanghai. He is well known for his 'city portraits' that invlove using a double exposure on a city landscape and basic portrait. He enjoys photography as they allow him to 'examine an individual and create create a photo based on his impression'. His appreciation for photographing the city probably centres around his enjoyment of the 'vibrant beat of urban life'. James' subjects almost seem to get 'lost' in the city as they only appear in silhouette form only making the city image appear clearer.
FORCE OF NATURE
What were the intentions of the task? This is what it says on our website;
'The relentless battle between man and the natural environment that he Inhabit's is one that holds endless visual possibilities. The buildings and structures that man builds as symbols of prosperity and status are, at their basic level, simply a means of protection from the harsh environment that surrounds him.'
This is what you were expected to do for the contact sheet...
Search around your local environment and look for places that show the force of nature and the battle that it faces to reclaim its natural territory.
You could also fake nature reclaiming man made structures by putting branches etc in unexpected places
Take a minimum of 30 photographs that show the battle, I took 34 photos in total.
'The relentless battle between man and the natural environment that he Inhabit's is one that holds endless visual possibilities. The buildings and structures that man builds as symbols of prosperity and status are, at their basic level, simply a means of protection from the harsh environment that surrounds him.'
This is what you were expected to do for the contact sheet...
Search around your local environment and look for places that show the force of nature and the battle that it faces to reclaim its natural territory.
You could also fake nature reclaiming man made structures by putting branches etc in unexpected places
Take a minimum of 30 photographs that show the battle, I took 34 photos in total.
FORCE OF ARCHITECTURE
Simon Phipps
Phipps is known for photographing buildings in the UK that appear with sharp lines and usually feature concrete structures. He mainly focuses on brutalist and modernist architecture, aiming to show/display the buildings true materials. The use of hight contrasts helps to emphasise the textures. of the materials used. His use of contrast between the blacks and whites also helps to emphasise the harsh lines and solidity of the buildings
my attempts
Geometric Shapes
My best images
negative space
line and perspective
FORCE OF MOVEMENT
multiple exposure photograph- in photography and cinematography, a multiple exposure is the 'superimposition' of two or more exposures to create a single image, and double exposure has a corresponding meaning in respect of two images.
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Eadweard Muybridge
Muybridge was an English-American photographer, he first became a bookseller in New York an then San Fransisco, however, he returned to England when he got into a car accident. In England he decided to take up proffesional photography, more specifically the wet-plate collodion process. In 1868 he went back to San Fransisco to exhibit large photographs of Yosemite Valleyt which made him 'world famous'. In 1872, proceeding his new found fame the former governor of California hired Muybridge to prove whether all four feet of a horse were off the ground at the same time when in gallop. He proved this using 12 different cameras placed along the track and be timed to capture the photos one after another.
My attempts
On order to achieve this affect I took photos of Lois (my subject), moving around within the frames view I then opened the images in Photoshop. I then copied one of the images and layered/pasted it onto the first image. In order to be able to see Lois in both images I lowered the opacity in the top layer and erased where Lois was in the underneath layer. I then repeated this with the other images. this is supposed to create the effect of viewing Lois as she moves.
editing process
final images
www: The framing and the general positions of the subject seemed to work quite well to create the desired effect
ebi: I didn't take enough photos with a wider space in between each shot and so when I was erasing I accidentally erased some of Lois from the previous shot
ebi: I didn't take enough photos with a wider space in between each shot and so when I was erasing I accidentally erased some of Lois from the previous shot
THREE STRANDS
DEVELOPMENT 1
Amelia Fletcher- powder
Amelia Fletcher is an American photographer. She was always interested in photography, however only began to pursue it when she started focusing on fine art and portaits when she started college. Fletcher mainly specialises in wedding photography and portraits, she is interested in the emotions and 'energies' that photos can create/capture that words sometimes cannot. She describes her photography as what she "finds herself most connected with" and a way of "tell(ing) the stories of our lives". Fletcher stated that she is "always drawn to photos of people no matter what the genre is" which is very prominent in her work.
my attempts
final images
www: for this project I think I successfully captured the flour in the air.
ebi: however on many of the photos taken in the night, I struggled to get my camera into focus, manually and automatically, and so the majority of photos are out of focus.
ebi: however on many of the photos taken in the night, I struggled to get my camera into focus, manually and automatically, and so the majority of photos are out of focus.
