Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Fine Art Portrait
These following images are taken of Sara Reid for the fine art section of the brief. They are taken in the Royal Infirmary in Blackburn. The images could also fit into the environmental part of the brief. I will be doing some further editing on these images in photoshop when I get the chance and would like to try using some textures on the shots to see what outcome I can come up with.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Alien/Foreign Environment 3
These images are from my trip to Poland of the salt mines, and some of the things created down there.
One of the dining halls created, where parties can be booked into.
Some of the religious carvings in the church hall, where people go every Sunday for services.
One of the chandeliers in the church hall.
A view of the entire church hall, although not that obvious the pews and alter are at the far end.
I know this one is very dark but just to show you I put it in. Its one of the original salt lakes in the mines. The woman never kept the lights on long enough!
One of the dining halls created, where parties can be booked into.
Some of the religious carvings in the church hall, where people go every Sunday for services.
One of the chandeliers in the church hall.
A view of the entire church hall, although not that obvious the pews and alter are at the far end.
I know this one is very dark but just to show you I put it in. Its one of the original salt lakes in the mines. The woman never kept the lights on long enough!
Alien/Foreign Environment 2
As I wasn't overly please with my original idea in the Ribble Valley and planned a trip to Poland with my mum instead. Where we would visit the salt mines, Auschwitz and just generally Poland. Although the problem was we were quite short on time when we were there so didn't get to see all that much of Poland, and the salt mines disappointed me a little. Despite that I feel I got some interesting shots from my trip. I used my canon digital camera, with a zoom lens, and a canon 15mm fisheye lens. I could only go once here, so it was critical that I was happy with my results and the images of Auschwitz specifically, as they were going to be presented as finals in a book. In the end I was very pleased with the overall trip and impressed with the outcome. Although I cant really show you my finished book on here, I was very happy with it. I chose to present the images with a poem I found that I felt suited the images well. The poem is as follows:
Holocaust
by Sudeep Pagedar
- Selected Poems
How do you
explain that term
to a ten-
year old boy
who, one day,
hears it mentioned
by some relatives?
And even if
you do manage
to make him
understand what it
actually does mean,
do you also
tell him that
because he is
A GERMAN JEW,
perhaps, some day,
he might be
included in it...?
Or should he
just not be
told, so that
he remains calm
and doesn't lose
sleep over it?
But what is sleep,
in front of death?
Perhaps Death is greater,
perhaps the two are the same;
we do not know yet
but we'll know, by the end of the day;
the Chambers are yet some hours away.
"To die, to sleep...to sleep, perchance to dream..."
How did Shakespeare realise that?
Did he know some Jew
who was persecuted too?
Perhaps he was wrong,
maybe he was right...
Anyway, I suspect we'll find out
by tonight.
It was difficult to arrange my images and the poetry together so I spent a good few hours arranging them and breaking the poem up. I managed to make the images portray a story as the prisoners would have experienced it, from arrival in carts, to working in the yards, sleeping arrangements and the gas chambers. I broke the poem up into very small snippits so that there were enough per page, and still made sense and flowed well. This book is my final images and as I have never done anything like this before, so it was my first attempt I was very pleased with the results.
All of the following images are from Auschwitz and Birkenau, the first is of the wagons, this particular one would have carried people in to Auschwitz and was where they would get off to do the 'death march' into the camp.
These next images are of the buildings that were surrounding the gas chambers in Birkenau that have corroded.
One if the watch towers at Birkenau.
The bunkers at Birkenau.
One of the buildings in Auschwitz.
The 'beds' in Birkenau
The beds and washrooms in Auschwitz
Numbers and signs on some of the buildings at Auschwitz. The sleeping rooms and 'hospital' where the Nazi's would practice ridiculous things on the Jews, like the twins, to try and create the perfect Nazi.
The belongings that were left behind from all of the prisoners at Auschwitz. Shoes, pans, prosthetic legs and crutches etc. In these images I tried to recreate the work of Edward Burtnysky only with something a little more sinister.
Holocaust
by Sudeep Pagedar
- Selected Poems
How do you
explain that term
to a ten-
year old boy
who, one day,
hears it mentioned
by some relatives?
And even if
you do manage
to make him
understand what it
actually does mean,
do you also
tell him that
because he is
A GERMAN JEW,
perhaps, some day,
he might be
included in it...?
Or should he
just not be
told, so that
he remains calm
and doesn't lose
sleep over it?
