unseen christmas

This project was given to me over the half term and I wasn't really sure what I wanted to shoot, so I did some research and came across the artist 'Lee Friedlander' and he shoots dull shots which include a christmas element, this is something I liked.

So during the christmas holidays I took a disposable camera to events and tried to shoot photos that showed a different perspective of christmas.

authors own.

feedback: 

-good set of photos like the idea

-try shooting on digital

-better connection of all shots 

reference:

https://fraenkelgallery.com/artists/lee-friedlander

who are you?

I began this project by mind mapping out a few ideas to get an idea of what I wanted to do. I then started shooting on a lomography camera which shoots on film, only it has a colour filter in it to make the photos more colourful. I made a mood board of these photos.

I then watched a documentary 'who are you' by 'Martin Zarka' for inspiration which lead me on to pictures of people in the street taken at random. I then started to look at 'Jon Ben's' work. He took a series of photos of people sitting on the same bench, without them knowing. I then responded to his work and with the same series of photos made a contact sheet and then selected the ones I wanted to use, after editing them.

feedback: 

-nice photos

-a bit too dark

reference:

http://jonbenphotography.com/blog/2011/04/26/bench-a-street-photography-series/

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When we were first set this project I set out researching different gallery's and what exhibits I thought I could respond to, and after looking at various gallery's I visited 'Pierre Benain's' work up In a gallery in Piccadilly mall, Benain's work really interests me as I like the vintage look on the photos.

I then continued to look at 'Bob Gruen' who was a photographer for many famous 90's artists, he also shoots in a very similar style to 'Pierre Benain'. I responded to Benains work and then continued to experiment with my photos, I finally made a contact sheet so I could select the five final images for editing and the finally the final prints. After I had finished I had to present my work where i received positive feedback about my work.

feedback: 

-good set of photos

-like the style and vintage look to them 

-good response to artists work 

reference:

www.bobgruen.com/

https://www.snapgalleries.com/exhibitions/never-mind-the-sex-pistols/

shape and form

I first started this project by searching the dictionary definition of shape and from, where i found that the form is the 3d while the shape is the 2d. e.g a person is the form and there shadow is the shape.

I took a few photos trying to show this, for example I shot my friend in light so shadows would show. I then made a moodpboard on 'shape and form' showing various different images that i hoped would give me inspiration, which it did. i then moved on to shooting more photos of just general places trying to capture shape and form within the photo. I then continued to find artist 'Kevin Saint Grey' who does architecture photography and shots in black and white and i really like how they look, which is why i then went on to make a contact sheet of photos i shot at the skatepark focusing on the curves and shadows with in them, I then selected what photos i was going to use and put them into edit.


reference:

http://kevinsaintgrey.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_and_form_(visual_arts)

places

For this project we had to produce a series of photos, 4 to be exact which were all based on a specific place that had meaning to it, the first place that sprung to mind was the skatepark as it has very much sentimental value to me as its where I spent most of my time as a child. I started off by looking at the documentary 'Entering new worlds' by 'Christopher Anderson' which inspired me to do my initial idea of the skatepark, I continued looking at 'Christopher Anderson's' work and did some responses on 35mm film which is what I planned to do my final shoots on.

I then started looking at skating videos on 'Vice' and also began to shoot at the skatepark after one visit I knew what style of photographs I wanted to shoot, very similar to 'Alistair Hall's' work on skateparks, I continued to pick a photo and experiment with it, editing it in different ways,  I then made a contact sheet on my second visit and got the best ones printed on a4 where i then presented them win gallery style where I received some positive feedback.

Feedback:

reference:

http://www.christopherandersonphoto.com

http://www.alistairhall.co.uk

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/

Freedom and Liberty

I started this project with a mindmap with all the contributing factors to what i thought freedom entailed of, for example word like love, freedom of speech etc..
I then started to explore freedom in artists and music and how some artists abused freedom with drugs because in a sense they were too free. I researched artists such as 'Bob marley' who was very interested in freedom and was one to stand for it. I then looked at artists 'Alex Prager' and 'Lisa Larson' who focused on crowd photography which is what i wanted to look further in to, so I researched crowds at modern day festivals as this was something I wanted to shoot myself.

We then visited the saactchi where not much interested me, however there were many exhibits on perspective which is what i wanted to show in my photos, e.g perspective on festivals and how they make me feel.

I then finally made a contact sheet of all the photos I got of crowds from all the events I had been to throughout the week, after I had made a contact sheet all that was left was to select the 4 I wanted to show as the final outcome


reference:

http://www.saatchigallery.com

http://www.alexprager.com

http://www.bobmarley.com

progression project (colour of life)

In this project we were set to do 4 different magazine covers exploring the colours of life. When doing the magazine covers you had to use a certain font that was given in the brief.

To start off the project I started to explore all different colours and what meaning they had to them, for example red would mean love, energy, danger etc... I then started to photograph what i thought was a good demonstration of colour in photos, I did this by using a lomography camera with coloured filters on it. I then started to look at artists such as 'Bobby Doherty' and 'Julian Berman' who both have done shoots with fashion brand 'Odd Future'. I then started to research many different fashion magazines to get an idea of what I wanted to shoot. After i had the the shoot set up and planned i started to make a contact sheet where I then selected 4 photos which were then put into photoshop to add the text permitted and some final editing touches.


reference:

http://www.oddfuture.com

http://julianxberman.tumblr.com

http://www.thrashermagazine.com