Gordin Magnin- geometric
Gordin Magnin is an American photographer who specialises in photography,callage and altering found images. He is best known for his computer distorted portraits. He seems to focus on lines and perspective involved in the distortion. As he is a Los Angles based artist he is surrounded by people who are 'visually influenced by celebrity and Hollywood advertising' and tries to use images of female models and alter them in a way that does not involve retouching etc. He received his masters degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and studied science in structural engineering. Magnin likes to encourage people to go against the norms and usually accompanies his work with comments to follow this:
"These activities may interfere with your appreciation of this work:
-Consulting a lawyer
-Trimming your lawn
-Balancing your checkbook
-Shampooing and Conditioning your hair
-Joining a video buyers club.
-Becoming an officer of the peace"
"These activities may interfere with your appreciation of this work:
-Consulting a lawyer
-Trimming your lawn
-Balancing your checkbook
-Shampooing and Conditioning your hair
-Joining a video buyers club.
-Becoming an officer of the peace"
my attempts
www: I like the second photo as the change in background helps to draw the focus to the subject.
ebi: There are some spaces inbetween the shapes where they didnt align correctly.
This is my favourite strand as I can see many different ways that I may be able to develop this in the future.
ebi: There are some spaces inbetween the shapes where they didnt align correctly.
This is my favourite strand as I can see many different ways that I may be able to develop this in the future.
Dan Toben Smith- chemical
Dan Toben Smith is a London based photographer who likes to 'push the boundaries of still life', and involve scientific methods into his works. His use of close ups and back-lighting helps to create a kind of angelic or cloud-like features. He has been taking photos since his early teens and so has a vast collections of work. He does not create these images in photoshop but instead uses a very fast shutter speed and adjusts lighting. His work has been commissioned by people across careers e.g. fashion, music and advertising.
my attempts
final images
www: I quite like the way I captured the movement of the ink in water while keeping the glass and background in the shot, I feel that the black bottom surface, and the white background helped the draw emphasise to the sharp colours of the ink.
ebi: I shot a lot of my images with my camera set on burst and as the ink didn't move quickly through the water i ended up with many similar photos in my contact sheet.
ebi: I shot a lot of my images with my camera set on burst and as the ink didn't move quickly through the water i ended up with many similar photos in my contact sheet.
DEVELOPMENT 2
geometric force
www: I think that I created a fairly similar response to Magnin using editing and geometric shapes, my favourite shot is my first one , I think the contrast of the black and white to the coloured squares helps to emphasise the harsh lines of the squares.I also changed the form of geometric shapes which I prefer to my first development.
ebi: I took some of the photos slightly out of focus and for parts of the editing process I was slightly lost for ideas, which shows in the spacing of some of the geometric shapes.
ebi: I took some of the photos slightly out of focus and for parts of the editing process I was slightly lost for ideas, which shows in the spacing of some of the geometric shapes.
chemical force
www: I like the close up, more detailed perspective on the ink. It is also more similar to Dan Toben Smith's work.
ebi: I used a magnifying lens in order to achieve an even closer shot, compared to a normal lens, however it was a bit temperamental and so it was quite difficult to achieve a zoomed in shot that was fully in focus.
ebi: I used a magnifying lens in order to achieve an even closer shot, compared to a normal lens, however it was a bit temperamental and so it was quite difficult to achieve a zoomed in shot that was fully in focus.
DEVELOPMENT 3
geometric force
Lucas Simoes
Lucas Simoes is an independant artist based in Brazil. He trained in architecture and so this has had a strong influence on his work and has defined his perceptions and opinions of art. Unlike most 21st century photographers, instead of using photoshop or any other editing method to create the geometric affect, he prints is photos out and uses physical material and cutting to create the messy cut out look that separates him from other artists.
Favourite Strand- Development 3
www:I liked my use of black and white in contrast to the coloured shapes. I also liked my use of mirroring in my third image.
ebi:however, at this point in my developments I feel although I am almost repeating my first development slightly. This is most likely due to the time crunch and therefore I havent given myself enough time to truly work on and emprove my work every development.
ebi:however, at this point in my developments I feel although I am almost repeating my first development slightly. This is most likely due to the time crunch and therefore I havent given myself enough time to truly work on and emprove my work every development.
Development 4
www : I liked the use of mixing facial features and for my 4th photo I liked the idea for it however the execution didnt work the way I wanted it to.
ebi : i could use more cutting and cluster them together or create patterns with more cut out shapes.
ebi : i could use more cutting and cluster them together or create patterns with more cut out shapes.
