I took to Pintrest to search for images I had liked under the title "Fragments". I used these images to create a board to use as inspiration for my strand choices and worked with these ideas to develop them.
Hayward Gallery Trip-Andreas Gursky
Andreas Gursky is a German photographer. He is known for his large format arcitechture and landscape colour photographs. We went on a trip to the Hayward Gallery in Southbank to check out some of Gursky's pieces. Here are some of the images we saw and observed closely:
The image is only half filled portraying themes of loneliness and isolation.
Not many colours are seen in this image and it seems quite blunt, however this was actually Gursky's most expensive photograph! And not only that but in the world!
It is over 3.5 metres in length.
It sold for over 3 million in 2011
There were originally buildings in the back of this image which Gursky had edited out. Maybe he did this to show natures value and beauty rather than just buildings.
This image shows the amount of goods we consume in our day to day lives and the impact it is having on organisation. It is chaotic and only just builds up.
By having no focus point in this image it emphasises just how much we are consuming and you don't know where to start with this image.
This image is made up of smaller image put into one big one.
Fragments of the city
To do this task I picked a suitable location to capture images of the city, this was Bank. I decided to go in the morning to get the best lighting as this also reflects on different views of the city. Most people think of the city as busy, polluted and cloudy however by going in the morning and having good weather, the photos are representing the complete opposite. I feel as if people admire the architecture and fragments of buildings and the beauty of the city in good weather and away from rush hours. I took a few photos to prove this: WWW: I managed to capture photos of buildings from different angles and a variety of different shapes of buildings. EBI: If i got closer to some of the buildings to photograph it's material.
Fragments of the city development
These images were shot along the Southbank whilst on our way to see the Andreas Gursky exhibition which was very interesting. I included the theme of fragments more as I got closer to some of the objects I had photographed. I had also got a few images of the London eye which was good as it is a very famous and popular landmark that definitely helped to capture fragments of the city and what parts of the city exactly makes up the city of London.
WWW: I managed to develop fragments of the city by focusing more on the architecture and parts of the city rather than as a whole. EBI: We had seen more interesting sculptures and landmarks that define London.
Myoung ho lee
Myoung ho lee is a South Korean artist who isolates nature by having put a piece of white paper behind trees to find its beauty and to emphasise it's features and shape. To do this Lee uses a maximum of 25m by 12m backdrops. Lot's of people are involved as two cranes are used and all equipment including the lighting system are brought.
Fragments of Nature
To complete this set task I decided to stop at my local park to photograph items of nature. You can see such level of detail within nature when simply placing a white sheet behind and I think that is why Myoung Ho Lee did what she did. To the left side of the slide show are all the images unedited and to the right are the photos edited. WWW: I managed to take photos in the style Myoung Ho Lee did. EBI: I had gone to a different location and found some more colourful plants to photograph.
Dan Tobin Smith
Smiths project is called the skin issue. This involves taking man made objects and placing them in front of a white background to highlight all its features.
Fragments Man Made Objects
It was cool to compare man made objects and nature when isolating them. I personally feel as if nothing can beat the beauty of nature as its different and it's something you can't recreate unlike man made objects. WWW: I managed to edit the pictures I took to isolate the objects similarly to how Dan Tobin Smith has done. EBI: I had found objects with more prominent and sharp edges and shapes.
Fragmented Portraits-Erwin Blumenfeld
Erwin Blumenfeld is an American photographer of German origin. Erwin received a camera as a gift and that is where his love for photography had started. He started photographic self portraits in 1911 by simply using a mirror to obtain simultaneous frontal and profile views.
Fragmented Portraits-My Response
To do this task I used textured glass in front of people's faces to fragment them almost splitting it up. It looked a lot better when the person was closer to the glass as it would've been too blurry to see and if they were further away and wouldn't pick up any detailing. By using the glass it makes the face look distorted but cool as it is like a painting you can see the different shades going from the hair to skin.
WWW: I managed to take photos in the style of Erwin Blumenfeld EBI: I had more people to photograph with different hair types and skin colours to show through the glass.