But what is sleep,
in front of death?
Perhaps Death is greater,
perhaps the two are the same;
we do not know yet
but we'll know, by the end of the day;
the Chambers are yet some hours away.
"To die, to sleep...to sleep, perchance to dream..."
How did Shakespeare realise that?
Did he know some Jew
who was persecuted too?
Perhaps he was wrong,
maybe he was right...
Anyway, I suspect we'll find out
by tonight.
It was difficult to arrange my images and the poetry together so I spent a good few hours arranging them and breaking the poem up. I managed to make the images portray a story as the prisoners would have experienced it, from arrival in carts, to working in the yards, sleeping arrangements and the gas chambers. I broke the poem up into very small snippits so that there were enough per page, and still made sense and flowed well. This book is my final images and as I have never done anything like this before, so it was my first attempt I was very pleased with the results.
All of the following images are from Auschwitz and Birkenau, the first is of the wagons, this particular one would have carried people in to Auschwitz and was where they would get off to do the 'death march' into the camp.
These next images are of the buildings that were surrounding the gas chambers in Birkenau that have corroded.
One if the watch towers at Birkenau.
The bunkers at Birkenau.
One of the buildings in Auschwitz.
The 'beds' in Birkenau
The beds and washrooms in Auschwitz
Numbers and signs on some of the buildings at Auschwitz. The sleeping rooms and 'hospital' where the Nazi's would practice ridiculous things on the Jews, like the twins, to try and create the perfect Nazi.
The belongings that were left behind from all of the prisoners at Auschwitz. Shoes, pans, prosthetic legs and crutches etc. In these images I tried to recreate the work of Edward Burtnysky only with something a little more sinister.
Candid Portrait
For this part of the people brief I decided to photograph a punk band from Manchester at the Acadamy. I was only in the process of watermarking these images so some of them don't have one on yet, but nevermind. I have watermarked these ones as the are for a website and not just my blog. I am quite pleased with the outcome and the atmosphere in the images. I find gig photography quite difficult, with the lighting and silly smoke machines that they put on so it takes a while to get a few decent shots. In the end I was quite satisfied with the images.
Countryside/Wilderness
Idea/Concept
My original idea for this part of the brief was to create something full of texture and almost a little eerie with trees and shadows, rather than some simple landscape images. I have also taken some simple landscapes whilst on my trip to beacon fell, as its always nice to sneak a few in.
These next images are those I created of the trees using the light and shadows to create an atmosphere, I am quite pleased with the outcome and feel the images are quite effective. I chose to use my canon digital camera and haven't edited any of the images as I wanted the full effect of the shadows and textures to be the main feature. I only made one trip to this place as it isn't overly close to home, and I didnt want to go walking through the woods on my own more times than neccessary. Although I don't really feel I wanted to go back again as I felt I succeeded in what I wanted to do and if I were to go again, I wouldn't have accomplished any better shots and would of been disappointed. I feel these images would work really well presented large in a gallery, rather than small or in a book etc. I feel they would have looked great in the Frames that I saw at the Manchester exhibition with the old farm house windows!
These next images are those of the landscapes. The sky was really that blue which was lovely.
These next images are those I created of the trees using the light and shadows to create an atmosphere, I am quite pleased with the outcome and feel the images are quite effective.
My original idea for this part of the brief was to create something full of texture and almost a little eerie with trees and shadows, rather than some simple landscape images. I have also taken some simple landscapes whilst on my trip to beacon fell, as its always nice to sneak a few in.
These next images are those I created of the trees using the light and shadows to create an atmosphere, I am quite pleased with the outcome and feel the images are quite effective. I chose to use my canon digital camera and haven't edited any of the images as I wanted the full effect of the shadows and textures to be the main feature. I only made one trip to this place as it isn't overly close to home, and I didnt want to go walking through the woods on my own more times than neccessary. Although I don't really feel I wanted to go back again as I felt I succeeded in what I wanted to do and if I were to go again, I wouldn't have accomplished any better shots and would of been disappointed. I feel these images would work really well presented large in a gallery, rather than small or in a book etc. I feel they would have looked great in the Frames that I saw at the Manchester exhibition with the old farm house windows!
These next images are those of the landscapes. The sky was really that blue which was lovely.
These next images are those I created of the trees using the light and shadows to create an atmosphere, I am quite pleased with the outcome and feel the images are quite effective.
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