FINAL DEVELOPMENT-5
FINAL OUTCOMES
www : I liked the idea of combining parts of different portraits onto one main portrait
ebi :as I shot many of the photos using only one small coloured light source it meant that on the contact sheet they appeared too dark pr even black. I also used photos from my previous shoots in addition to photos used in this shoot for my final development.
ebi :as I shot many of the photos using only one small coloured light source it meant that on the contact sheet they appeared too dark pr even black. I also used photos from my previous shoots in addition to photos used in this shoot for my final development.
extended development
final image
self-analysis
As part of my force teacher feedback to do list I was told to continue this project with more extreme clustering and less spacing between each of the cutouts. So this is what I tried to do here. I preferred my other final pieces to this however I quite liked the black and white
SUMMER GALLERY REVIEW
Over the summer holidays I visited two different photographer galleries; The first was in Amsterdam called Foam and the second one was ....
Foam was based in an old canal house and so was quite narrow and tall. They were currently showing the works of Alex Prager, Momo Okabe and Dominic Hawgood. My favourite photographer was Alex Prager, as I liked the general aesthetic and themes of her pieces. They all seemed both chaotic and yet so perfectly placed and timed, almost as though the subjects had been specifically placed there. Prager was inspired by William Eggleston, Biane Arbus and Cindy Sherman who all similarly accurately capture everyday themes. Prager had a set and roughly 450 people at her disposal. All of her images were staged however they were left slightly free so the 'viewer could complete the narrative' to the story in which she was telling with her images.
We were led around the gallery via the setup of the work and the architectural design of the building itself. As it was setup in an old canal house it was very narrow and tall
Annotation Help
Introducing a task:
Subject matter
ebi:
Subject matter
What’s next
Analysis Help
What do you think the photographer’s intentions are? There may be more than one. ‘PEC’ each intention.
P (Photographer’s name) creates (what type of images? Fantastical, surreal, objective)
E He / she does this by… (describe something in the image)
C He/she wanted us to consider ….
What wider issues is the photographer addressing?
P (Photographer’s name) is considering (is the photographer talking about a bigger issue in photography, society, politics?)
E This is shown by … (describe something in the image)
C The (Photographer’s name) was interested in this issue because (they felt it was relevant to us now…)
How do the materials and techniques used support your photographer’s intentions?
P (Photographer’s name) has used (the darkroom / multiple exposure / film / digital manipulation techniques) in creating this work.
E This creates a ______ effect. (describe something in the image)
C This helps to support (Photographer’s name) point about (showing an identity / hiding a person’s identity / the media / anonymity)
Introducing a task:
- In this task I was required to…..
- This task links to the theme, landscape as it shows....
Subject matter
- The subject I chose to photograph suited the theme as it……
- My composition helped to support my response to the theme by….
- I managed the exposure very well. My ISO / shutter speed / aperture settings were…..
- I prioritised my shutter speed to… (capture movement / blur/ frozen moment)
- I prioritised aperture to manipulate depth of field.
- I used a tripod to avoid camera shake.
- My images express my intentions which were…
ebi:
Subject matter
- The subject I chose to photograph did not necessarily fit the brief as it was not interesting enough / appropriate / adequately lit…..
- Next time I should go to (a different location), photograph at a different time of day, organise people in advance, think more about my composition so that….. ect
- I did not create enough depth of field / sense of movement.
- The image is over exposed / underexposed / too blurred.
- Next time I should use a tripod / use a different type of lens (be specific) / experiment with film…
- My images do not show my intentions which were…
- The concept wasn’t clear in my images, I need to make it more explicit by…
What’s next
- Next time I will consider the work of (a photographer) to inspire a more accurate depiction of what I want to achieve.
- I will experiment further with… (blur / shutter speed / composition)
Analysis Help
What do you think the photographer’s intentions are? There may be more than one. ‘PEC’ each intention.
P (Photographer’s name) creates (what type of images? Fantastical, surreal, objective)
E He / she does this by… (describe something in the image)
C He/she wanted us to consider ….
What wider issues is the photographer addressing?
P (Photographer’s name) is considering (is the photographer talking about a bigger issue in photography, society, politics?)
E This is shown by … (describe something in the image)
C The (Photographer’s name) was interested in this issue because (they felt it was relevant to us now…)
How do the materials and techniques used support your photographer’s intentions?
P (Photographer’s name) has used (the darkroom / multiple exposure / film / digital manipulation techniques) in creating this work.
E This creates a ______ effect. (describe something in the image)
C This helps to support (Photographer’s name) point about (showing an identity / hiding a person’s identity / the media / anonymity)