Patrick Cornillet
Patrick Cornillet is a french photographer born in 1968 who took parts of architecture away to give more structure to buildings and define and emphasise its shape. He lives and works in Nantes, France which has urban scenery which he incorporates into his work. His work is interesting and very good as all edges were sharp and he took out the rest of the architecture very well without leaving any traces of it behind.
Selective Fragments
I used photoshop to outline and crop buildings and objects then placed in a white background to show what it would look like on its own and isolated. It brings out the fine detail within the object being photographed as it is more structured. Mine is not as precise as Patrick Cornilett however I gave it a good attempt for my first try.
WWW: I edited my photos in the way Cornilett had. EBI: I made the edges sharper and found better buildings.
First strand-The Art Of Clean up By Ursus Wehrli
I found his work on Pinterest when searching for ideas for strands to do. I really liked his work as it was just so satisfying to look at. Wehrli humorously categorises everyday objects and situations by colour which I find amazing. Ursus Wehrli funnily enough has OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) so he probably enjoyed photographing these images once they were completed. It is funny to look at all the people lined up too! He really took time with his work and then later went to publish a book.
First Strand-Organising Objects
I liked the Art of cleanup idea however it was not possible to take the images shown above so I used products of my own that are linked together and organised them to make these photos. To develop my images further I am thinking of colour coordinating products.
WWW: For my first attempt it went well and I can now develop it further. EBI: I had more items to photograph going in height order till its really small.
Second Strand-Distortion
I used different shaped and sized glasses filled with different levels of water to makes fruits and veg look distorted and reflected to look abstract.
WWW: I successfully completed this task defining distortion EBI: I had a coloured background to contrast with the colours of the food.
The Stone Fox, Kelly Maker’sparkling collages
Kelly Maker is an Australian artist and photographer who is known for her multimedia collage series. Kelly Maker replaces backgrounds with pages from books, newspapers, natural landscapes, floral fantasies or glitter which changes the message the image transmits. She has worked with famous faces like Gigi Hadid, Sahara Ray, Jessie Andrews and many more.
Third Strand-Collages
I had found a couple images on Pinterest which had caught my eye. So I decided to use Photoshop to recreate the images using photos from the internet. I used newspaper articles to do this. There wasn't much information about the photographer as I did want to find more of hers work to get more ideas on how I could develop it further.
WWW: I successfully edited the photos carefully EBI: I had found more ideas to photoshop
Strand development-Organising
I decided to develop the organising strand by gathering products of the same colour. This made the images a lot nicer to look at rather than just being organised. WWW: I managed to develop my strand further EBI: I edited the images to enhance the colours
Strand Development-GIFS
I went into my local supermarket to do this development. I picked up items of the same colour and took photos of it. I put each item in one by one and took a photo each time to create this gif. It would have looked a lot better if I had used a tripod however I was not confident enough to do this in a supermarket especially as it was very busy the day I went.
WWW: I made a good gif with multiple products of the same colour developing my strand further. EBI: I had used a tri-pod
How I made my Final Piece:
I had used Photoshop to make my final pieces and screen-shotted each step to show how to make a GIF below: Steps: File>Scripts>Load Files into Stack Then click browse and gather all the images you would like to use to make the Gif. The click on Animation and make frames from layers. You then want to reverse the frames as it will automatically order the images backwards. After you want to select all frames and add seconds for how long you want the image to play for between the frames. In this case i picked 0.1 sec between each image. Lastly you want to press play and save!
My Final Pieces:
This is the outcome, I had looked into Gifs and hadn't seen any with food so I used my organisation strand to help develop my ideas and tied it in with food to create these Gifs. It was a long process which took some time and patience and wasn't easy as if you moved the tripod or moved any of the foods already laid out, you would have to start all over as you would notice when bringing all the images together to make the Gif as the placement would be off. I also had to use another apple as you had to do it quickly otherwise when you cut it it starts to go black fast and I didn't realise till I had gotten all the other fruits prepared. I made sure it was perfect by looking at each image taken to make sure it was all in focus and none of the food already laid out had moved.